Alright, since this is Thanksgiving week, I might as well say what I have to be thankful for:

a wonderful fiance whom I will be marrying on January 28, 2006.  I can't wait!!  I really think I'm getting the best man in all the world...

and for those of you who don't know, we are expecting our first child on June 11, 2006, or thereabouts.  I'm so incredibly thankful that I'm almost out of the first trimester.  I've been terrified of having a miscarriage, so this is wonderful...just two more weeks....not to mention the hopeful end of morning sickness...

I'm thankful for a family who understand human frailty, and love us in spite of it, who continue to support us in every way they can, and are as excited about the upcoming wedding and baby as we are.

And here's the baby update for the week: 

Week 11:

The baby's crown (head) to rump (backside) length is 1.75 to 2.5 inches, and weighs about 0.3 ounce....about the size of a large lime.

This week, the head extends, the chin rises from the chest, and the neck develops and lengthens.  Fingernails appear!!  Gential development will be complete in another three weeks. 

alright, so where are we again?  George and I are somewhere in our 8th month together, and...WE'RE ENGAGED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yippee!!!!!!!!!

and for some reason, the idiots in the school of music at hbu have started rumors about me and george being engaged...well, duh...do you really have nothing better to talk about???  GROW UP.  seriously.  if you can't be happy for us, then shut up.  GAH.  i can't stand people who do that sort of thing...make gossip out of something so good...only the bitches and creeps at hbu, those hypocrites, would have the nerve to do that.  it just makes me want to pommel someone...actually, i think i'd feel a lot better if i did that...yeah...

anywho...that's about it.  working at starbucks, trying to figure out how life is going to work out over the next 7 1/2 months....this is going to be craziness!!

but we'll survive. 

so that's all the update for now. 

later.

hmm...one week from sunday will be five months avec mon cher vieux (aka george)...i can't really believe it.  all at once, it doesn't seem like it has been that long, and yet...it does.  but not in a bad way.  it's like...the time has passed so quickly, but we've been through quite a bit and come a long way.   i always find it amazing how quickly time passes as we grow older...that and when we're enjoying ourselves.  kind of makes you wonder why can't time pass like this when we're stuck doing something we hate?*coughsociologycough*

anywho...i guess that's all.  i killed my ipod and i'm still trying to figure out how to fix it...agh.  but..eh bien.  i'll figure it out or take it  back to the store since it's still under warranty.  but i lost itunes too...so i think i've lost a LOT of my music...*sobs!*  again, at least i still have wonderful friends who will send me music...again...haha.  sorry panda...that was a direct reference to you...

here's something to ponder until i next post here...

in garden state, zach braff's character "large" says:

Andrew Largeman: You know that point in your life when you realize that the house that you grew up in isn't really your home anymore? All of the sudden even though you have some place where you can put your stuff that idea of home is gone.
Sam: I still feel at home in my house.
Andrew Largeman: You'll see when you move out it just sort of happens one day one day and it's just gone. And you can never get it back. It's like you get homesick for a place that doesn't exist. I mean it's like this rite of passage, you know. You won't have this feeling again until you create a new idea of home for yourself, you know, for you kids, for the family you start, it's like a cycle or something. I miss the idea of it. Maybe that's all family really is. A group of people who miss the same imaginary place.

and it was so funny.  i saw an add on the side of a gas station restaurant that said "home style breakfast" and it occured to me how true this quote was.  people are searching for anything that reminds them of home because they miss it so much...it's just...it intrigues me.  it poses a question in my heart that i'm not sure i can answer....any ideas?

alright...bit of an update...i'm dating george, a music major with me at hbu...he's an amazing man whom i love so much.    i'll have to write that story down here someday.   until then, i survived my second year of college (woohoo!) but i can't wait to move out...life sucks living at home.  anyhow, i'm off to a party at mama wood's, and i promised myself i wouldn't get wasted at this one...especially if george does come.  other than that, not much to say.  much love to all my dear friends, and if you want more...check out www.livejournal.com/~merenguehips/

why? you might ask? well, sorry, but livejournal just fucking rocks when compared to xanga...check it out. 

cheers to all

sarah