I'M ENGAGED!!!!

My impatience has finally, uhm, paid off? Lol. I don't know what you wanna call it, but it doesn't matter much to me because I'M ENGAGED!!!! I woke up on saturday morning and Jeff had already been to my house and left little love post-its all over my house along with an empty photo album, a camera, and instructions to take pictures of everything. I called Jeff when i found all the notes at about 2:00PM. Jeff came over to my house and told me that he was taking me to Red Lobster (my favorite place)for dinner. He insisted on going at 7:00PM. I didn't understand and pressed him for an answer. Jeff finally told me it's because I had another gift at the resaurant. Obviously I complied and we went to eat. After we had our meal and got the bill, I asked about the gift. Jeff told me that he lied, the gift was really back at my house. We went back home and we walked into a dark house with a faint candlelight glow coming from the living room. I thought maybe we had walked in on my parents...celebrating Valentine's Day, lol. As it turns out, Jeff had gotten my parents to set the room up for me. All the furniture was pushed to the walls, a fire was going, and a bunch of tea light candles were all over. Jeff put on our song and asked me to dance with him (a request of mine from earlier this week). While we were dancing, Jeff was saying a bunch of romantic things and I wondered what was happening. I told Jeff that he had gone above and beyond for Valentine's Day and that I didn't know how he was going to top it for the proposal, to which he replied "Let me show you." Jeff sat me down and launched into his speech, which I don't even remember because I was in such shock, lol. I was able to sqweak out a "yes" and then it was official...Jeff and I are geting married!!!!! We chose June 11, 2011 so we have lots of time to plan financially. 16 months to go :]]]]]

My Immune System Sucks

I've been sick since Tuesday of last week and it's been horrible. Last week wasn't so bad, but Friday was the start of the downfall. Saturday I didn't even leave the dorm! My nose is sooooo congested and I've got crazy bad sinus pressure. I can handle almost anything a sickness dishes out, except for a stuffy/runny nose. I can't stand not being able to breathe!! Jeff says it's a defense mechanism of my body. It realizes that there is something bad inside and my body has "secured the perimeter." My body is closing off all the exits to make sure nothing else gets it. But that doesn't make any sense...My body doesn't want anything else coming into it, so it closes of everything, even my air passage??? Stupid. And, I lost my voice on Sunday and it's just gotten worse since then. I woke up today with body aches...good grief. Luckily, I didn't have any classes today, so I was able to take a sick day. I'm feeling a little better, but I'm not a fan of not having my voice. I love singing in the shower, and with my voice gone, that's not an option :[ I'm really hoping I'm over my sickness by this weekend. I don't wanna be sick when Jeff and I celebrate valentine's day...

patience is a...pain in my butt

Okay, have you ever been soooo excited for something that time just inches by? Yeah, that's where I am right now. Jeff and I are supposed to get engaged sometime this spring and time is simply not my friend these days. I know I'm not supposed to wish time away, but I can't help it. I'm SUPER excited to be Jeff's finace and I'm just so ready. I've reached that point where I feel like I'm just standing still and waiting for the next step, but that can't happen yet. I'm trying so hard to not be pushy and relax, but it's proving to be more difficult that I thought. I've been doing some pre-engagement wedding planning, but you can only do so much before you really need to be engaged to move forward (i.e putting a down payment on a reception place, talking to your pastor, ect.)School has been pretty low-key this semester so I haven't been as busy as I've been before. Basically, I'm not as pre-occupied as I used to be. Whew! It's gonna be a LONG couple of months