A Birthday Fit for....well....me!

Man oh man, what a day Friday was. I woke up at 9, took a shower, watched a movie, ate some breakfast, and then headed to work. Work was pretty laid back, and I got off around 3. I then proceeded to go visit Bizzy, who bought me her favorite shot (a "Fun Dip" shot) at her favorite bar. We then hung out for a bit and I headed over to dinner a while later. Dinner was great! My mom and Greg made me Bison Burgers, home-made mashed potatoes, and fresh green beans. It was an amazing dinner, and full of good company! My mom had also gotten me a present, which happened to be almost everything off for my wedding list for Mary Kay! I can't believe that all got taken care of. I think all I have left to buy is blush. *AMAZING!*

After that it was off to the house to round everyone up and head to Martini Park. They put us up in their V.I.P. section, which was HUGE and had these comfy couches. It was an absolute blast. We even kind of had our own personal bouncer ;). So that was awesome. Rebecca bought me a Strawberry Basil Martini (SO GOOD) and Joe bought me some Salmon Poppers topped with caviar. Which I am still raving about. WOW. I had never had caviar, and I was very keen on trying it. It was completly worth it :). So many thanks to Joe for that.
After that, we headed over to Gameworks, where Rebecca, Jessica, and I all ended up beating the Jurassic Park game on Expert *FTW!*. We were super pumped about that. It may be becoming a birthday tradition, thanks to Jessica :-}. After that we went and stood in line for Shadowbox and then sat down to a good show. Not their best, but our group made the most of it. We were having a great time even though the show wasn't super spectacular. Everyone then congregated back to the house and all had a good time til everyone got too exhausted (me being one of the first!) to do anything else! I was in bed by 2am. It was a fantastic night, and a fabulous birthday!

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they say it's your birthday; it's my birthday too, hey!

As many of you probably know, I am turning 21 tomorrow.
I am super excited. :) I'm not a big drinker, but tomorrow is going to be a blast. I'm not planning on getting "drunk" or anything, just going out with my friends, and buying my first legal drink at Martini Park. Then, off to Shadowbox for a fantastic show! Before that, of course, I am going to have dinner at my mom's with Greg and my brother and Brian. It's going to be a lot of fun :). They are making me Bison burgers. Then Saturday with my dad and ako; I have no idea what they have planned for me, but it's going to be great! Class is also pretty much out of the question tomorrow. I want to be able to stay up as long as I want tonight, and sleep in tomorrow. So that's what I'm going to do :).

I'm also looking forward to French Silk Pie homemade by Rebecca. :-D

Also, I watched the movie Seven Pounds last night, and I would deffinatly reccommend it to everyone! It's a fantastic movie. very moving.

Other than that, everything has pretty much stayed the same. Brian and I are better than ever, and are both very happy. He's been working on music a lot, which is awesome. Wedding stuff is coming along pretty well. It seems sort of surreal right now, but I'm hoping it will all come together in the next few months!

Anyway, that's all I've got for now.

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::: ? :::

this is going to be a crazy month.


to say the least.

It started out with the wedding of one of my absolute closest friends of all time, Bizzy Campbell marrying an absolutley fantastic guy, Mark Shell. That was yesterday morning at 9am, and it was so fun! they looked so happy it was contagious :).

So, on top of working and school I have all of my weekends completly filled until June, which by that time, will be the end of school for the summer (*yippe!*). I will still be working for the church, and may be picking up extra hours elsewhere to make some extra cash and get some extra experience.

today has been good, though. I've been incredibly tired, and a little stressed out, but it's all coming together. I couldn't concentrate in class all morning becuase I was just playfully writting down a wedding budget and got a little overwhelmed with how much we have left to pay for. Fortunatly, it's only about 1/6th of the actual cost of the wedding...so that's good. I also found out my first car payment is due early next week, along with my first wedding ring payment. bleh. I despise money. It makes everything more complicated.

Brian, as always has been making everything better though. He's always so reassuring and positive, and it honestly just makes me smile. I'm very lucky to be marrying such a fun guy, who is also so sensible and smart. i feel very priveledged for that :).

Got a few engagement pictures back, which was great! The entire session was an absolute blast; Brian and I both had fun, and I can only hope Tom and Johnathan did too! We started out shooting at the Columbus Museum of Art sculptue garden, which was a lot of fun! Thenw e just walked around and took pictures a few other places. :) I can't wait to see the rest of them. here are a few of our favorites!
(all credit/rights for these photos goes to Tom Feisel at new age foto [www.newagefoto.com])









More to come! So anyway, that's all I've got for now. I'll update more withing the next few days. :)

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THE pictures

I have been waiting a good long time to have my engagement pictures taken. And to have them taken by Tom Feisel only makes it that much better. As most of you know, he is an absolutley out of this world photographer, and I can't wait to see/order some of the pictures! :-D We had our engagement photoshoot yesterday, and it was incredibly fun. Brian was a natural, and I just had a blast :). We both had a fantastic time. Though I do have to say, getting stuck in "Race for the Cure" traffic downtown was no picnic. Or maybe we should have brought a picnic, with how slow things were moving! They had Tom's studio literally surrounded by the route, so we couldn't get there. We had to meet at the Columbus Museum of Art. But no complaints here :-D. Getting to do pictures in the sculpture garden was AMAZING! :-D I so can't wait to see them. :-P
Here's a peek at how dolled up I got yesterday :-). The gorgeous hair is thanks to my amazing friend Michelle! She got up super early and came over to do my hair before she went to work. *MUAH!*

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