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Where have we been and where are we going?

PA Wedding: A Few Pictures

i haven’t uploaded most of our pictures yet, but here’s 2 of my favorites from this weekend. does anyone else see a use for the first one? like say on engagement announcements or thank you notes? cuz i totally do! šŸ˜‰

i have loads more pictures, so there’ll probably be lots of random picture posts in the next week or so. the wedding was absolutely gorgeous and Kim and Matt looked amazing! yes, i totally cried during the bridal march even though i’d spent the entire morning with Kim and even laced up her gown. goosebumps and tears. plus, i couldn’t look at Steve or i’d have lost it even more. <3

Us at the rehearsal dinner

The Bride and groom on their pastor’s motorcycle at the reception
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Pittsburgh Wedding

In case you havenā€™t noticed, thereā€™s not a whole lot of wedding planning going on right now. Weā€™re gearing up for one of my best friends weddings in Pittsburgh next Saturday ā€“ holy hell itā€™s close enough that I can now say ā€œnextā€ ā€“ so thatā€™s been the focus lately.

I have my bridesmaids dress. I am debating between 2 dresses for the rehearsal/ dinner. Iā€™ve started working on my Maid of Honor speech. And Iā€™ve already mapped out the trip from our house to the hotel; 470 miles on the nose. Thatā€™s going to be a seriously long drive, especially if I have to make it myself. Lola has been booked at ā€œcampā€ starting Wednesday night till Monday morning to give us ample time to take care of trip stuff and leave at 4am.

Yes, you read that right. I love my Kimmie so much that I am getting on the road at 4am to drive to Pittsburgh, just in time for a pedicures & martiniā€™s lunch session with her and the girls. Trust me… I will be a napping fool as soon as I drop Lola off at camp. Plus, Iā€™ll get to see Virginia and West Virginia, and possibly some other states Iā€™ve never seen. Needless to say, Iā€™m super excited about their upcoming wedding. And I get to see 2 of my favorite girls as well!

Steve is still being screwed over at work as far as his vacation goes. Heā€™s more than earned a week off, but apparently that doesnā€™t matter. Seeing as he said he needed this time off for months and, surprise surprise, heā€™s scheduled to work next weekend. I am going to be livid if he canā€™t come with, considering that his job has know for months that heā€™s got to go out of town. Whatever, they suck.

The picture is the inside of the Heinz Memorial Chapel on the University of Pittsburgh campus. This beautifulness is the location of their wedding! Can you just imagine the gorgeous pictures?!

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I See Light!


That will be me on May 7, 2010. (…standing on a cake, surrounded by stars…)

Wow, that date is the day I am officially finished with my MBA and, hopefully, school forever. I started this grad school journey in August 2005, which really does feel like a lifetime ago. In the 4 years itā€™s been so far, taking 2 classes a semester and 1 this past summer, I managed to hold steady at a GPA of 3.33, all the while working various full-time jobs ranging from 40-55 hours a week.

Steve and I were talking finances at lunch, and jobs. I said we were going to Greenville in May for graduation, and then I started tearing up. I canā€™t believe itā€™s so close when, for the longest time, thereā€™s been no end in sight. There is actually a light at the end of the tunnel!

I started digging on the ECU website for more information about graduation. Then I checked Orbitz for hotels and room rates in Greenville. Yes, I am ridiculous enough to book my hotel room 9 months in advance.

So we have the following travel plans for the next 14 months:

  • August 27-30 in Pittsburgh, PA for Kim and Mattā€™s wedding
  • October 22-24 in New Bern, NC for Abby and Chanceā€™s wedding
  • May 6-9 in Greenville, NC for graduation
  • October 9-15 in Las Vegas for MY wedding

Image courtesy of mbaforbetterfuture.com

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