Weekend Update

Inspired by my friend with all the good blogging ideas, I'm going to write a weekend update as well.

First, the good stuff:
-The musical Eric directed, "The Wizard of Oz, went really well Friday night, despite being 3 hours long! I was so proud of him, and now that all the rehearsals and performances are over, I get to have my fiance back!
-I got a lot of sleep Friday night. Always good :)
-Saturday my parents came and accompanied me and Eric on a trip to the Fontainebleau (where we're getting married), and we met with the innkeepers to go over all of the timing and details of the big day. It was so exciting!
-Saturday night Eric and I went to the Ithacappella reunion, which was weird, but fun nonetheless.
-Sunday I slept in and then spent the day relaxing on my couch, doing a little cooking, cleaning and laundry, and reading a book. And going for a nice walk.

Now, the not-so-good stuff:
-I spent most of the weekend completely gorked out because I had a bad flare (read: incredible abdominal pain that just won't go away, a result of Crohn's Disease). It took forever for the doctor on call and the Wegman's pharmacy to communicate with one another to the point where I could finally just get the vicodin and go home. Yuck. At least having the drug brought back my appetite, and I was able to eat, something I hadn't been doing nearly enough of all week. I just need to make sure that I can maintain my weight and not lose any more before the wedding, or else my dress, which is strapless, is sure to slide right off during one of the dances!

All in all, a good weekend, and certainly a beautiful one weather-wise.

Stupid, stupid, wasteful war

I'm sitting here stunned because the bad news I received yesterday about an old high school friend's Apache helicopter being shot down in Iraq, has gotten worse. Not only was he confirmed dead, but he appears in a video where his bloody, burning body is being dragged across a field by Iraqi insurgents. He was 25.
Tim's mother and father have lost their son. His sister has lost her brother. And his young wife Katherine is now a widow, left to care for their 10-month-old baby who will never know her father.

Murphy's Law - wedding edition

I spent my 7 hours of sleep last night in a frustrating dream about the wedding. Everything, everything went wrong. Here are a few highlights:
-My dress was delivered not as a beautiful, long, white gown, but as a short, pink and brown bridesmaid's dress.
-The DJ turned out not to be a DJ, but a singer in a band. He and his backup singers were dressed like the munchkins from The Wizard of Oz and sang 80's music all night (my least favorite genre).
-My brother hired a stripper to perform at the reception.
-The reception was held in a smoky bowling alley.
-Everyone drank from football-shaped mugs.
-I lost my shoes.
-It rained.
-Eric was nowhere to be found.
-Kanye West and Calvin Klein attended, and I was angry because they diverted attention away from me.

In transition

I'm feeling hostile today because they are interviewing candidates for the position that supervises me. My previous supervisor was let go for a number of reasons and since Late November, I've been handling all of the aspects of her job that she left hanging. Because of this, and because of my two years of experience in this job, I applied for the position, only to be eliminated after the first round of interviews. I was told the reason is because I have TWO years of experience, and Human Resources is requiring that all candidates have THREE. One year. And now I feel even worse because I don't get a say in who my boss will be because I applied for the position.
I want my friend Sean, who works in our department, and who has also applied for the job, to get the position because he deserves it, because he and I work really well together, and because if he leaves he gets the job, he'll vacate his old position, which I am qualified to fill. I guess I'll just have to wait and see what happens.

I stole this idea from my friend

You Have a Sanguine Temperament

You are an optimistic person who is easily content.You enjoy casual, light tasks - never wanting to delve too deep into anything.A bit fickle, it's easy for you to change plans or paths when presented with something better. You enjoy all of the great things life has to offer - food, friends, and fun.A great talker, you can keep the conversation going for hours.You are optimistic and sure of your success. If you fail, you don't worry about it too much. At your worst, you are vain. You are obsessed with your own attractiveness.A horrible flirt, you tend to jump into love affairs and relationship drama easily.You're very jealous - which just magnifies the craziness around you.

What temperment are you?

I fall in and out of the blogging routine. Lately, mostly out. But my life has gone on and now, as I way to organize my thoughts about where I stand, I am going to give a long overdue update to myself - because no one reads my blog anyway!
It's mid-February and the thing that occupies most of my thoughts is our upcoming wedding. It's only five months away and I have so much to do! Here's what I've accomplished so far:

-Event location (beautiful, perfect for us)
-Caterer (yummy foods that my diet allows)
-Officiant (wonderful woman who married my cousin, my Maid of Honor last year)
-My dress (what can I say? It's FABULOUS)
-Bridemaids dresses (perfect, just like the four girls who'll be wearing them)
-Flowers (beautiful, and also inexpensive, lots of PINK)
-DJ (also very inexpensive and who understands that if he plays "We are Family" he will be fired)
-Videographer (a friend of the groom's family)
-Registries (yay! New stuff!)

OK, that's pretty good, but I'm still missing a photographer, for reasons I will not get into right now, because it'll only make me angry.

The rest of my life has undergone some significant changes since I last wrote. First, I adopted a very strict way of eating, known as the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. I don't eat and grains of any kind (wheat, corn, rice, etc) nor do I eat sugar, anything processed, canned, or artificial. What the leaves is a lot of fruits, veggies, some dairy, and lean protein. Actually it's extremely healthy and I'm liking it way more than I thought I would. I still miss certain things, like chocolate, ice cream and grilled cheese sandwiches, but my health is very important to me and I'm glad to be making this a way of life. I went to visit my doctor and was a little alarmed at my weight loss. I knew I hadn't been feeling well, but I was surprised to find myself under 120 lbs, which is quite thin for someone who's 5'9". I decided I need to put on some muscle, which is what leads me to my next paragraph...

I've also started taking group classes at the fitness center on campus that I am absolutely loving. I take aerobics and weight lifting on Mondays, cycling (spinning) on Tuesday and Thursday, and Yoga on Wednesdays. The cycling kicks my butt but I love the rush of energy it gives me.

All in all I can say that my I'm in a really good place right now. I feel like my life has direction and I like the direction it's taking. Eric and I are making a little life of our own and figuring things out slowly. I'm so, so lucky to have him in my life. He makes me feel loved and appreciated every day and I can only hope he feels as much support and adoration from me as I do from him.