Wedding Plans Update

The LASIK went great!! I see very clearly. It wasn't that bad of a surgery, just some burning/ stinging and watering for the first few hours. By the next day I was ready to go back to work (so I did). I gave my doctor a wedding invitation and told him he didn't need to get us a gift or anything because he had already given me the best gift ever: the ability to be free from glasses and contacts.

The wedding plans are moving forward. All of the invitations have been sent out, and I'm pretty sure I have none left. All of the ceremony music has been picked out as well as who will be playing it. A good friend of mine has said he will play the piano for most of it, so Michael's best man doesn't have to keep running to the piano. Once we get the music approved we're going to make up the programs. The only other music thing I need to do is make up some CDs of a bunch of different Christian music to be playing in the background at the reception.

I am making sure that most of everybody left to get fitted for their tuxes will do that later today.

My mom is worried about the reception. She's going to be buying all of the food, but you can't do that until right before the day, so it doesn't go bad. I think she's either worried that see won't be able to get it all cut up in time, or that she won't be able to find enough.

So its only a little more than a month away before I leave my parent's home for good and move into Michael's apartment. There will be no escaping him. lol  We still keep asking each other if we really want to be stuck together forever and both of us are still fine with it. We know marriage is forever, that you can't toss them in when you get bored. There are plenty of ways to keep things exciting, so I just hope that we will have support from our friends and family, especially for helping us move through inevitably difficult times. We just need to remember that God is bigger than either one of us and he is putting us together for his purpose.

Michael and I have now been dating for 1 year and 8 months(as of July 27th). He's excited because now he's my second longest relationship. So far all is well though I can't figure out why he puts up with me because I've been a pain lately. I'm glad he does though. He's even been very helpful in wedding planning. He's helped me put invitations together as well as help make important decisions. He also takes care of any task I give him, and in a timely manner. Its nice not having to worry about something I've asked him to do, whether its getting done or not.

In other exciting news, the eye doctor I work for is going to do LASIK on me this Thursday!! I shouldn't have to wear glasses or contacts for distance vision ever again. Just pray that all goes well and that there's a good outcome. I'm excited and freaked out all at the same time. I've seen my doctor do it so many times, so I know what to expect, but still I think I'm more nervous because I know. He's a great doctor and I trust him. I've seen many wonderful outcomes from LASIK done on other patients.

Also if anyone's interested, I was asked to play a clarinet solo at my church coming up at the end of August. It will be the first time I've done that, ever. I hope that God will be worshipped and praised through the song and that I am not the focus of that time, but that it is a time of reflection toward and listening to God.

Michael and I have now been dating for 1 year and 8 months(as of July 27th). He's excited because now he's my second longest relationship. So far all is well though I can't figure out why he puts up with me because I've been a pain lately. I'm glad he does though. He's even been very helpful in wedding planning. He's helped me put invitations together as well as help make important decisions. He also takes care of any task I give him, and in a timely manner. Its nice not having to worry about something I've asked him to do, whether its getting done or not.

In other exciting news, the eye doctor I work for is going to do LASIK on me this Thursday!! I shouldn't have to wear glasses or contacts for distance vision ever again. Just pray that all goes well and that there's a good outcome. I'm excited and freaked out all at the same time. I've seen my doctor do it so many times, so I know what to expect, but still I think I'm more nervous because I know. He's a great doctor and I trust him. I've seen many wonderful outcomes from LASIK done on other patients.

Also if anyone's interested, I was asked to play a clarinet solo at my church coming up at the end of August. It will be the first time I've done that, ever. I hope that God will be worshipped and praised through the song and that I am not the focus of that time, but that it is a time of reflection toward and listening to God.

Update

Well, since my last entry...

I got a job with Houston Eye Associates and I love it, except for the long commute.

Wedding preparations are in the same spot.

Michael has a fully furnished apartment.

I've had one bridal shower, don't worry there will be more... just let me know if you want to come.

Some things are in order while other things aren't.

I would say Michael and I are still doing fairly well. We don't get on each other's nerves yet and hopefully we won't.

The things that are out of sorts deal with my realtionship with God. I don't really feel like I'm in the right place right now. I also feel like I'm not being a very good example for those around me. Its like I'm a fairly good example in one group of people but I know I could be a better example to another group of people. I think I let my family down the most. I've also been worrying a lot more recently than I used to. I worry about money the most, which is stupid, but hard not to.

In other news, my grandmother is very sick. She's on tons of medications, is very tired and weak, malnutritioned, and semi coherent. My other grandmother is healthy, but in a lot of back pain. She is having back surgery on Monday. Its been pushed back a few times, but I think everything is finally in order for it. One of our dogs is sick as well. Buddy, our sheltie, has chronic kidney failure.

Our other 2 dogs are in need of a good home. We love then to death but my mom can't handle being the only one to take care of them. She needs an animal break. One is a dachsund and the other is a terrior mix. Both of them are female dogs and very sweet.

I graduated!!!

I had a job interview yesterday!!!

I'm going to call them back today because they said they were going to call me yesterday afternoon but they didn't.

I've got at least one more place I'm trying to look into for a job that I'm going to call today.

Wedding plans are going ok. There doesn't seem like that much to do... maybe I'm just missing something.