Oh Hey There!

Hi there, my dear readers.

I know I have been absent for over two months.  A lot has been going on, and I was also completely enjoying my summer break.  Seriously.  I was at the pool at least three times a week this summer, weather allowing.  (We had a few hail storms in there, and it is monsoon season now, but other than that, I've been making an effort to get off my computer and go outside.)

So rather than rehashing everything that has been my summer, I propose we start new.

School starts in one week.

I'm really excited about it.  I love being on campus, I love learning new things, and I love doing papers and things.  And since I'm now an English Education major, I'm especially excited about this semester.  I did not drop my GPA last semester as much as I had feared; I am still in the 3.0 range.  It's just not where I would like it and I know I am capable of bringing it back up.  Next week is the start of a redemption period for me.

I've started setting little goals for myself each day.  The feeling of satisfaction from achieving them is really helpful for me right now.  My anxiety has peaked for the first time really since spring and I don't really want to go into details, but little goals help keep it in check.

(I'm also going to be seeing a therapist at the end of the month who is trained to give out medication for my anxiety.  After having a panic attack from talking wedding, my fiance, mom, and myself talked about it and decided it was for the best.  I have a lot going on and I need to be the best me I can possibly be.)

I did get two scholarships this semester, which is awesome! One is through my dad's main job and one is through his part time job.  This is the last year I qualified for the scholarships and I feel really blessed that I got them.  Of all the years to get financial help, this one was a biggie.

Wedding plans are going pretty smoothly.  I'm trying not to think too much about it, because school is more pressing right now.  But the church is reserved (I took in the deposit check today!) and I'm going to be visiting my fiance's family over Thanksgiving break.  I'm nervous about that, but everyone is being pretty awesome to me about it.  Fiance's best friend's girlfriend has actually friended me on Tumblr and is being above and beyond awesome.  So that's pretty cool.

And yeah, I think that about sums everything up for now.  I'm planning (now that school is back and I'm on an actual schedule again) to update at least twice a week.  I might do more depending on the week.  During midterms and finals, it might be less.  We will see.

Have a great Monday, dear readers!

~Meaghan

I Have Finals Brain

And finals aren't for another two weeks.

Good lord, I am so done.

I can't even remember the last time I updated this.  Was it this month?  I'm pretty sure I updated earlier this month.  Right?

So, let's assume I didn't.  Here is a bullet point of my life at the moment:

~I no longer want to punch Owen Wilson in the face (I saw Zoolander with fiance and it was hilarious.  Refer to this post if you don't know what I'm talking about.)

~I've been officially accepted into the education program at school, which means I'll be able to start taking education classes as soon as I finish my English core requirements (hurrah for teaching English to middle and high schoolers!)

~I feel infinitely better about college than I have in ages it seems

~Three year anniversary with fiance is approaching.  We've made a deal not to get presents for each other but rather to take ourselves to a nice lunch courtesy of our change jar and then go to the park and feed the ducks.

~Three weeks left of school and I don't even care anymore.

~I had a dream that Tom Hiddleston, the British actor who is Loki in the Avengers and is also in this other show I've discovered (Wallander, if anyone is curious - it's a great Swedish cop show), was at Subway with me.  He was completely polite and kept asking me what was good on the menu.  Dream me was like "Dude, I don't know, I order the same stuff almost every time" and didn't think it odd that he had never been to Subway.

~I've started roller skating lessons.  They are hard and great workouts.  I'm like the oldest one in my group but I don't care.  (I did at first, but now I'm enjoying myself too much to.)  I don't know if I want to eventually do derby or if I'm happy just skating.  We'll see as time plays out.

~I'm really excited to not work this summer.  I think this is the first summer I'll have had off since 2008.  I'm going nuts thinking of all the stuff I'm going to accomplish.

~Which also includes wedding planning.  That kicks up soon.  I'm back to looking at bridal magazines, which is a positive step.  (When I was super stressed out for that period of time earlier this semester, I couldn't even think about getting married.  I didn't even want to do cuddle or spend time with fiance.  He was so awesome about the whole thing - yet another reason why I'm marrying that boy.)

And I know there is more but I slept crappy last night and I'm tired and brain fried from studying for a chemistry test tomorrow and yeah.

All I want is to cuddle up with Netflix (which I finally caved and got a few weeks ago) and watch some comedies or something.

I haven't forgotten you, dear readers.  When I get my head out from the sand, I will return.

Be good to yourselves.

~Meaghan

(And I totally typed that with a British accent in my head, due to watching too much BBC.  Awesome.)

Exciting News!

Hello my dear readers.  Thank you so much for your patience while I get some things figured out.

I can now happily report that I have very exciting news.

I am engaged!!!

Trevor and I got unofficially engaged back in October, but we were waiting to announce until he told his family over Thanksgiving.  As of November 30th, we are engaged.

This is a very exciting and wonderful thing.  Especially how the year was for our family.  It's nice to be ending on a happy thought.

We do have a date set and the church booked, but we're keeping it rather close.  I can say it's in May of 2015.  This gives us plenty of time to plan and still focus on school.

The wedding will be a small one.  There's a budget to deal with and the location doesn't feasibly allow for over 150 people.  (My portion of the guest list is only 53 people, including the bridal party, reverend, and possible sound tech personnel.)

I have bridesmaids lined up.  My sister, Katie, is going to be my maid of honor and we are so excited!  She and mom are also going to do the flowers (silk, so they last forever) and whatever else there is. 

Trevor and I are so excited for this to finally be happening!  We've been together 2 and a half years at the moment, and it is so right.  This is only the logical next step.

If I seem not altogether between now and then, it's a combination of wedding planning and school things. :)

Stay tuned.  More will be on the way.

~Meaghan