Not Much News

This week seems like its taking forever, not to mention the crazy weather! Jake and I are waiting patiently for our day to arrive...10 days, but who's counting?! He surprised me with a massage about a week and a half ago and I'm finally finding time to go get it tomorrow afternoon. I'm really excited because I've never had one before. I'm hoping it is a relaxing as I have always pictured one to be-this way I'll feel like we got our moneys worth out of it.

I had my final gown fitting last night-things are ready to go and she (her name is Delta) will be ready to steam early next week so she can wait for me at the church until Saturday. Final plans are in arrangement for the rehearsal dinner-thanks to Ellen, a genious! Sams Club comes in handy for things like that.

Like I said before, pretty boring here-just waiting in excitement for friends to come visit us (Rach & Brad) and family and the fun weekends to come!

2 Weeks and Counting!

We are 2 weeks away from one of the best days Jake and I will ever have together! Yeah for getting married...and the honeymoon! After all the planning and decisions, We've heard its gone in a blink of an eye-I believe it because each day goes by faster and faster, but we are still very excited! Not much left to do as far as preparations go-we still need to meet with the DJ, make final arrangements with transportation, meet with our pastor, steam dresses, etc....the list actually goes on and on. All that stuff will come the week of the wedding! Calm as we move into this next week-I hope! Did I mention we only have 2 weeks left!! :) I cant wait-then I'll have my rings back as they have been shipped off to become sautered* (dont know if I spelled that right) cleaned and primped for the special day. We will actually get them sooner, but I wont be wearing them since the wedding band will be attached.

We booked our hotel for our first night as a married couple at the Hyatt in Indianapolis! We will be right by the airport when our flight leaves around 9:00am and then off to the Dominican Republic where I hope we dont get too burnt from the nice, sunny rays. This year I am extra excited about vacation, not only because its just Jake and I, but because Indiana weather has stunk since November-except for today. I hope its nice on our wedding day-it might cause a little tension between me and the weather man and his "precision forcaster"!

As for our future...I had my interview with Purdue for the CPD-see past posts for more information about the CPD program-and things went well. I can never tell whether the interview went well or not, I guess I just always think I did an awesome job! At least I can never fail myself that way :). The bad news about this program is that they arent able to let us know if we are accepted into the program until mid July!! Thats a month and a half if you didnt know-thats means a mere 3 months to figure out what I will be doing in August= not fun! However, I did receive an email back about the U of Florida assistantship/internship and I do qualify for the postion, but they are still in the mix of finding finances to cover the position and if they do find the money it wont be until early July that they post the job and then I could apply. The job is a sports nutrition position in which I would be working with the 2 current RDs to help out with the athletic department and keeping the athletes healthy and energized! Its an awesome job and they dont come around very often especially in a place like florida, but the bad thing is that the person accepting that position would start late July becuase of two a days for volleyball, football and tennis ( I think). So, if I decided to go with that route then it would be a rush and I'm not exactly sure what Jake would do! Another bad thing about that job is the pay-which is horrible and the work load, which is out of control-and I would still have to do an dietetic internship in order to receive my RD (Registered Dietetian) credientials (a must have in dietetics) ! Ultimately, this job would give me a year of experience in a field of dietetics that really interests me and would be wonders if I decided to work towards my CSSD (Certified Sports Specialist in Dietetics) credientials. Anyways, I love life and its mystery sometimes, but good night give me a break on the mysterys!

P.S. did I mention we still dont have an apartment for next year?

Through with that-we are headed to my aunt janas tomorrow for a cookout for Memorial Day. Jake is down in Indy with Ryan (ellens boyfriend), they are going to the Indy 500 tomorrow. I went last year and was glad it rained and they had to call the race, so I decided that staying home would be the best option this year and I didnt have a ticket which made everything clear. Its quiet around here with out Jake, but nice for a day.

This next week we will both be working lots so we arent broke when we get home from the honeymoon, but we like our jobs now so thats a plus. More later...Happy early Memorial Day!

This & That!

So-I wish Indiana would get with it and produce more than 1 day of nice weather in a row. I'm sick of this hot, then cold, then cold and rainy, muggy, then hot, and repeat every other day! Enough about that already, I could be mad at the weather all day long if I wanted to.

So, here are the pictures from last post!

At Krystals Grad Party with Lauren, El, and Krystal!

Jake & I on the way from The Smiths wedding to the reception! Dont worry there werent any cars around us!

Britt and I at the reception-The bridesmaid dresses were very elegant :)

The newlyweds on their first dance! I wish my camera worked better in low light situations like this! They were very cute together.

This past Saturday Jake had his "bachelor" party! They went out for a round of golf in the afternoon, hung out like they were tailgating outside of our apartment-in the parking lot, and they went to dinner and out to Jakes for the rest of the evening. Here are some highlights of the night.

Jake in the middle of his back swing...He would have been upset with me if he would have heard the camera auto focusing during his swing!

Alex chilling on the golf cart ready for the next hole.

Bean, Jakes high school friend-I'm not sure whats going on here.

Josh and Zac (Another high school friend) ride to the next hole.

Jason & Dustin (Jasons friend from college) We've become friends with Ginny and Dustin since they moved from Kokomo to Lafayette last fall (see pics from Cinco de Mayo to remember Ginny). They have an adorable 4 year old son named Brayden and he kicks our but in Wii when we go over to play with him!

Other pictures from the party shouldnt be disclosed on the internet. Needless to say Jake had a blast and didnt get out of control like some people do on their bachelor parties, but there were a couple who made up for him-Not to name names (Alex and Jason!) My bachelorette party isnt until the weekend before the wedding. We will be traveling to Indy for a fun night and staying downtown somewhere. I think my party will be much more fun than Jakes, but I might be a little biast!

While Jake was enjoying his party, Jackie and I went to dinner at Olive Garden-Love the cheese ravioli, then rented Juno and went back to her apartment for a slumber party! After Juno, we finished off a few wedding arts and crafts and watched a little THS of Patrick Dempsy and another movie-The Enchanted (cute movie). During that time I learned how to french braid and I must catch on quite quickly because it all stayed up after the first try. Granted it might have taken me about 30 minutes to do it-it was still good for the first time ever.

We are approaching 2 weeks this Saturday and we couldnt be happier to get married and rush off on our honeymoon :) I dont know what I'm going to do with all my time after the wedding-it has pretty much consumed my life for the past year and a half.

An update on internships, I have my interview on the 22nd, this Thursday, hoping to get placed but I wont be sad if I dont get placed at Purdue. Our director sent out an email today with news of a Sports Nutritionist Internship starting July 1st in Gainesville, Fl at U of Florida. Its usually a GA opportunity, but its too late to apply for the fall semester so they are opening it up for employment until January. I havent decided if I really want to get my Masters or not, but I guess I'll figure it out once I hear back from the RD in charge of the program. Sounds like a great opportunity and would give us a chance to move to warmer climates like we thought we would be doing.

Thats all for now-I'm freezing so I'm gonna go have a cup of hot cocoa and cuddle with Jake on the couch!

Officially a College Graduate!

As of Saturday afternoon I am officially a college graduate! Yeah! Although graduation was really boring and you had to sit by some random people you dont even know-it was something I really enjoyed. Something about feeling accomplishment puts you in a great mood! After graduation we headed to Krystals grad party for a while before going to Laura & Daniels wedding that evening. Pictures to come from the wedding, but here are some from the rest of the day!

More pictures from the day, but I'm off to get my hair trial done for the wedding! Yeah for more fun things, and Jake just surprised me with an hour long massage from Christinas! I think I might be a little spoiled now that he has a real job :) Yeah for real paychecks- I think I've already mentioned that before in a post.

Chubbs!

We were able to dog-sit for the first time on Friday night for a couple hours while Anthony ran errands with his friends so I was able to snap a few pictures of Chubbs! Hes the cutest, laziest, calmist dog ever and he doesnt shed that much! He makes us want a dog, but I also realized that I follow him around to make sure he doesnt hurt himself...watch out when we have kids I'll be following them around protecting them from corners on the coffee table! But, we still have a while for that!

A week of updates

This past week has been a little slower than usual-usual being the two weeks before now and I could really get used to it :) As for updates on the internship, I heard back from Purdue and will have a conference call interview the week of May 19th for the CPD program. I guess I'm excited about it, but I'm really confused about the whole conference call interview part. I just think its stupid! So after the interview it may be a week or two until I find out whether I got one of the open positions or not (thats all they really want me to do is keep waiting...) Boo them!

Finals are over and I will soon be a graduate, regardless of whether I get into the CPD program or not! Saturday is just around the corner and I keep forgetting I need to rent my cap and gown this week. It feels weird to be finished with college and not have a clue what's going to happen with in the next few months. At church yesterday, Jake and I were recognized for graduating this year and we were supposed to give a minute blurp about what we would be doing in the future...If we knew-then it would be a lot easier to tell the congregation, the only problem being we dont know!

Wedding planning is in full force ( I really wanted to make it sound cool ) Today, Jackie and I went down to Indy for an excuse to hang out and shop. Starting out the day we had lunch at McAllisters right when we got there. Once we were full and fueled we had plans for me to have my make-up done somewhere for the wedding and just so I could get some ideas of how to do it for the rest of life. I had to explain to the lady that my mom didnt really like make-up and that I really never knew what all you needed to do your complete face. We headed to Keystone to MAC first to see if it would cost anything to have a complete make-over.... We arrived and it was free, but then we started looking for prices and that was a bad idea! Not one throughout the whole store so Jack and I started to get a little worried that the prices would be too much to buy at least one thing-she asked and they werent as bad as we thought so I purchased 3 things: 2 eyeshadows and this cool gel eye liner stuff! I only bought 3 things, but the girl used 17 products in30 minutes. I couldnt believe it, but I was a new face with lots of money on it-But it looked really good! I was excited to take a picture with my new camera (yeah for a new camera, thanks Jake). Here are the pictures, beware of the last and very close up picture-its kinda scarey but we needed it for the dramatic effect eyes!

After our trip for a free make-over for me, Jackie and I decided that when her and Al get married we will make another trip down for her make-up appointment! After MAC, we did some wishful shopping at Pottery Barn, Crate & Barrel, Williams-Sonoma, etc. you get the point. I love these 3 canisters at Williams-Sonoma, but they were a whopping $100 for the set of three...a little out of the budget! Our last stop was Castleton where I needed to find a swim coverup, beach hat and make up that was much cheaper. The first two we managed to find for a nice price, but the make up still wasnt cutting it after we checked out a few places-I'll have to make a run to Target or CVS for the other 14 products I couldnt afford!

Oh yeah, I almost forgot-we celebrated Cinco de Mayo a little earlier than most people on Saturday with Ellen, Ryan, Ginny, and Dustin. Dustin works for Budweiser and they were on a mini-bar crawl around Lafayette/W. Laf. in a Lafayette Limo and we ended up meeting them at Checkerboard. This really run down, kinda dirty, really smoky bar on 16th & Kossuth was where everyone, except me, enjoyed free Coronas on Dustins boss! They were pretty excited and I took some pictures to show it!

Jake & Dustin having a good time!

Ginny & I posing with the sombrero :)

Jake, Ryan, Ellen & I

Dustin & Ginny-they were out since 2:30 pm that day

Jake & Ryan-caught for an unexpected picture-Look at the Corona skirt!

Ellen & Ryan for a quick shot