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25 April, 2007

May 26th just gets closer and closer

This week is definitely going better than last week. Maybe it was the trip to the beach that helped level me out...or it is the fact the Justin is no longer out of town. Anyway, I am getting my productivity back.

This past weekend we went to a wedding in Virginia Beach. It was Dan and Annie's wedding. Both went to VT and Dan finished his master's the same semester that I did. We shared a room with Joe & Missy. It was a fabulous time and the weather was great...except Va Beach is a bit shady. I did well on the watching what I was drinking and did not have a hangover at all.....I cannot say the same for some of my hotel room companions. But it was a great weekend!


So far I have been pretty productive about the wedding. Tomorrow is the 1 MONTH countdown. WHOA! Justin's mom has the bridesmaid dresses and we are going out there tonight to get them, so I will be able to mail them to Abby and Allie. I also called the owner of TOTS, got the wording of the programs done, confirmed who our readers are, emailed the Huffman House, cancelled the rental truck, confirmed the groomsmen measurements for tuxes are in and told my mom to confirm the times of the bus trips to and from the Huffman House.

It has been busy! And I still feel like I have a MILLION details left to do. YIKES. My brain is turning to mush.

Now if only people would RSVP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And I have started to get nervous and stressed.......

Aim: Not to turn into bridezilla.

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20 April, 2007

I am PROUD to be a Hokie.


I am in shock still. The emotions are so raw. I just feel violated, devastated, and prideful all at once. I grew up a Hokie and I have lived in Blacksburg since high school. I love my hometown. I always have...long before this. I could have chosen to go to a different school but there was no whereI wanted to be besides Blacksburg, VA. There were better graduate schools for my degree and I had the grades and scores to get into them, but I couldn't leave Virginia Tech. I have always referred to Blacksburg as being like Disney World...the happiest place on Earth and as you can see from the pride of the rest of the Hokie community, I am not the only person who thinks that.


This one person shattered our worlds....but he is not going to change this school and town. Without a thought, the entire Hokie community banded together on Monday....never pointed fingers....never blamed Steger or the rest of the administration....there never was a backlash against the Korean community. All there was were tears, hugs and at times even a few cheers. I don't have words for this event...nothing really explains how this has affected me and the rest of our community.


It has been devastating beyond belief but we need to start the healing process. The media needs to stop over analyzing everything and being so involved in this event. Blacksburg and the Virginia Tech campus need to have time to itself, outside of the media spotlight, so that it can start to move forward and start to heal.

At Virginia Tech you ALWAYS get asked the question: What is a Hokie?

I am.

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16 April, 2007

Oh Blacksburg....



I am stunned.

My hometown was not suppose to be the site of the worst shooting in US history. My family is safe. Now it is just waiting to see the list of names. I am proud to be from Blacksburg, to of attended Virginia Tech and am just so saddened that this tragedy is happening.


Hokies.

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15 April, 2007

Less than 6 weeks

The dresses have been found. sort of. The woman called and said that she had found the dresses. They are on a boat. I know at work when we order things from Asia and have them shipped on a boat, it can take up to 6 months. I am not sure how much better I feel about this situation. I guess at least they were ordered. She said I should know more details by this Friday.

Yesterday, my friend Abbie and I went shopping and had a BLAST. The aim was to get Derby hats and dresses but we accidentally bought quite a few other things, but what can I say....there were some cute clothes out there. I am glad we waited until the end of the day to go hat shopping because it was HYSTERICAL and took 3 hours. We finally just had to make a decision. We both agreed that it was harder to select a Derby hat than wedding dresses. There were so many fabulous, gorgeous, whimsical hats...I think my stomach still hurts from all the laughing.

But while shopping I did get ribbon for the bridesmaid dresses, so I did do something productive regarding the wedding!

Then last night I went out to dinner with some girlfriends. We met for dinner and then went to a lounge for a little bit. I hadn't eaten anything during the day because of my 7 hour shopping adventure and the alcohol hit me quicker than I expected. I feel silly that I was so sloppy. I have decided to stop the drinking until the wedding because I just am so busy/ overwhelmed/ anxious about everything going on with the wedding, knee, etc that it just isn't a combination for me right now.

So Justin is out of town this week. For some reason I am really bummed about him being gone. Typically it doesn't bother me but right now I am not looking forward to this week because I feel like I am going to be really lonely.

But next weekend we are going Virginia Beach for a wedding of one of Justin's former roommates. I am SO excited to go to the beach and be around so many people that I really enjoy. I am hoping the weather will be nice. We need to remember to go to Hauser's and decide what we want engraved into our wedding bands.

to do this week for the wedding
-Talk to Tony about music
-Verify with the Huffman House about tent setup, portojohn's, etc
-Start working on the programs
-Have Justin talk to Hasani!!
-Find out pricing quote from Aztec about chairs

and that is all I can remember right now.

Go back to the doctor on Thursday for another check-up. Doesn't seem like it is healing at all to me, but at least it doesn't hurt as much as it did. Still is VERY loose and unstable though.

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11 April, 2007

Bridesmaid Dresses Horror


I just called the store that I ordered my bridesmaid dresses from.

AND THEY DIDN’T HAVE ANYTHING ON RECORD.

Not only have they charged me but these dresses take 12 weeks to come in. The woman is checking with the manager, who is on vacation, and it may not be until tomorrow when I find out what the hell is going on.

If anything turns me into a chain-smoking alcoholic….this wedding may be it.

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09 April, 2007

Cadbury is causing my demise


Ugh. I ate too much over the holiday weekend. I need to focus on this wedding! I think a nice detox with no alcohol (except for the Derby) for the next 6 weeks may be a good thing. Justin and I went to Blacksburg over the weekend. Well, actually we left at 5AM on Saturday morning. We woke up with an inch of snow and I-66 was a SHEET of ice. It wasn't the best experience either of us has had. Then we had our final pre-marriage counseling session, which went well and then we just ate a lot and spent time with family/friends. I am exhausted.

Wedding details are getting down to few. And our RSVPs are rolling in. Exciting!!! My aim today is to decide if we should have a cake topper. I looked for a hokie bird topper and it was $150...that is just NUTS! I do not want a cake topper that is worth that much....that is more than the bridesmaid dresses!!

I went to the doctor last Thursday and he said that my MCL wasn't really healing. We discussed surgery and he said he would not do surgery before the wedding because if I had surgery this week I would only have 6 weeks to heal and he could not promise I would be able to walk down the isle. So it looks like June I may be going under the knife. The doctor told me I could get on a stationary bike with zero resistance just to increase my range of motion. So I did that Saturday along with situps/pushups. I took my brace off afterwards and my entire knee/leg was this incredible purple color. It was definitely the worst bruising I have had since the injury. Even my family was mildly impressed by the bruising. So I guess I did a little too much. Back to icing and resting, maybe I'll try to get on the bike for a few minutes later on this week.

At least my immobilizer is something blue...

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03 April, 2007

pout.


I just went to my first physical therapy session. My knee has not healed at all since February 17 and surgery is looking imminent. I called the doctor to figure out what I should do next. If the recovery is about a month to get back to where I am in now, then I want in there ASAP. If it takes longer I will have to decide if I should wait until after the wedding. The honeymoon is not looking like it is going to happen when planned.

I am as upset today as the day I got injured.

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