Mountain Time

Hello from Colorado!

This is weird. Maybe it's because K has been busy for the past 2 days, so I sit at home car-less, tv-less, and jacked up on iced tea. I wake up every day (so far) at like 8 or 830. Really? Who am I? Maybe it's because I'm not used to mountain time yet, so my body really thinks I am waking up at 930. Also maybe it's because I'm sleeping on the world's most uncomfortable air mattress.

It is freaking hot in Colorado. It's freezing at night (K likes to sleep with the sliding glass door open) and then it's like two thousand degrees of just pure hotness during the day. I'm used to Iowa where it's humid and hot and you feel sticky instantly when you go outside. But here, instead of sticky I feel dehydrated and like I am starting to shrivel up. I'm sure it's all in my head.

I am trying moderately hard to get settled here, which is difficult because we don't have all of our stuff. Thankfully we will have it by Thursday night, but then comes the unpacking part which makes me tired just thinking about it. Living on the second floor is so great because there is a gorgeous view and it makes me feel a little safer, but carrying all that stuff up the stairs makes me want to ask our downstairs neighbors if they'd like to trade apartments. Mostly everything that we brought with us in our cars has been unpacked with the exception of clothes. I have become mildly obsessed with our Keurig (chai tea!) and iced tea maker. I didn't even like iced tea two weeks ago and today alone I have finished almost a whole pitcher. K bought a router for our internet yesterday which I am extremely grateful for, because I spent a good hour sitting in our closet where the ethernet is hooked up so that I could be online. Cable doesn't get hooked up until Saturday, so the router has been especially wonderful today. My cousin Gretchen and her roommate came to visit me yesterday, which was awesome because it kept my mind off of moving and being alone. I am excited to go visit her in Denver soon (they have a Tiffany's there!) and for our outing with the boys to a Rockies game.

That's all for now. I'll post again after we get our stuff!
xoxo e

life as a wife

I am happy to say that K and I have been married for almost 2 weeks now and are both still happy and alive ;)

The wedding was wonderful. I couldn't have asked for a better day/people there/reception/groom/anything else. It was just awesome. I will admit that I am slightly relieved that it is over, but it was well worth all the stress and planning.

We also enjoyed our week in Jamaica. I really should post a picture, but unfortunately that will have to wait, as my camera cord is packed somewhere in the depths of our belongings. The honeymoon was so relaxing and nice after a week of chaos. The weather was beautiful and the staff at our resort were all so nice. I wish we were still there!

It doesn't feel super different (yet...?) being married. The only difference I have noticed is that it's really hard to sign K's last name in cursive, and that sometimes people ask me about my husband and I do kind of this confused look like I don't really know what they're talking about. Surely I will get used to both of the above ;)

Tomorrow is my last day of work in Iowa (for now). We are leaving bright and early on Sunday for Colorado, which I am both happy and sad about. I think it will be awesome to just kind of start our own thing and experience a new setting, but I am not so sure about leaving my family & friends behind. I know it will be fine in the long run & that K will take good care of me, but I can't help but worry a little. In other unexciting news, our puppy is not actually due until July 11th which really kind of sucks. The woman made a mistake on her website and felt really bad, but oh well. We are just ready for a fur-baby.

...And speaking of babies, one of the girls from Alpha Chi sent out an email this morning. She is going to have a baby in January! She graduated 2 years before me and married a guy from K's fraternity. It's crazy to think that they are going to have a child, and that K and I will be in that same boat in a few (long) years. Anyways, I am really excited for her and hope that I will be at least like 27 before I have kids. I'm not ready to give up my princess attitude quite yet.

Well, maybe when we are settled in Colorado I will post a few pictures from the wedding and honeymoon and other recent happenings. But for now, bye!

xoxo

e

procrastination at it's finest

Has anyone else ever noticed that I pretty much only write on here when I could be doing other things? (I say that like multiple people actually read this, ha!)

It's technically wedding week, starting today. I am about 99% sure that most of my friends would rather strangle me with their bare hands than listen to me talk about more wedding stuff. Bare with me, only 6 more days.

This morning, I put 200 stickers on 200 little cellophane bags with the help of my little bro. Some of my guests may think I was drinking during this process, because all of the stickers that Christopher was responsible for are noticeably crooked. That's okay though, after going through this wedding process once, I don't know why more people don't drink during these activities! I also washed like 15 glass containers (without breaking any, yay!) and put the chapstick in it's little bucket. And then I made pizza rolls and thought of more things to do. And then I got on my computer.

In other news, we are moving to Colorado a week earlier than originally planned. Our puppy is also supposed to be born on the wedding day, so I am pretty excited to see that little guy. Also, I got my diploma in the mail...weeee! It's official.

Guess I better go practice my new signature now or something....

xoxo

e

happy days

It's been a while!

Well. Since the last post, I have graduated, moved out of my apartment, moved in with 4 boys, cleaned their apartment (several times), had a bachelorette party, had a bridal shower, traveled to Colorado for the first time, and signed an apartment lease with my future hub. Phew! Typing that made me tired.

There is 3 weeks exactly until the wedding. Seriously, where did the time go? I got my engagement ring soldered to my wedding bands this past week, and it looks beautiful. I am bummed that I don't get to wear it for another 3 weeks. I feel like I just put it on my finger for the first time a few months ago! Definitely doesn't seem like 2 years. I am really thankful for all the people (especially my mom) who have supported K & I through this. But I am ready to get it done :) And definitely ready to be soakin up the sun in Jamaica!

We had my bachelorette party last friday and it was a blast! I have the best friends. (Normally I hate when people say that-how could anyone possibly know that they have the best friends? But I absolutely have the best friends, for me :))

Today was my bridal shower-awesome. It was so fun to have everyone come together and just hang out. We got some awesome gifts too! One of my favorites was one of those signs that says a word but it's made out of photographs. It says K's last name, and I am SO glad we got it because I have been wanting one for like 4 years and could never find one because his last name is so freakin long. An added bonus-all the pictures that make up the letters are ones that have been taken at Iowa State or in Cedar Rapids. We also got all of the animal utensils that I've been wanting forever. K will hate them, but at least I will have fun while I cook!

We signed an apartment lease on Wednesday in Loveland, Colorado. I am actually pretty excited, because our apartment is absolutely beautiful. I will admit that I am a bit nervous to move to a completely different state, but I have faith that it will be fine. K will help me adjust and will make it fun! We're starting to take visitor requests now... :)

Okay, I'm blogged out. Bye!

xoxo

e

Well, I have nothing exciting to report really. It's dead week, which means I should be studying for finals but I'm not. I'm waiting for class to start, mom, so don't get mad.

I can't believe I am down to my last 2 weeks of college. In fact, I only have two classes left in my college career. And two tests, but I'd rather not think about that right now. I will have taken 20 sets of finals by the time I graduate next Friday. Gross. At least they are over! Unless I decide to go back to school, which right now is not happening.

I got to go home this past weekend to hang out with my family and have a final meeting with our reception venue (which I am obsessed with. Thank you for finding it mom). It was so fun to be with the fam. My mom now has 3 dresses for the wedding. We are thinking she might just keep all 3 and change into them throughout the night ;) We also made cinnamon rolls, which are awesome. I have been eating them for breakfast but now I'm out of frosting, which is the best part. Not sure what I am going to do with the ones I have left.

The invitations for the wedding are finally out! What a relief. I have already gotten some RSVPs in too :) It is sneaking up here very quickly and let's face it, I still have a lot to do. Like finish my shoes for example. Still. I think I have decided to do them differently, but stay tuned for that. Not like anyone really cares what they look like but me, but still I like to complain about them.

I have a long time until class starts so here is a list of things I did in college that I didn't think I would do/were fun/scary/things you can't do when you're not in college:

1. Joined a sorority

2. Got into a serious relationship

3. Slept on the floor for an entire semester

4. Drove (got driven) to New York City & got to feed a giraffe

5. Participated in greek week (& was a co-chair & won first place)

6. Went to a Spice Girls concert

7. Experienced VEISHEA

8. Joined a committee for the Fashion Show

9. Got to be a Rho Gamma

10. Got engaged

11. Went to Italy

12. Lived in California

13. Made a lot of friends

14. Tried a billion new kinds of food

15. Experienced FAC

16. Played broomball

This is going to be a running list for the next 2 weeks I think, since I obviously did a lot more than that. Or at least I'd like to think that I did.

Okay bye.

xoxo

e

Spring Break

Finally, it's break time! I have been patiently waiting for this since about the end of Christmas break :)

Apart from me now having less than 100 days and (very slightly) less than 3 months until the wedding, my life is pretty great right now! I am still on the hunt for a job, but I really want to know where Kam will be going to grad school before I get too excited about anything. Hopefully we will know soon.

As for break, I will be spending part of next week in New Orleans with Kam and his parents. I've never been there before, so I'm excited! I am also excited because this is the first (and last) time I will be doing anything for spring break. Kam was very sweet and said he wanted to take me somewhere since I'd never gone anywhere for spring break before, and this is our last one. His parents decided randomly that they wanted to go somewhere too, so we are combining and all going together. I think it will be fun!

This weekend I got so much done. I am really relieved by that, because I was starting to get really stressed out by all the wedding stuff. It's hard to plan a wedding that is taking place 2 hours from where I live most of the time. Anyways, we met with the reception venue and decided on food! Huge weight off my shoulders. It turned out so wonderfully too, because we hadn't found an exact option from the menu that they gave us that we were in love with. Our coordinator said it was no problem, and literally let me pick exactly what we wanted. Also, we will have a lemonade fountain. That's probably the part I am most excited about :) We also met with the company that is decorating the reception. It's going to be sparkly and amazing. I seriously cannot wait to see everything!

Today we went shopping with my aunt and 2 cousins. I was banking on finding a dress for my bachelorette party, but I didn't. It's getting really frustrating, but I am just hoping that the perfect one is waiting for me somewhere! On the bright side, I did find the perfect shoes to wear with my rehearsal dinner dress. (Sorry to go in to detail on all the clothing...I am a fashion major after all) Let me re-phrase that. I could not find the perfect shoes anywhere. Given the fact that Kam is about a fourth of an inch taller than I am, I really hate wearing heels around him. I wanted silver glittery shoes, but all I could find were some seriously tall heels. Apparently no one makes silver flats with glitter. So, in true Emily nature, I made my own. And they turned out awesome. I am currently doing the same thing to a pair of old sunglasses because I love how my shoes turned out so much! I also love glitter, so I am unnaturally excited about this.

These are what my shoes looked like before I got my hands on them. This is literally the same pair-they started out black and everything!

And these are my shoes now! I am in love with them. Considering wearing them to bed...kidding! But I am proud of myself :)

March!

Whoa baby, I can't believe it's March already! It seems like January and February flew right by.

The finger crossing continues, with grad schools and job apps and wedding things. I ended up getting the part time job I was hoping for, only to receive an email today that they have eliminated the position I would be working in. Soo that was less than awesome. Oh well I guess!

Sorority formal is this Saturday. I am really excited :) It's the last one though, sad! And weird. All of the senior girls are coming though, which is amazing. We almost never get to hang out all together, so I am really looking forward to it! I also love wearing dresses, so this is the perfect opportunity.

Speaking of dresses, I cannot find a dress for my bachelorette party! I know it's not until May, but I get nervous/anxious (weird, me? never). I also still can't find shoes to go with my rehearsal dinner dress. It's hard to be a fashion major haha. I need to do some major goal setting here this week, so that I have an actual timeline of when I need to do these things. After all, the wedding is 100 days from today! I feel like when I talk to people, all they hear me say is "blah blah blah wedding blah"...hope that's not the case. I sure feel like it though.

I'm in the mood to cook. It's not going to happen, but I just thought I'd record the fact that I actually feel like it.

Ok that's all.

xoxo e