Essayist TIm Wise was on KPFK this morning to discuss white privilege this election season, particularly with gender and race being such obvious factors. I enjoyed his essay on white privilege, where he names it as one of the problems with this year's presidency race.
Time is flying by. I know as we get older, time seems to accelerate even faster, but seriously I can't believe at work I need to get on myself to get ready for July. It literally feels like yesterday when I was getting ready for May. Time goes by so much faster at work too because much of our work is due monthly, and just when I feel like I can breathe for a second, it's a new month, and it starts all over again.
Work has been driving me crazy lately. Sometimes I feel like Forrest Gump when he decides to go for a run, and then runs and runs until he gets to other side of the country. I just want to run, run away, and maybe when I get to the other side of the ocean I'll feel like coming back.
Last Saturday, Allen and I did our trash the dress photo shoot at the Santa Monica Pier. Luckily for us, my uncle has been developing his hobby in photography and he was just as excited as we were to take the photos for us. It was so much fun getting into my dress again, and I just love santa monica. It was crowded even though it was chilly, but it was one of the few weekends we've had in awhile with actual sunshine.
We chose our photos and approved the layout for the photo album so we should get it by April. Here's a 2-page preview:
I read this on a website about the secrets to a happy marriage, and it made me laugh...
"I once asked an elderly neighbor this very same question. He and his wife had been married more than 50 years. He replied, “Oh, my dear, it’s really very simple. My wife and I agreed long ago that I’d make all the big decisions and she’d make all the little decisions. And in all these years together, there just haven’t been any big decisions.”
Cecilia Saad
Washington, D.C.
Allen and I are still creating our own secrets to a happy marriage. One thing we did learn at our engaged encounter retreat was to hold hands when we are upset with each other, and it's really worked so far. It's really irritating at first because the last thing you want to do is hold hands with someone who is pissing you off, but it does help.
Allen and I got our first christmas tree a couple weeks ago. I love the smell of a fresh Christmas Tree. Allen and I disagreed on what kind of tree to get being that he grew up with a fake tree and I grew up always having a real one. This year I got my way, and I'm still working on convincing him that this is how it should be every year.
When Allen and I got back from Italy, we were exhausted. But there was still a lot for us to do like clean up all the mess from the wedding planning, open our gifts, exchange our gifts, buy the things we didn't get, me moving in, and then settling in. With everything finally slowing down, I allowed myself to rest by sleeping earlier, which meant sleeping more, and not having to do much of anything but stay home and relax. It was so nice spending weekends staying in, not having to be anywhere or do anything.
Six weeks after the wedding, I'm still doing the same thing. I don't think it's so much recuperating from the wedding anymore, but now it's just plain laziness. I slept for 12 hours last night. I literally was in bed at 7:40 p.m. Granted, I only got 8 hours of sleep the whole weekend, but really, my head hurt from sleeping so much.
Maybe my body still needs to recuperate, but all I want to do is sleep these days.
We had our house blessing/wedding shower two weeks ago - our first event in our new home. I still can't believe how many people we fit into our tiny home. Most of our 80 guests spent most of the time outside in our backyard. Allen and I had so much fun, and we were happy that both our families really got into the games. Poor Allen's family though were very much outnumbered, and they got the shorter end of the stick being stuck on the end of the yard where they couldn't hear the MC telling the rules of the game. And Allen hadn't moved in before the shower, so we were missing a lot of things like serving spoons, knives, etc. But overall, we had everything we need and it seemed like everyone had a good time. We are so grateful to have such a loving and giving family.
Here are some pictures of our guests.
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This website provides the historical weather and temperature for the Big Day in your city. This is what it should look like on our wedding day. With the sunset at 6:30, that should make it beautiful during the cocktail hour on the patio.
Historical Weather Data for
October 6th
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HIGH
85° |
LOW
56° |
CHANCE OF RAIN
6% |
SUNRISE
6:51a |
SUNSET
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As I previously posted back in March, I wrote that I pre-ordered the last Harry Potter. I ordered the Free Shipping, which means I may not get it until July 28, one week AFTER it comes out. If I pay the standard shipping price, I'll have it on 7/21/07 for sure. Allen's like "it's a week. what's the big deal?" Hello it's HARRY POTTER!
It's only a couple dollars, but we've been trying to save as much as we can. With all purchases, I have to ask myself, do I really need it?
I love how this dilemma makes me feel that this is the biggest problem I have right now. Not the million reports I have to finish at work, or the parents I have who may lose their kids, or all the infinite other wedding details we have yet to decide on.
But I am super excited and I will totally be consumed as soon as I open the first page. I have to prepare myself to be free whenever I decide to get it.
