Who Me? Have Ethics? What Ethics?

It's a beautiful Monday afternoon here at college. The nicest day yet this whole year in fact...Kind of brutal considering today's the first day back from Spring Break. Kind of rubbing it in our faces, especially since I'll be spending the afternoon not outside enjoying the sunshine and warm temperatures, but rather glued to my computer screen trying to convince my teacher that I can in fact write a decent Ethics paper. Anybody have an ethics paper they feel like selling? Just Kidding! I do have ethics, depending on your definition of course. It's the kind of class you learn a lot from but feel like beating your head against the wall everytime an assignment comes due. I studied 13+ hours for the midterm exam, and garnered myself a B-, which I was very thankful for. Supposedly it's the hardest test you'll ever take here. Anyway, our group project comes due on Thursday (a 30 page paper) and I need to have my 6 pages done by tomorrow morning or risk losing my head to another group member. And since I'm rather attatched to my head, I better get it written. I got called and asked to go into work today, which I promptly had to turn down since I spent Spring Break working on wedding plans instead of writing my paper.

Which is the good news of the week, The Wedding (duh, duh, dun *scary music*) as I'm now calling it, is coming along quite nicely. Seriously, I'm excited, especially since it's only a little over 2 months away. Andy and I managed to pick out tuxes, order flowers, order the cake, and address many invitations over Spring Break, along with a few other random things like applying for a marriage license. This is probably the first time I've ever correctly spelled license, since I finally saw it spelled right as we applied for ours. Anyway, the marriage license story is rather well, comical. We realized we had to apply for it this last week if we were going to do it in Koochiching County, which was the preference, since you have to do it more than 5 business days in advance and this would be the only time we would both be up there together except the 3 days before the wedding. As we went to apply for it we realized we had forgotten to bring a signed specific paper from Mr. Hudson saying that we had received marriage counseling, which makes about a $70 difference in the cost of the marriage license. So we worked it out that we could fill everything out and I could bring that paper back in May. So we signed our names and I got to write my married name for the first time, and I also accidentally checked the yes boxes when it asked if we'd been convicted of any felonies. Oops! Bummer...at least the lady was understanding. It was a bit distracting while we were there because this lady who was either getting married for a large multiple time, or getting a divorce, stood right next to me and kind of laughed the whole time we were doing this. Not sure what that meant...Anyway, it was an adventure for sure. Kind of weird to because the bride (that's me!) has to fill out this section saying that I do intend to marry ____ (Insert Andy's name) and then sign my name. Leftovers from the days of kidnapping and forced marriages? Not sure on that one.

Anyway, wedding plans are coming along and hopefully invitations will go out sometime late next week, depending on how soon I am able to get the maps printed out and if that goes okay. Plus, as I said, huge paper due this week along with tons of stuff to do the next 3 weeks. On a side note, Andy and I did manage to find an apartment to rent in Alex, so we signed the lease and he's set to move in on May 1st. That's exciting, because it's OUR home, Andy's and Mine, which sounds pretty cool. It kind of makes this marriage seem like more of a reality. It's a small apartment, but we'll give it character I hope.

There's only 4 weeks of classes and a week of finals left of this school year, but there's a lot of stuff between now and then to get done. I will say that I'm glad Spring Break was so late this year if only because then April Fool's Day fell during Spring Break so no one could cause problems here. Last year someone put minnows/goldfish in every toilet. Kind of creepy as your rubbing the sleep out of your eyes to see something dart to the back of the toilet. Presumably that same someone also put Easter Egg Dye tablets in every shower head. Thankfully I had later classes so the dye had washed out by the time I took a shower. This sort of thing makes me wonder why people think the average college student is mature. Granted most are, but there are those few that drag us all down. Okay, so I hate pranks, so April Fool's Day is my least favorite day of the year. All I have to say is that great pain will be caused should anyone decide our wedding is a good reason to pull any pranks. I will not be smiling then.

But I digress, the next 3 weeks are the killers, My goal is to make it to April 20th. If I can do that, I just might make it. Andy's not coming to visit until then, so hopefully that will serve to keep me going and not be a distraction. He's trying to not be a distraction so he's not coming, but I wonder if it'll be a bigger distraction to be missing him. We'll see I guess.

So enough procrastinating for me, I need to go see if I have enough ethics in me to do what's right and go write my paper. Happy Spring Everyone! Go enjoy the Sunshine for me!

And 1 More Makes It 100!

So technically this is my 100th blog post. Granted it's taken over a year to get here, closer to a year and half, so that's proof that I definitely did not write everyday.
So after 100 posts what do I have to say?
Not much.

Seriously, I can't pretend that I have something of great wisdom to share or some great insight into life that will enrich your day, so I'll try to stumble around and make this worth your while to read.

I have been reminded so much in the past week of this fact,
It's Not About Me, It's About HIM. And that Him is Jesus/God.
It's amazing to me how much Christ's love is my purpose for living. When my amazing fiance Andrew leaves me flowers and notes in my car at work, after driving out of the way to do so, I feel so loved and cared for. And then I wonder how much more God must love me, for He sent His son to die for me. I see my sin and am so thankful for the forgiveness I have in Jesus Christ.
And that's my challenge to you today. If you've never known that love and forgiveness that comes only from Jesus, trust Him today, repent and experience the new guiltless life in Christ.
And for those of us still walking along this path of life, seeking to trust more and more everyday.
Don't be weary my friend, this journey of trust is only the beginning.

Life is a Journey, and as I call it my journey of trust I see more and more everyday that it truly is a journey of seeking to love God more everyday and growing to be more like Christ. And I can only do that when I trust Him fully. Which I fail at so often, but God's grace is sufficient!

So as I try to make it the next 2 weeks until spring break, I have to remember, it's not about me, it's about HIM.
And I have to trust more and more everyday, for only Christ makes it worthwhile. He really is the purpose and meaning for life.

So happy 100 posts, I hope they've been worthwhile, but most of all, I hope they have overall brought glory to God and encouraged you to trust Him and grow closer to Him.

A Fairy Tale of a Night

A magical night, my Prince Charming at my side, what more could a girl ask for? I certainly felt like a princess with my prince last night at the Valentine Formal, regardless of the fact that color crayons were included on every table. I think we make a pretty good looking couple, 'course that's all to the cute man's credit.

Everyday...

The saying goes that you learn something new everyday...
Well, I've figured out I can post pictures to my blog, now I just have to figure out how I'm doing it.
So until I've got it perfected, enjoy the random pictures that show up.
Isn't this the most handsome man ever? :-)

Roses, Roses, Roses Everywhere

I do realize that Valentine's Day is still to come, falling on next Tuesday to be exact, but since Andy and I never have the chance to see each other on Tuesdays, we celebrated Thursday and Friday night. Thursday night he picked me up from work with the sweetest present waiting for me and took me out to supper. We had a wonderful time and then came back to campus and caught the end of the basketball game, which Pillsbury won.
Friday we had marriage counseling and we registered for wedding gifts at Target, although we're not done yet...it amazes me how long it can take to do something like that.
Last night was also the annual Pillsbury Valentine Formal (or Banquet as they are trying to call it now). It was sooooo much fun to get dressed up in my red skirt and black top and feel beautiful for Andy. He looked pretty handsome in his suit with red shirt and red/black/silver tie as well. I did get him a rose bouteniere...spelling, whatever...and he presented me with an unexpected dozen red roses...pretty amazing guy...The picture is from the banquet by the way.
We went to this neat restaurant/old theater for the banquet and had a great time with another engaged couple. Andy left from there to go home 'cause it was much closer...and I came back to school. It looks like it will be another 3 - 5 weeks before we see each other again. It was neat last night to be together because from last night (the 10th) it was exactly 4 months until our wedding. No, I don't know how many days, I don't really keep track of the days. And today happens to also be our 8 month anniversary of being together, a "couple".
It amazes me how much has happened in the past 8 months, and how amazing God is. He knew all along who would make my perfect Valentine. I never could have dreamt of it, and it's a neat knowledge to know that no matter what hardships/struggles come into our lives, we'll be each other's Valentine until death parts us. That's one amazing plan of God.