Thursday, January 1, 2009

Happy New Year!

2009 is finally here and I'm really excited about it. First of all, I have a strange fondness for odd numbers, so 2009 is good. I'll be moving into a new apartment to start the year and will be making a considerable upgrade in my living accommodations. On January 6, I change from Geography student to Geography teacher. Oh yes, I also graduate with the Brigham Young University Class of 2009. I remember, as a freshman, thinking that I would be Class of '09 and feeling that 2009 would never come. This means never having to take an Economics test again, which makes me giddy with excitement. But really, in all honesty, I am most excited to be getting married. :)

With the wedding almost two weeks away, we have been very busy with preparations. The latest accomplishment was mailing the announcements. My mom and I bought some invitations that we could print and assemble ourselves. We knew they would be a bit more labor-intensive than most but we severely underestimated how much time and effort would go into making them. We started Tuesday evening at around three in the afternoon, knowing that we would probably be up past midnight. So, we set up a very efficient assembly line (Dad even stuffed envelopes) and got to work. Thirteen hours and ten Diet Pepsis later, we had printed, assembled, stuffed, licked, sealed, and stamped over 150 announcements. It was a lot of work but we had fun and it was exciting to be sending out announcements.



This was at about five in the morning when we were finally finishing.



Yay! Announcements! Yay!

I am so excited to be getting married. It was nice to get the announcement done and in the mail. I also can't wait to get back to Dave on Monday. It's been difficult to be apart during the holidays and I miss him a lot. :(

Camping at Strawberry Resevoir

Camping at Strawberry Resevoir