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Hey there, blogland.

Long time, no see.  Let's have an update, shall we? 

It seems that's all I do, is blog updates.

I never blog anything current, these days...

First, I'm engaged!

...oh, is this old news?  Don't need to go back that far?  Okay.  Let's fastforward a bit.

Wedding plans are coming along nicely.   5 weeks from today I will be a Mrs.  EEEK!   I almost can't even believe it.  Everyone asks me if I'm nervous, and my answer is always no.  Which makes me nervous.   I'm nervous about NOT being nervous.  How can a person not be nervous about getting married?  Well, because Caden is perfect. That's how come.   I haven't even became a bridezilla yet, so that tells you how great things are going.

Things for the wedding are just falling into place.  We are getting seriously good deals from friends, and friends of friends.  Everyone has hooked us up with sweet awesome deals.   We got our engagements for cheap, our cake for free, our invitations for pennies and cents, our music for cheap, our tables and chairs for a steal.   We really lucked out.   And if you were part of this giving spree, we thank you.

We went to register for all the fun things we want in our home.  That's the funnest thing we've done thus far.  Scanning all the things you have ever wanted and hoping and praying you will get them.   It's like a dream come true.   I think we scanned everything in the whole entire store.   Including all the seeds to start a garden.  

We started moving into our apartment piece by piece.  I thought it'd be easier to move a little at a time, rather than one full day of hauling back and forth.   It's not even decorated yet and I think it's the cutest little apartment I ever did see.   It's the basement of a darling house with a sweet lady who lives alone upstairs and an old adorable church in our backyard.   We have 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a fireplace, a laundry room and a dishwasher.   Uhhh, can you say steal of the year?  Yep.  We thought so, too.

This isn't our bedroom, 

but I wish that it was.

I'm still looking and hunting for a nursing job.  LPN jobs are hard to come by, these days.  Although, to be fair, I haven't given job hunting a real strong effort yet because wedding plans seem to be on the brain 100% of the time.   I keep telling myself I'll go look for some jobs next week.   And then next week comes and I decide to go the week after that.  Job hunting ins't my favorite and it's always akward as heck trying to promote yourself and trying to sound like the best candidate.    Just pick me already.  

Caden and I celebrated ONE YEAR together.  One year with the love of my life.   I'm such a lucky girl.  I can't believe how much has happened in just a year, how much Caden has changed my life for the best.  I couldn't have pictured my life any better than what it is right now.  Things have come together so perfectly and Caden is a big, big, big part of that.  In celebration, we got our engagement video done and went to dinner.  He deserved so much more than that.  I should have bought him his own island or something, that's how great he is.   Instead I just bought him Final Fantasy, which is not nearly as cool.   But, he was still excited.

We went festival of colors for the second time since we've been dating.  That place is a riot.  This year was much, much, much too crowded and I had a mini panic attack being in the middle of all the dust and people. However, still a blast of a good time.  Who knew throwing chalk at complete strangers could be so hilarious?  Seriously.  It's a fun time.

In the last bit of news, I turned 25.  Twenty-five, guys.  This is a weird thing for me, because now I've hit the mark where it's no longer cool to be older.  At 16, you want to be older.  At 18, you want to be older.  At 21, you want to be older.  Now I'm 25 and I just want to stay here or be younger.    It is ironic, though, because I've always told people I wanted to be married when I was 25 or 26 and graduated from college.   Talk about a self-fulfilling prophecy, eh?   Love that.

So, that's it.  That's all my news.  Mostly life is incredible.  The wedding plans are working out perfectly.  I'm more in love with Caden then I ever have been.  Graduation is just around the corner.  Our apartment is completely adorable.   And, I'm a happy girl.   I thank my lucky stars for the way my life has turned out and I'm more than excited for the things that are ahead.   

Hooray for being me.

Woot Woo.