Thursday, July 17, 2003
I was just looking at my blog and I realized that it is the most unpersonalized thing ever. Oh well...I mostly just use it to vent, so I guess it doesn't matter all that much. I don't really even know if anyone reads it or not. So...if you are reading this SEND ME EMAIL and say hi! It's nice to hear from people from time to time.
It's hard for me to believe that I have been working for CAT for six weeks now. This has been one amazing internship...now if we could just move the location to somewhere a little more exciting than Peoria life would be fantastic!
The SGA Exec had our summer retreat last weekend, and it finally hit me exactly how busy I am going to be in the fall. Between planning the Career Fair, planning Pref Party, organizing SGA Events, and possibly going to a MUN Conference my schedule is packed! The only consolation here is that once fall quarter is over so is most of the responsibilty. I still have SGA and MUN responsibilities, but that's it.
Thus far this summer has been a wild sea of emotions. My parents have decided to get divorced after 30 years of marriage. It was kind of weird because they told me this after we had just spent a week planning my wedding. I guess it's just odd to think that my married life is going to begin right as their's ends. Don't get me wrong...it's not really surprising that they're getting divorced. Anyone who knew me in high school knows how much drama went on there. College has been a little different in that I am removed from the situation. That doesn't mean that it doesn't affect me...it just means that it's easier to forget about it sometimes. I'm actually more upset for them. I am worried about what they will do once they are alone. I can't imagine spending 30 years of your life with someone and then just deciding to call it quits. It some ways it's kind of unnerving. All I really want is for them to be happy, and I hope they can figure out how to do that.
On the complete flip side of that, Nat and I pretty much planned the wedding in a week. We're having the wedding at Spindletop (for those of you not from Lexington...it's a country club). I didn't quite get to pull off my brunch like I wanted to. I settled for a lunch, which while not my ideal way to do it is ok. I didn't want to dinner, so the other option was hors'deorves (yes I know I butchered the spelling...the French and I do not get along). I was ok with just doing finger food (avoiding that word again), but decided that lunch would be all right too. All in all it should be a nice wedding. Nothing overly extravegant, but nice. I think Nat and I are going to try to leave on our honeymoon that night. He said he thinks he knows where we are going, but the deal is that I can't know until the day of the wedding. If I don't explode with excitement before then it will be a miracle.
Having the wedding (funny how I always refer to it as "the wedding" as if it were a) the only wedding or b) a seperate entity in itself...what can I say?) in Lexington definitely raises some issues. We're definitely having a small wedding. We're talking 150 people max, but who to invite from home causes me some problems. There are the obvious people...namely Kim (she's in the wedding...I sincerely hope she would be there) and Jim (we've stayed in touch over the past few years), but other than that I don't know. It will probably come down to a numbers game. I'm not stressing over it...just trying to think ahead a bit.
Well, Gentle Reader, the hour is late and I must get up early for work. Don't forget to email me if you are reading this!!! Just say hi and let me know what's going on in your life. :-) Until next time...
~N
It's hard for me to believe that I have been working for CAT for six weeks now. This has been one amazing internship...now if we could just move the location to somewhere a little more exciting than Peoria life would be fantastic!
The SGA Exec had our summer retreat last weekend, and it finally hit me exactly how busy I am going to be in the fall. Between planning the Career Fair, planning Pref Party, organizing SGA Events, and possibly going to a MUN Conference my schedule is packed! The only consolation here is that once fall quarter is over so is most of the responsibilty. I still have SGA and MUN responsibilities, but that's it.
Thus far this summer has been a wild sea of emotions. My parents have decided to get divorced after 30 years of marriage. It was kind of weird because they told me this after we had just spent a week planning my wedding. I guess it's just odd to think that my married life is going to begin right as their's ends. Don't get me wrong...it's not really surprising that they're getting divorced. Anyone who knew me in high school knows how much drama went on there. College has been a little different in that I am removed from the situation. That doesn't mean that it doesn't affect me...it just means that it's easier to forget about it sometimes. I'm actually more upset for them. I am worried about what they will do once they are alone. I can't imagine spending 30 years of your life with someone and then just deciding to call it quits. It some ways it's kind of unnerving. All I really want is for them to be happy, and I hope they can figure out how to do that.
On the complete flip side of that, Nat and I pretty much planned the wedding in a week. We're having the wedding at Spindletop (for those of you not from Lexington...it's a country club). I didn't quite get to pull off my brunch like I wanted to. I settled for a lunch, which while not my ideal way to do it is ok. I didn't want to dinner, so the other option was hors'deorves (yes I know I butchered the spelling...the French and I do not get along). I was ok with just doing finger food (avoiding that word again), but decided that lunch would be all right too. All in all it should be a nice wedding. Nothing overly extravegant, but nice. I think Nat and I are going to try to leave on our honeymoon that night. He said he thinks he knows where we are going, but the deal is that I can't know until the day of the wedding. If I don't explode with excitement before then it will be a miracle.
Having the wedding (funny how I always refer to it as "the wedding" as if it were a) the only wedding or b) a seperate entity in itself...what can I say?) in Lexington definitely raises some issues. We're definitely having a small wedding. We're talking 150 people max, but who to invite from home causes me some problems. There are the obvious people...namely Kim (she's in the wedding...I sincerely hope she would be there) and Jim (we've stayed in touch over the past few years), but other than that I don't know. It will probably come down to a numbers game. I'm not stressing over it...just trying to think ahead a bit.
Well, Gentle Reader, the hour is late and I must get up early for work. Don't forget to email me if you are reading this!!! Just say hi and let me know what's going on in your life. :-) Until next time...
~N
