Wednesday, August 27, 2008
♥ A rant.
I'm entitled to have these every now and again.
I hate my parents.
I say this with all the love that my heart can muster.
They're actually quite fantastic as parents--I was always fed, clothed, nurtured, loved, and all that nonsense. Yet, they have let m e down in one major arena:
Financial Aid.
Yep. I went there.
I will never qualify for need-based aid. My dad does well enough to ensure that.
I will never qualify for minority aid. I am, as it were, a pasty white girl. Being Jewish doesn't even get me anything. ;)
SO, when there's a chance of a job on campus, I read the fine beyond fine print. making sure that it's available to EVERYONE, not just federal people.
I feel cheated and lied to. They said it was open to everyone. but it was really just available to need-based people of a certain group of majors.
So why couldn't they have told me this BEFORE I applied????
t-490 days and counting,
J.
I hate my parents.
I say this with all the love that my heart can muster.
They're actually quite fantastic as parents--I was always fed, clothed, nurtured, loved, and all that nonsense. Yet, they have let m e down in one major arena:
Financial Aid.
Yep. I went there.
I will never qualify for need-based aid. My dad does well enough to ensure that.
I will never qualify for minority aid. I am, as it were, a pasty white girl. Being Jewish doesn't even get me anything. ;)
SO, when there's a chance of a job on campus, I read the fine beyond fine print. making sure that it's available to EVERYONE, not just federal people.
I feel cheated and lied to. They said it was open to everyone. but it was really just available to need-based people of a certain group of majors.
So why couldn't they have told me this BEFORE I applied????
t-490 days and counting,
J.
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♥ And did I tell you that I love you tonight
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
♥ 497 days....
Sunday marked 500 days till the wedding--weird, right??
Well, now that my secret is out, I've experienced some very mixed reactions. A lot of my friends are getting engaged, so it's just at that age for us where people are settling down. It's just uncomfortable where instead of "Congrats!" you get "OHMIGOD YOU TOO??? SERIOUSLY?!?!". THen some people with "ughhh...i'm so not ready to be engaged, it's just gross, how could anyone get engaged at this age".
Uhm. Hi. Right over here? remember me? I'm happy. :)
Right now, I'm still trying to cope with how to tell people (Who are definitely not invited) that they aren't. A few people have told me that they've cleared their schedule...but thing is, is that they won't have anything to do anyways. My site isn't really a place that can accomodate too many random people.... We shall see.
I also really don't like having people fuss over me...so a bajillion sorority girls(not just my sisters) gathering around to squeal and tell me about how excited and happy they are kinda creeps me out...no lie. :) Should be interesting to see how that goes on the big day.
T-497 days and counting,
J.
Well, now that my secret is out, I've experienced some very mixed reactions. A lot of my friends are getting engaged, so it's just at that age for us where people are settling down. It's just uncomfortable where instead of "Congrats!" you get "OHMIGOD YOU TOO??? SERIOUSLY?!?!". THen some people with "ughhh...i'm so not ready to be engaged, it's just gross, how could anyone get engaged at this age".
Uhm. Hi. Right over here? remember me? I'm happy. :)
Right now, I'm still trying to cope with how to tell people (Who are definitely not invited) that they aren't. A few people have told me that they've cleared their schedule...but thing is, is that they won't have anything to do anyways. My site isn't really a place that can accomodate too many random people.... We shall see.
I also really don't like having people fuss over me...so a bajillion sorority girls(not just my sisters) gathering around to squeal and tell me about how excited and happy they are kinda creeps me out...no lie. :) Should be interesting to see how that goes on the big day.
T-497 days and counting,
J.
♥ And did I tell you that I love you tonight
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008
♥ So Close...
To formally announcing our Engagement!!! And when I say close.... I mean it's happening TOMORROW NIGHT! I'm so excited for my candlelighting. :)
Candlelightings are an interesting sorority tradition--everyone stands in a circle, and we pass this lit candle around singing a song(Song varies by sorority) or just being silent. The candle passes around once for luck...twice if you're promised(A step that most forget about--doesn't really happen anymore. ;) )...three times if you're engaged....four times if you're married....and then a final time for pregnancies. So, when the candle comes to me on the third revolution I'll blow it out and finally get to talk to everyone about being engaged!! These girls are my sisters, and it's been so hard to keep this secret ALL FREAKING SUMMER.
Funny story about that(I apologize if you know me in real life, you've probably heard this a bajillion times. Also, Momma I'm sorry for sharing this with the entire world please don't hurt me. ;)) is that by the time my mom joined her sorority, she was already married. Back in the dark ages, they didn't have a round for pregnancy. So, whenever someone needed to schedule a candlelighting, they called my mom, because why would she schedule one? SO when she found out she was pregnant with my big brother, she got everyone together for a candlelighting. It went around for luck, promise, engaged, married....no one blew out the candle. My mom whispered to the girl next to her to give the candle back, and she blew it out and told everyone that she was pregnant! I imagine there being a lot of screaming after that, but obviously I'll never know. My brother and momma's diploma were signed one day after each other.
I love that story. Hopefully I'll come out of tomorrow night with some awesome stories for all of my... 5 readers. ;)
T-16 months and Counting,
J.
Candlelightings are an interesting sorority tradition--everyone stands in a circle, and we pass this lit candle around singing a song(Song varies by sorority) or just being silent. The candle passes around once for luck...twice if you're promised(A step that most forget about--doesn't really happen anymore. ;) )...three times if you're engaged....four times if you're married....and then a final time for pregnancies. So, when the candle comes to me on the third revolution I'll blow it out and finally get to talk to everyone about being engaged!! These girls are my sisters, and it's been so hard to keep this secret ALL FREAKING SUMMER.
Funny story about that(I apologize if you know me in real life, you've probably heard this a bajillion times. Also, Momma I'm sorry for sharing this with the entire world please don't hurt me. ;)) is that by the time my mom joined her sorority, she was already married. Back in the dark ages, they didn't have a round for pregnancy. So, whenever someone needed to schedule a candlelighting, they called my mom, because why would she schedule one? SO when she found out she was pregnant with my big brother, she got everyone together for a candlelighting. It went around for luck, promise, engaged, married....no one blew out the candle. My mom whispered to the girl next to her to give the candle back, and she blew it out and told everyone that she was pregnant! I imagine there being a lot of screaming after that, but obviously I'll never know. My brother and momma's diploma were signed one day after each other.
I love that story. Hopefully I'll come out of tomorrow night with some awesome stories for all of my... 5 readers. ;)
T-16 months and Counting,
J.
♥ And did I tell you that I love you tonight
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
♥ And in this crazy life..
And through these crazy times,
It's you, It's you
You're why I sing.
You're every line, you're every word, you're everything.
---Michael Buble, Everything.
That's the front runner for first dance song right now. C doesn't want me to cry (He's asking a lot of me) and so I need something upbeat for that. :)
The whole music aspect of the wedding is what's giving me the hardest time. I'm having trouble thinking of music that isn't cheesy/boring that is still romantic. I know I want our recessional to be "Ever After" by Carrie Underwood. If you've seen Enchanted, it's the song that plays in the credits. As far as processionals and all that nonsense... I have no idea. I have no idea what my ceremony even looks like right now, but a lot of that is because he and I don't know what traditions we're including.
I've got some Jewish heritage, he has some Japanese heritage(He's a 1/4), So we're including both in the wedding because it's important to us. The only Japanese tradition I can find is San San Ku Do, which is us and our parents drinking sake together to symbolize the bond that we're forming. Jewish traditions....well we're having a Chuppah. He's going to stomp on the glass, and a man who is like an uncle to me is going to read the wine blessings.
The ceremony is probably going to be my biggest headache...just because It's going to take time to decide what we're including, what music to use, what readings aren't nauseating, etc. I can do the reception-- part of my degree is Event Planning, so vendors, djs flowers food....that's normal to me. But something as sentimental as the ceremony takes a lot of time and thought.... Good thing I have all this time to do it. ;)
t-16 months and counting...
J.
It's you, It's you
You're why I sing.
You're every line, you're every word, you're everything.
---Michael Buble, Everything.
That's the front runner for first dance song right now. C doesn't want me to cry (He's asking a lot of me) and so I need something upbeat for that. :)
The whole music aspect of the wedding is what's giving me the hardest time. I'm having trouble thinking of music that isn't cheesy/boring that is still romantic. I know I want our recessional to be "Ever After" by Carrie Underwood. If you've seen Enchanted, it's the song that plays in the credits. As far as processionals and all that nonsense... I have no idea. I have no idea what my ceremony even looks like right now, but a lot of that is because he and I don't know what traditions we're including.
I've got some Jewish heritage, he has some Japanese heritage(He's a 1/4), So we're including both in the wedding because it's important to us. The only Japanese tradition I can find is San San Ku Do, which is us and our parents drinking sake together to symbolize the bond that we're forming. Jewish traditions....well we're having a Chuppah. He's going to stomp on the glass, and a man who is like an uncle to me is going to read the wine blessings.
The ceremony is probably going to be my biggest headache...just because It's going to take time to decide what we're including, what music to use, what readings aren't nauseating, etc. I can do the reception-- part of my degree is Event Planning, so vendors, djs flowers food....that's normal to me. But something as sentimental as the ceremony takes a lot of time and thought.... Good thing I have all this time to do it. ;)
t-16 months and counting...
J.
♥ And did I tell you that I love you tonight
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Sunday, August 3, 2008
♥ Goodbye...Till December.
Leave came and went, unfortunately. C is back in Georgia and I'm still in Oklahoma. Leave was great, we had a fun (and slightly nerdy) week together, and we probably won't be able to see each other again until December. I will probably have surgery around that time, but no big. He's officially going to spend at least a few days with my family, and meet them all for the first time.
Yes, I said the first time. He's met Mom once, not under the best circumstances. Other than that, he hasn't met my family yet. He wrote letters to my parents when he asked their permission to ask me to marry him(that seems like a really convoluted sentence), but otherwise they haven't really met. He's in for quite a ride. :) My family is remarkably smaller than his, but remarkably more insane as well.
I don't think I've posted it here, so the following is the story of how we became engaged. :)
He sent my parents a letter asking for their permission, but even better is that he sent each a seperate letter.Mom kept that a secret from me for much longer than I would have expected for her.
So, Thursday after one of his graduation ceremonies; his Aunt, mom, him, and I all went shopping. He went with his Aunt, I went with his mom. We met up, and he had a Kay jewelers bag. I didn't really think anything of it--It was Mother's day weekend. I was right, to an extent--He got his mom gold hoop earrings that she LOVED. So I dismissed the thought of anything shiny for me... We took him back to base, and that night his cousin and I got to talking about weddings and engagements and things like that--I didn't know at the time that EVERYONE in his family, and my parents, already knew he was going to propose. I just shrugged it off.
Friday, we went to his graduation. After the ceremony they got a few minutes where we could stand around and talk and take pictures. I let his family go first, since I saw him the day before. We hugged and kissed, and then just talked for awhile. Then he stepped a few steps away from his family, and then started pulling a little box out of his uniform pocket.... He grabbed both of my hands and got down on one knee and says "you know I love you a lot, right?" I just kind of nodded, sincerely freaking out a little bit. "And I want to do that forever, right?" Words came out this time... "yes". "Do you think you could do the same for me?" I'm getting good at this whole forming words thing... "yes"... "So will you marry me?" One more time.... "yes". And another kiss later, we were very happily engaged!
The best moment of this, however is when I texted my mom to tell her that I was engaged, her message back was "I know".
T-16 Months and Counting,
J.
Yes, I said the first time. He's met Mom once, not under the best circumstances. Other than that, he hasn't met my family yet. He wrote letters to my parents when he asked their permission to ask me to marry him(that seems like a really convoluted sentence), but otherwise they haven't really met. He's in for quite a ride. :) My family is remarkably smaller than his, but remarkably more insane as well.
I don't think I've posted it here, so the following is the story of how we became engaged. :)
He sent my parents a letter asking for their permission, but even better is that he sent each a seperate letter.Mom kept that a secret from me for much longer than I would have expected for her.
So, Thursday after one of his graduation ceremonies; his Aunt, mom, him, and I all went shopping. He went with his Aunt, I went with his mom. We met up, and he had a Kay jewelers bag. I didn't really think anything of it--It was Mother's day weekend. I was right, to an extent--He got his mom gold hoop earrings that she LOVED. So I dismissed the thought of anything shiny for me... We took him back to base, and that night his cousin and I got to talking about weddings and engagements and things like that--I didn't know at the time that EVERYONE in his family, and my parents, already knew he was going to propose. I just shrugged it off.
Friday, we went to his graduation. After the ceremony they got a few minutes where we could stand around and talk and take pictures. I let his family go first, since I saw him the day before. We hugged and kissed, and then just talked for awhile. Then he stepped a few steps away from his family, and then started pulling a little box out of his uniform pocket.... He grabbed both of my hands and got down on one knee and says "you know I love you a lot, right?" I just kind of nodded, sincerely freaking out a little bit. "And I want to do that forever, right?" Words came out this time... "yes". "Do you think you could do the same for me?" I'm getting good at this whole forming words thing... "yes"... "So will you marry me?" One more time.... "yes". And another kiss later, we were very happily engaged!
The best moment of this, however is when I texted my mom to tell her that I was engaged, her message back was "I know".
T-16 Months and Counting,
J.
♥ And did I tell you that I love you tonight
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