i'm really good at blogging consistently.

it's almost time for good old ball state to revive again, and i'm pretty excited. summer in muncie is quiet and a good time to get some R&R, but i'm ready for my crazy friends to be back so adventures can ensue.

as for wedding planning, i feel like i have a billion things to do, but my hands are tied because i can't actually do any of it yet. i think the last couple weeks before june 12 are going to be stressful but also energizing and fun because i'll actually be able to do all these things i've been dreaming about. like decorating, setting things up, and being active. instead of just sitting around and thinking about it until my mind runs in circles and i go mad. at least i got a dress, though. now i don't have to see white dresses every time i close my eyes. and it's REAL perty and i love it!

steven is in san francisco this week and i miss him something fierce. i know he's having such a good experience and learning a lot, but still. i wish he'd come back already. i'm THAT girlfriend. er, fiance. i'm still not used to saying that. saying "wife" will be worse, i think. worse and better. :)

quick update! i bet no one reads this anymore, but still.  

1. i am engaged! my grandmother's beautiful stone sits on my left ring finger and i can't stop staring at it. wedding planning is turning out to be a big pain, and very stressing, but hopefully i can plow on through it. i am going to need help from all my muncie friends this coming year. craft circles, what what? we will be so cool. p.s. i've managed to pick a date - june 12.  

2. puppy is growing at an incredible rate! he is mostly house trained now and knows how to sit, lay down, shake, and stay. he will do anything for treats and i am a sucker for giving them to him. for things like "being adorable."  

3. i'm working like a crazy person at ball state recreation this summer. pretty much every day i have double shifts and sometimes even triple ones. of course, in rec land, triple shifts are only 9 hours long because the shifts are only 3 hours each, but still. 9 hours at rec is a feat in itself.  

4. i got an interview for the internship i want! i feel like i've proven myself pretty persistent, as i've been emailing these people since may, but i think it's about to pay off! i don't want to jinx myself, but i'm excited nonetheless.

yuri is getting bigger and more adorable by the day. he's also getting to the part in his life when he just wants to chew. everything. including ankles and fingers. of course, he's just a puppy, so it's quite endearing now, but i'm worried about when he's sixty pounds. something tells me it won't be so cute anymore. we're trying to break him of it, but he's exactly like a little kid. stubborn. mischevious. and oh so cute. i'm in love with him!

in other, more ridiculous news, i'm reading the twilight books again. i still really like them, i don't care what anyone says. i can fully admit that they are the silliest books on earth, but there's just something about them. they hold my attention like no other book i've read lately. maybe it's the escapist in me, trying to get away from real life. i also watch the movie again.... UGH. it was just as horrible as the first time around. i still found myself laughing at the most serious parts because the acting was just so bad. it also made me a bit sad. it could have been a really good movie, given the right actors. robert pattinson just has no inflection in his voice. a trailer for the second movie is out, and it looks just as terrible. we shall see.

generally speaking, munciana is a volleyball tournament. but it's much more than that. it's a gathering of grumpy tyrant parents who just want their kids to win. that's all they want in life. for their kids to win. and if they don't, they will take it out on the poor building supervisor who is just doing her job. that's right, the supervisor is me. and unfortunately, i had to work this event for eight hours today. it was like a real job. i don't know if i've ever been treated so rudely, though. it was my personal hell on earth. i was trying so hard to be nice and smiley to everyone, but the feeling was not mutual. everyone hated me. i was the bad guy that told everyone they couldn't bring food into the gym or sit on top of the bleachers. i was just no fun, i guess. sigh... sometimes i hate working for rec.

i has a puppy

so i just figured out how to send pictures from my cell phone to my computer via bluetooth, so i have a bunch of pictures to show of my new puppy.  his name is yuri and he is one mischevious little bugger.  it's hard to stay mad at him though because, as you can see, he is just adorable.  he's three months old now, and he's growing super fast.  it's getting harder to pick him up now, though i won't admit it to steve because he still picks him up like he weighs nothing.  but he probably suspects something, because of all my hemming and hawing when i strain to pick yuri up.  i sound like a grandma.  eh.  whatevs. 

so this is yuri when we first got him.  he was only a baby, 8 weeks old.  he was so little!  so, he was the little spoon.  duh.  that's steve.  he's cute too.

this is him now.  he's a bit bigger, though it's hard to tell without steve-comparison.  he's trying to communicate to me that he has to pee.  bad.

i'm sure he looks so dejected because he was gnawing on someone's ankles or something and got it trouble.  but how can you be mad at this face?  impossible.

yuri has really thick, black fur and as a consequence, he doesn't like to be in the sun very much.  he's always searching for two things:  1. something to eat and 2. shade.  this time he found a hole in the ground and stuck his head in it and promptly went to sleep.  success!

hey, it's almost been a FULL YEAR since i've updated this thing.  if anyone is still reading this from my LT days, you should know, it was a success.  i know it seemed rocky after that last disparaging post, but really, i was just complaining about nothing.  i like to do that sometimes.  i'm pretty much a completely different person now, but in all the good ways.  like i can talk to people now. (what?)  people i don't know. (gasp!)  and i actually enjoy it!  (faint!)  plus, i just love jesus.  even more now.  he's pretty cool.  

the new LTers are in virginia beach right now starting in on their own little slice of LT pie.  i have to admit, i'm a little jealous.  it's a rare thing to be able to work and live on the beach while every day growing stronger in faith.  but i wish them the best.  hopefully they have as much fun as i did.

maybe i can start this blog up again, but it's going to need a rehaul.  first, makeover.  i'll get on that.  second, it's 12:21 AM and i have to get up early.  so, goodnight.  :)

well, they did it again.  or should i say, He did it again.  i just got all comfortable over at the south college lowe's, working in 'my deli' and the occasional bakery stint across the way, when they transfer me back to monkey junction.  i'm not sure what's going on here, but i do know one thing - lowe's needs to get it together.  i was scheduled 40+ hours in both locations and all the department managers were fighting with each other about it.  eventually, monkey junction bakery won it, because i'm leading out the summer there.  

my computer's about to die.  that was a quick update.  :)