3 weeks!!!

This past week has seemed to fly by without me realizing it once again. It was filled with work, great friends, emotional rollercoasters, and lots of planning. I recieved the BEST news on Monday when my award letter for financial aid finally came in. After 3 years of having to take out faaaaaaar too much in loans, this year I recieved enough aid in GRANTS (meaning I don't have to pay back a penny) to completely cover my senior year of college!!! WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! I'm a bit overly enthusiastic about that fact. As awesome as that is, I still decided to take out a little bit in loans to cover some of my added moving expenses and to put some away in savings to begin building a little bit of a cushion. I can't begin to explain in words the relief I felt when I seen this. I'm able to pay off some unexpected bills that recently came up and be a little more stress free about our finances :D.

On top of that, I made my latest purchase on craigslist once again and found a great dining room table and four chairs for a great price. I will hopefully be picking those up later this weekend. Everything is really starting to fall into place and I couldn't be happier. My next big step is to start efficiently packing everything back up and in nice little boxes. I have moved so many times already that by this time next year I will be putting my foot down and parking my butt where ever the heck it is (well, unless it's in Nebraska or Iowa, ugh!).

I have recently been developing my new ideas for Bryan and I's "re-wedding" for next June. The date has tenitively been set for June 11th 2011. It's the closest weekend we could come to our original wedding date (6/8/10). It will be in Auborn, Kansas which is Bryan's hometown. I know it's going to be asking a lot of my family to make the 9 or so hour drive down but it means a lot to Bryan and I'm kind of excited to be once again getting married in another state. Side note: This may become a new hobby of ours :P. The only set back on the date is that it just happens to be his parents 28th year anniversary. I wouldn't want to take away from them or interupt any plans they may have already made for themselves, so until we get the yay or nay from them we're pretty much stuck in detail mode.

The countdown is officially at 22 days until I leave for Cali, giving me 3 weeks left in MN. I have 3 weeks to see family and friends, pack up all my crap, work almost every day, and finish changing my name on everything. It's going to be crazy busy but I can't wait to see my husband again, especially after getting a surprise phone call from him last night!

I have kind of come to the realization that it seems impossible for me to write a short post. I'm going to have to work on that one. Also want to say a quick congrats to my best friend's sister Anne who is getting married today! I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend :)