44 freakin days

Loved having this goofball back in town with me. :)

When I got engaged in November my mommy told me, "enjoy your engagement; it only happens once." And I thought "how am I supposed to enjoy planning a wedding, living with people who aren't the love of my life, and not being able to physically express my love for him?"

I've been engaged for 117 days now.

I'm getting married in 50.

The last 117 have been the craziest, happiest, most fun days of my life. Chris and I have grown so so much together. I've fallen in love with him over and over again. Planning a wedding has actually been rather enjoyable with so much time to spend on it and having him by my side to keep me sane has been a huge blessing. It has been hard to be apart at night and live with roommates that aren't each other and it has been a struggle to remain good and clean - but no more of a struggle than the seven months we dated before that. It's almost become a way of life for us and being married will be like a little treat at the end of our journey.

That being said.. I hope the next 50 days go fast because I love my honey and want him forEVER starting right now! 

And my roommates are driving me crazy. ;)

bragsies

I want to take, like, half-a-second to brag.

My honey is so good at what he does. Biology and genetics is his passion and he owns it. He's taking a lab class right now and is absolutely dominating. He got an A on his last practical exam and is the one all of his group-members look to for leadership. Not only that but he has met with one professor in genetics and talked to one in bioinformatics for research opportunities. The professor of the genetics lab already offered him a volunteer position with a definite option for being hired if he proves himself - which he will since he's so good at it! Working in a research lab! My sweetheart! First of all, he'll get paid way more than either of us do currently. Second, he'll get to do something he seriously, seriously loves and is DANG good at. And third, it's going to look so good on a resume! This will help him gain experience that will be valuable to grad schools and a future career.

I'm super proud.

And then there's me, struggling through classes and working a minimum wage job that has no application to my major.

Yup. I'm going places.