Two Weeks

Two weeks until the wedding and I lose a few more brain cells every day!

Quick run-down on progress...

Completed Items:

• Reception Hall and Food
• Bridal Shower
• Luncheon
• Bridal Shower
• Invitations
• Bridal Shower
• Flowers
• Bridal Shower
• Wedding Dress
• Bridal Shower
• First Dress Fitting (and hopefully the last)

To Do:

• Dan's Ring
• Temple Dress
• Pre-Wedding Party with Springville Friends (Bridal Shower?)
• Pack and Move to New Home
• Breathe
• Final Details for California Reception
• Thank You Cards (I've run out of stamps)
• All the Little Details I'm Forgetting

Thank Heaven for Moms, Dads, Mother-In-Laws, Father-In-Laws, Sisters, Sister-In-Laws, Grandmas, Aunts, Friends, and most of all Dans!

Are We There Yet?

I would not be a proper fiancee (and teacher) if I did not make a paper chain for Dan to count down the days until the wedding.  Believe it or not, the chain is much smaller then it was when I gave it to him.  It is quite the nightly ceremony as one gets ripped off, crumpled, and thrown to the ground.  

We have 29 days left!  My head is beginning to spin as it tries to remember everything that I am supposed to be doing and that is still left to be done.  I stopped today and remembered why I was doing all of this.  I have nothing to complain about.  I would do anything for this man!  Well, anything but wait more than 29 days to marry him...

It gets harder and harder to leave him every night.  I am more than excited to start my new life.  

I am also hoping that I will find where I put my brain when I begin to unpack my things in my new home.

The Week After

The last day of school has come and gone.  Goodbyes were said and report cards given.  All in all, a successful year.  Some might say the success of my students wasn't success at all.  I would say they were wrong.  Even if they left my class not reading at a 2nd Grade level, there was improvement and hard work on their part.  For my students that have emotional and behavioral problems (yes, I did have more than a few), they learned more social skills to put in their arsenal against their hard realities.  And for those students that came from unhappy or unsafe homes, they learned that there was at least one person and one place that they were loved, wanted, and safe.  Yes, it was a successful year.

So why were there books, papers, file folders, and my computer out on my floor today?  (Notice the Diet Mt. Dew which was necessary after a morning full of meetings.)  It's time to start planning for next year.

P.S. I have gotten the subtle message from Dan that my planning had better be quick and to the point as we have better things to do this summer!!  Hooray!