Ze Bridal Shower!

So last Saturday was the day of my bridal shower and it was so touching to see how much time and effort my gal pals put into making the day special for me.

We held the event at my church to save on costs and the ladies did a wonderful job of decorating everything to my taste. And the food. was. phenom.

I'm not a big shower expert (I've only gone to one or two) and I didn't know what to expect. That's actually an understatement. For example, I showed up to my gf Jennie's bridal shower last year in CLUBWEAR and BRIGHTASS OBNOXIOUS MAKEUP. I really thought it was like... a daytime version of a bachelorette party. But no. So just imagine my surprise (along with everyone else's) when I walked into a room full of middle aged women and Jennie's mother. Awk.Wurrrd. And of course I just HADDD to be wearing my electric blue bra hanging out of my shirt. No lie. I looked like an Asian Ke$ha. A gei$ha?

Anyways, so I didn't show up to my shower too over the top and it was nice to see all the friendly faces that showered me with love and TONS of GIFTS!!!

Observe for thyselves!

Fa-hooood. Catered by Potstickers. YURM.

Lena's infamous cupcakes. She's uh. mayzing.

Strawberry cupcakes up close and personal. Can you believe she made the petals???

Greeting everyone upon my arrival!

Opening gifts! Hello spa certificate!

Body Whip Cream. Obviously I gotta try this....

"Hmmm.... tastes like melted Barbies."

The cute little favors!

I could tell that my bridesmaids put a lot of planning into this day, especially when they began playing a projection video and lo and behold, Brian popped up on the big screen! They had recorded him answering questions over Skype! Anyways, I'm proud to say I got 99% of the questions correct! Go me! We played some other games such as "How well do you know the Bride" which consisted of my guests trying to answer questions about me correctly. My favorite portion of the day was when everyone submitted their most memorable moment with me and I had to guess who said what. It was definitely a hilarious walk down memory lane! We all laughed so much!

Anyways Saturday was a jam packed day. The bridal shower ended around 7 or so and I had to bolt it for Grace's birthday dinner at 7:45pm. After dinner, I slammed down a shot of 5 hour energy and danced the night away with some of my favorite girls 'til 1 am.

In short, it was a fabuloussss day with some super fabuloussss people! Couldn't have asked for any better! :)

Seriously the most INSANE weekend EVER.

I am STILL exhausted from this weekend.....

But it was TOTALLY WORTH IT. Definitely one of the more craziest weekends of my life. Ever.

So my gf Jenn is a beautiful mother of two. She and her fellow mothers wanted an official Moms Weekend at the Beach and so we had been planning this little getaway for a while.

Babysitters were arranged, days were called out at work, and beachhouse was booked. It was perfect.

I went down expecting a somewhat low key day at the beach with a more mature crowd and evening of simple pleasantries.

Well I ended up getting a lot more.

A lot more drunk than I have ever been in my entire LIFE.

Yep.

Those who know me know that I. NEVER. DRINK. I hate the taste of alcohol. Absolutely abhor it. Blech. Makes my stomach turn just thinking about it.

So why the sudden change?

Two words. Jello. Shots.

They tasted like heaven.



Here's a pictorial timeline:

All the girls arrive at Jenn's beachouse (Kym is inside breast pumpin'. Seriously.)

Leone brought JELLO SHOTS. They were uh. Mayzing. Main reason why I almost died. There were hot chocolate, red velvet cake, and raspberry lemonade shots. YUM.

This is how hot moms get baby seats out of their pimpin' minivans.

Yummy jello shots on the way to Seacrets.

Final destination!

Happy to be in the nasty ass water.

Here's trouble.

Still feelin' fine.

Whatever this was.... hurt.

A lot.

Andddddd.... I'm gone.

Pulling ourselves together.

Seriously almost upchucked my kidneys out during dinner.

To make a long story short, we were at Seacrets for SEVEN. HOURS. It was insane. And I almost drowned in 3 feet of water. Not my classiest moment but definitely a learning experience. I'm surprised that none of us got sunburned because the sun was scorching.

Oh yeah. And I got super sick towards the end of the day but did. not. puke. Why? Because I was the designated driver. That's why. And I can't puke and drive. I drove and my gf who I won't name puked behind me.

We were all in bed by 9:45pm.

I woke up the next morning at 7:30am, wrote my ten page hypnotherapy paper, went home and studied for my pediatric exam. Got up this morning at 5:30am, studied some more, took the exam at 9am, passed with flying colors.


Like I said.


Awesome weekend. :)

The Countdown Begins To our Trial Move-in!

It's official. Only 20 days left before I fly to Vancouver and Brian and I embark on our six week trial move-in.

To be perfectly honest, it shouldn't even be counted as a full six weeks since my mother will be out with us for one week and Jennie and Dan will be joining us for a week as well in addition to our time spent with Brian's family at Tie Lake. But we'll take whatever we can get.

I call it our "trial move-in" not because it will ultimately determine any sort of decision but because it will be the longest duration that we will have actually physically spent with each other and it will be a tentative indicator of how life really is with each other outside of the vacation times and Skype sessions.

I know that this may be shocking for most especially since Brian and I are already engaged and have committed the rest of our lives to each other but I've come to accept that life works in mysterious and unconventional ways. You may label us as being naive love-struck kids that are just trying to play house but I can't change the fact that Brian and I are in two different countries. Um yeah. It sucks that the man I love is a million miles away. It sucks that I only see him every other month. It sucks having to explain to people that I'm transcontinentally engaged. And it sucks when I get the raised eyebrows when I explain that I'm moving out there to marry him and be with him after approximately 2 years of dating (Most of which was over skype sessions). But I've learned to accept that people are going to have opinions no matter what the circumstances are. It's not my duty to convince people that yes, I actually have a stable committed relationship with a Canadian on the other side of the country. I love Brian and I'm following my heart. So go ahead and label me under the applicable "reckless young love" categories. We all got one life to live folks and I'm gonna live mine to the fullest, including chasing my hot studly stud of a man to the other side of continent! :)

I'm not saying that we have the perfect relationship; we have the same disagreements that every other couple has and I know that when I finally move out there in approximately nine months (Eeek!) I can expect that there are going to be lots of adjustments and just having to deal with the general pains and labors of getting used to being around someone so much. For myself, I am going to keep an open mind, maintain as much positivity as possible, and most importantly, remember how amazing my fiance is and how lucky of a girl I am to have someone like him in my life. It's all about the love people, all about the love.

I'm making it sound like us moving in together will be nothing but a period of turbulence and disagreements but really, who knows? It might be the greatest thing to have ever happened to me, especially considering the fact that Brian cooks and cleans so well (Tee hee!). I'd have clean clothes and delicious home-cooked meals on the regular. Considering the facts, I might turn out to be one happy geisha.


Okay so here's what the monthly sched looks like so far: It's another busy one!

- This weekend: It's "Our Country Kicked Your King's Ass" weekend here in the states so I'll be attending BBQs left and right! Bring on the grilled hotdogs, potato sack races, and horseshoe tosses!
- Next week: Another round of clinicals, school stuff and then off to a Girls' Weekend at the beach! My bridesmaid Jenn has a beachhouse down near Rehoboth and there will be approximately.... 7 of us? Looking forward to lots of laughter and all-night gossip seshes! It'll be our last summer hurrah before I ship out! :(
- The week of the 11th will be slightly stressful considering I'll be studying for final exams and writing papers and packing for six weeks worth. That Friday I'll hopefully be attending my first ever Polo Game! I'm earning my Yuppie Badge! Woo hoo!
- The week of the 18th: Final exam and fly out to be with my love! :)


Much to look forward to! It's gonna be a summer for the books!