The Life of the Nickness

–I’m closing my store every night this week except for Saturday. Sigh. I guess it’s a good thing, cause it means I’ll get to sleep in a little more than if I had to be there at 8am, right? Gotta look at the positive. but I’ll tell you: if this turns out to be a regular occurrence, I’ll be having a conversation with my manager.

–Caterer tasting went awesome yesterday. Our guests are gonna be so happy with the food. I can hardly wait to eat it!

–We have out second premarital counseling session with Arch tomorrow morning, and I don’t think either of us has done our homework. I’ll have to do mine tonight when I get home and Meggie and I will have to discuss it afterwards or bright and early tomorrow morning before the meeting(we’re supposed to write down what we believe God’s calling is on our life and how our fiance can help us and then share it with each other. Arch then asks the Megan what I said and vice versa)

–I feel like I’m losing weight. I haven’t weighed myself yet, but I think I should, just to check. A lot of people are starting to randomly ask me if I’ve lost weight, and my clothes are fitting a lot nicer. We’ll see. Yay for low carbs!

–Megan’s Birthday AND Valentine’s day are coming up, both within a week of each other. We already have plans for her birthday(we’re hanging out with her friends at a few bars in downtown Annapolis) so I’m trying to think of something really wacky and crazy and romantic that will totally surprise her as a combined celebration of both birthday and holiday. Don’t worry people, I won’t be buying her another laptop! I’ll let you know when I have some ideas, and you can critique them for me.

TTFN!

–My job is going well. This is week two, and I gave up one of my days off to earn some ot. yay for extra money.

–I got my W2 in the mail and have already done my taxes. Yay I don’t owe any money!

–My brother (finally) got a wordpress blog. Check out my blogroll to visit his blog–he’s known as Nona the Ninja(I gave him that name. Doesn’t it rock?!?!)

–Heath Ledger died due to an overdose of sleeping pills. Is it sad when I heard this news the first thing I thought of was that there won’t be a ‘Return of the Joker” movie with him in it?

–Wedding news: DJ and photographer booked. Next up: a tasting on Sunday with our potential caterer.

Time for me to get some sleep while my chicken defrosts in my sink. Yup, I’m back to the old no carb lifestyle. Yay for losing weight!

I’ll leave you with the English translation of a chinese keychain we have at work. The pictures are great and the translations on it are absolutely hilarious. Each number goes under a picture. Note: what I’m about to type is NOT a mistake.

“1. Collect Stupids People. 2. Push Cliff. 3. Yay Drowns!”

Dear friend,

I’ve been thinking about you lately, wondering how you’ve been getting by. I have the feeling that you are hurting–Something’s telling me inside. These words are coming down from heaven, I hope they’ll make you realize:There’s so much love He has for you, more than you can comprehend! He is standing at the door, He’s hopin’ you will let Him in. He can wipe away your tears, give you strength to carry on. Through these hard and painful days, He will help you find your way, find your way back home. In this letter of love.

Dear friend,

I wish that you were with me, words come easy eye to eye. But since the distance separates us, let Him hold you when you cry. There’s so much love He has for you and a peace you can’t describe. So that’s why I’m pouring out my heart on this page you’re reading now. What I have I give to you, I can’t keep it all inside. Like a river to the sea, His love is flowing out of me: the love of Christ I share with you in this letter of love.

In this letter of love I’m writing to you I pray you’ll make peace with God and start anew. If you would give him your heart your life would change. He’s reaching out–Yes, God has open arms for you…in this letter of love.

Dear friend,

I’ve been thinking about you lately, wondering how you’ve been getting by. Dear friend, for you I am praying, that you’ll accept the love of Christ.

Dear friend…

My Friend.

I’ve been super sick with horrible cold/flu symptoms for about a week now that have kept me as bedridden as my body would allow.

Sorry about the lack of postage.

I just finished my first rough draft of the invitees for my wedding. I still have to speak with my mom about obscure relatives who are married(so I can include their spouse on the invitation) but the rough count for my side is 101. And thats low-balling it. There’s probably about 20 or so more that have just slipped my mind at the moment.

Wow. You never really realize exactly how many people you’re related to or are friends with until you have to number them all for wedding invitations.

For those of you who don’t know already, I got the job at Five Below. Yay!
Weird thing though: Because of the end of the holiday season, and the start of their inventory weeks, I’m not starting til Jan 14.

So. Two more weeks of ‘vacation’ to get my life in order before I go back to working full time.  Which is perfect, since I’ll be using those two weeks to really pray and think through the past year of my life and where my opportunities for improvement are.

Happy new year everyone.