Thank you for the stuffing

Thanksgiving is tomorrow and I am so happy.stuffing is my favorite thanksgiving day food and I don't know why I don't really ever eat throughout the rest of the year. Maybe that's why I love it...

Ava spent the night last night. She informed me that pajamas are NOT "jammies" they are "jamas." She bosses me around, telling me to do what she does, then No! Don't do what I do! We looked at pictures on my Facebook from when she was a baby. She kept saying, "I don't want you to hold me!" Of course she didn't understand that when she was 2 months old someone had to hold her. She's really a goofy gal...then came bedtime. As we had been playin and reading books, she kept saying, "jamas want my mom" and "when is my mom going to pick me up?" This was her first night at my house and I probably should have had another sister for comfort. I didn't even tell her it was bedtime, but when I turned off the TV, all help broke loose. She wailed, " I WANT MY MOM!" It was sad, but cute. Eventually she fell asleep, and proceeded to flail, kick, and push herself right up against me...I was sandwiched between her and Eric in a full size bed! This morning she picked out my work clothes and bosses me around some more, telling me what I was and was not allowed to help her with.

This was deinitely a fun night...tomorrow morning mass at 7am! Sheesh! But great family time :)

Wedding

With less than 6 months til the wedding, I am a plannin fool. At least in my head. I have lots of ideas about what I'm going to do. :) I have decided on these "convertible" wrap dresses for my bridesmaids in gray. We will see what they are like when I get the sample. It looks pretty cool, but its like you wrap these straps around to make the top of the dress different styles. I need to find a caterer but its truckin expensive to feed people! I need a good friend that isn't a great friend (or they would be in the wedding) that could make food for 350+ people...that would be sweet. Also, I am stumped as to what my wedding band will be since the engagement ring is pretty sweet...maybe a simple band?
In other news I have 12 of my 15 applications sent in. I feel like the suspense of interview vs no interview is crazy. But also exciting. By December 15 ish I will at least have the options narrowed down some. Hopefully to cool sites and cities. Well that's all the update I can do for now since I'm subbing for bunco, but I promise I won't leave the blog so lonely. Holla!

I'm so excited. I'm so excited. I'm so...scared!

Ok, that was what popped into my mind when I thought about exercise. Jesse Spano on diet pills...I have been taking my own swirl into the world of fitness lately. I have a gym membership with my sisters but, of course, were not going. So, I have taken it into my own hands by making up a mish mosh of fitness routines. One day I copied some Zumba moves from a youtube video. Another day I did a bunch of squats, lunges, pushups, and planks from a list I found by googling. My favorite has been to turn on some really fast techno and just try to keep up with the pace of the music...I'm really glad no one has seen me doing this because I'm sure I look like I'm having convulsions :) But at least I'm moving I guess.
In other news, I'm a bad blogger because I have been ferociously writing essays and other internship stuff...sometimes falling into the trap of reading other peoples stuff and feeling like mine is crap and I won't get an internship. Trying to avoid that. I enjoy shopping for my internship outfits much better than writing cover letters!

So, I really wrote that ^^ last week and then never posted it somehow...now I will post it plus add on some.

Update on the internship stuff. I have applied to Birmingham, Nashville, Dayton, and Little Rock...then realized there was a mistake on my APPI which can't be changed. It also can't be changed for any of the other applications I have to send out because once you do one you're stuck. SO, I've decided worrying about it would be useless. I am forcing optimism that I will get intrviews and at least 1 site will want me as their intern and I will get my degree. schnikes. I thought this was so far off for so long and now its happening.

Lazy Sunday

I visited my Mom's house yesterday. It was full of my girls. 2 sisters, Mom, & 4 nieces. It got a little cray cray. We were trying on some clothes that somebody gave to my Mom. A bunch of jeans and tops. Let's just say we made some really cute outfits. Todd & Eric probably thought we were smokin crack in the bathroom. Then I went to JJ's to swap some work shirts to change up our wardrobe. The girls discovered the distortion feature on my camera. See below. They got a hold of the crack we were smokin. Ava was brushin JJ's hair, through the curls. Savannah was "massaging" Rae. Katie singing at the top of her lungs, and Lily saying "can I play your phone? BUT Savannah got to!!" The whole time I'm frantically trying to dodge the cat I'm allergic to. This doesn't sound lazy, but it was just what I needed. My family seriously drives me insane but I think its because I'm one of them...we are all high on life.

Proposed

I never thought I would have two proposals in my lifetime. The one in April was good enough for me. But I must say, having proposed my dissertation SUCCESSFULLY :) I am pretty happy. I am so ready to focus on internship essays now. This type of writing is way easier for me and more interesting. I celebrated by going to Dairy Del with Eric, visiting my nieces, and finishing my book, The Help. Awesome relaxing day. I also spent the morning doing our Save the Date pictures...I will post when it is done. Eric's cousin Kevin is aphotography major and shot us in front of the church where we will get married. It was fun being goofy with Eric and coming up the poses.

Plan for the next month = internship essays and applications!

Confused

I saw a pretty awesome speaker this week. One of the topics discussed was the structure of our justice system. He thought it was arbitrary...I kind of agree. When it comes to the sentence someone gets, or even whether they get charged, a lot is based on the officer, judge, state that it happens in etc. Drug charges seem to bring hefty sentencing, but then when true moral wrongs occur , like murder, it may not matter what happened, but what can be proven by a lawyer. When it comes to the death penalty, it really made me think, should we be judged by the worst thing we ever did in our lives? Yes, I think we should be punished, but is it our justice systems right to give the life/death call? I don't know the solutions or how our system could really be based on a moral code (when everyone seems to disagree on ethics & morality) but it would be nice to think that the laws and justice system were actually making changes to our society...I guess it takes changes in the society to change how we see justice.

Status change: No longer a server

Last night was my last shift at Hall of Fame. I am hoping I have enough money for the wedding without working there, but it felt so good to think, "I don't have to roll silver ever again!" We'll see if I ever pick up a shift or something, but at least I have a few more hours a week to devote to dissertation. Now I just have to make sure I actually do that. Proposal is next week, and I can't lie, I am NERVOUS! I really feel like my 2nd reader is going to rip it to shreds. Hopefully not.Maybe my chair will take up for me?

Ordered my bridesmaid bouquets last night and I am pretty happy with the computer picture of them...I'll have to see what they look like in person. Eric & I worked on our posters we are going to use in our Save the Date pictures (hopefully this weekend)...I loved doin this little artsy thing with him. He was actually more into it than I thought. I had to restrain my perfectionist self and make sure I didn't just take over everything. We talked about the wedding and what he wanted as far as a say in the decorations, etc. It was a nice lil couple day :)

Busy weekend ahead. My friend Kelly's getting married and that should be fun. Her and her fiance are me & Eric's wedding buddies at all the weddings we have gone to over the last year. Scott likes to yell out during the speeches and always cracks us up. Kelly and I end up people watching. Pauly D is at 4th Street that night, so we'll see if we end up there after the reception. Saturday is the Schnitzelburg Walk...should be entertaining. Weather pending, we might do our pics for Save the Dates on Sunday...I told Eric we can't be hungover for this and he'll need a haircut. I bet this haircut happens Sunday morning and hopefully he doesn't look ill. Back to work at CSH...fun times