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Worst blogger ever.  I'm sorry...

Bauer just farted next to me.  And it smells...



BAD.

I wish I had pictures to show you from the beach, but I don't because I took NONE!  The beach this year, for me, was a time to get away from everything - work, photography class, new career goal, and wedding.  I was SO overwhelmed when I left that I could do nothing but lay on the beach and stuff my face with lasagna (yes, lasagna at the beach), candy, and cookies.  And, that's what I did.  :)  Now I'm BACK and hopefully I'll be blogging more!

So, for those of you that know my sister you know that she has been fighting the deamon named Praxis for a few years.  I am now joining her in the fight and quite frankly, I'm terrified.  I have to pass the Praxis I Math test on September 18 or I will not be accepted into Mary Baldwin for the teacher licensure program in the Spring.  I studied a LITTLE at the beach (refer to paragraph 1) and just took the practice test tonight for the first time to time myself and see how much I really know.  I scored a 183 and need a 178 to pass.  So, I would have passed...but not by much.  I got 26 out of 40 questions right and if it were a test in a class I would have got a 65%.  That sucks.  The main area I need to work on are fractions that I have hated, despised, and cursed since the 5th grade.  I mean really...there are calculators now.  WHY DO I NEED TO KNOW THIS CRAP BY DOING IT ON PAPER!  (Oh yeah, no calculators are allowed on this test...) I'm so annoyed. 

In addition to the Praxis I have to pass the VCLA reading and writing tests on Sept 25 (also the same day as my bach partayyy!!), so I will have to start studying for that soon too.  Good grief.  Why couldn't I have just decided to be a teacher while I was still in college?  Oh right...I was going to be a 'business woman'.  How's that working out for me?  I work some Saturdays, holidays, no insurance, no 401k, low ass salary, no overtime pay...yeah, I think I'll become a teacher :)

I'm now going to eat a big bowl of ice cream at 9:45 PM.  My wedding diet is going great! :) mwahaha

toodles.
 

bananas.

Ok, so planning a wedding is officially BANANAS.  I am sooo busy every night doing stuff for this wedding; it's crazy!  Invitations, shower thank-you's, wedding day shoes, hair appts., priest meetings, etc, etc, etc...!!!  So, for now I will just continue to use this as my excuse for being a terrible blogger!

Although I am super busy planning the wedding I did have some time this weekend for my bridal shower!  My mom's long time friend, Lee and my Aunt Peggy threw a wonderful party!  All of my friends and most of my family were there and I felt so blessed by all of the wonderful gifts I got!  We really did make out like fat rats and feel sooo lucky!!  Thank you to everyone who shared this day with me :)

Since all of my friends were able to come into town we obviously did not want to waste a perfectly good night to go out!  So, we had a little after-shower/pre-bachelorette party.  Why not?  It was so great to be able to let loose and I really needed it after these past few months at work and with all the wedding planning!

Until next time...which may be after the beach next week.  Don't hate meee!!

busy, busy, busy...

Oh, hello.  Remember me?  Worst blogger ever?  Ok...it's really not my fault this time!  I am SO completely swamped with wedding (and other things) lately!  I have been trying to chill out about the wedding, but there are SO many details and so many decisions that have to be made!  I know I have got a lot done in the past week, but it seems you make one decision and that spawns 10 other decisions!  Good grief.  Anywho, we are leaving for the beach in a week and a half and that will be my relaxing time.

Along with the wedding I have also decided to go back to school...not for my MBA (I'm not that crazy), but for my teaching license.  I have debated about it and done some serious soul searching and have decided that I want/need/should be an elementary school teacher.  Most of my friends/family who hear this for the first time say "What?!?! YOU?!?!", but my career path up to now has been...well, less than stellar.  And, I will have summers off, and get to write on a chalkboard!  And I get to celebrate every holiday and season like a 7 year old again!  This seems like a win-win situation to me.  So, hopefully I will be enrolled in the Spring in the program, but before then I have to pass the Praxis I - Math and the VCLA tests.  It would have been so much easier to make this career decision while I was still in school, but why would I ever want to do anything the easy way?

Oh, and I have been gathering pictures for our wedding slideshow and thought I would share a couple...look how stinking cute my boys are ;)

Glad to see his posture has improved over time...

Off to work I go...fml.