Never Boring

So I guess Lucky and I can at least know that our lives will never be boring together.

Yeah, it's been a while since we last posted. I guess we're due for a quick catch-up, so here goes...

~ Lucky actually got his 'puter back fairly quickly, so we were back in the business of chatting in no time at all.
~ My cohort in wedding preparations and I discovered that we would be sharing the same surname... after having known about each other's sweeties for months... lol
~ I suddenly realized that I will also be sharing the same name as my brand of piano... funny coincidences in life. I told Lucky it looks like I was just destined for the name to be the love of my life from the very beginning... lol
~ My cohort in wedding preparations kinda experienced a major blow to her relationship... it's not dead in the water as of yet, but we're kinda not cohorts in wedding preparations any more at this time... :(
~ Preparations for Lucky's visit have been underway... pretty much since I got back from England in March.
~ Preparations took a break to spend Mother's Day weekend with Mom. I figured this was her last Mother's Day that I'll be the only person officially callin her "Mom" (and/or "Mum"), so we'd might as well do somethin a li'l special. Was a nice weekend, despite the delivery of the wrong flowers... which would have been no big deal if the flowers that WERE delivered wouldn't have set off Pop's allergies.
~ I FINALLY managed to get my VA letter prepared and mailed about a week or so ago... yay! Plus, I received their confirmation letter just this past Friday, so at least my disability claim is back on track.

And that's about most of the major events I can think of that have happened within the last month since our last posts. Now we're in the midst of Lucky's May visit. He arrived on Friday, and the wonderful li'l things in life that pounce on the unsuspecting began immediately. I'll let him tell the story of his experiences so far... but all I'll say is: it's a good thing we had nothing planned for Saturday on our considerable list of things to do this trip... lol

So on to Sunday... yesterday, we had planned to get out shopping for outfits for our Engagement Pics that take place tomorrow. Which would have happened if my car hadn't broken down at IHOP... lol Thank gawd for AAA. Turns out my battery needs to be replaced. It's actually the least of the possible scenarios of what could have gone wrong, so I'm not too horribly upset. The car's in the shop this mornin, and should be ready by the time I leave work at 1:30.

However, not all went wrong yesterday. Not only did he finally have an opportunity to present me with an engagement ring (yay!), we also managed to get to one of our priority activities, which was to move my bedroom furniture around. Up to this point, it had been optimally situated for one person... with the bed pushed up against a corner and two walls. This is not optimal for two people, and I wanted to spend as little time as possible this trip that Lucky had to climb over me to get in and out of bed... lol It's a bit of getting used to the new configuration, but I like it... it definitely goes a long way to making him seem more... well, permanent. :)

After all the excitement, we did spend a pleasant evening with the folks. Pop complained a few weeks back that they wouldn't have a chance to see him until he'd been here a week, so we agreed on a Sunday night dinner. I suppose it's a good sign that they really like him and enjoy spending time with him. :)

Amway, my work schedule this week involves half days... I'll be working til 1:30. Which is good, as we are packed with activities for the afternoons. And today, we have to play a li'l bit of catch up. Currently, and if nothing goes wrong and the car is ready, our gameplan includes a trip to scope out the site we hope to have our pics done, called Shelter Gardens. Then we really need to resume yesterday's postponed shopping trip. At least I have a possible outfit already on hand, as I have a nice top that I bought for our first formal date during his trip in January, but never got to wear (long story). So we may only need to focus on shopping for him today.

Tomorrow, of course, we have our engagement Pics @ 4:30. Wednesday, we WERE gonna be attending a University employee recognition ceremony for peeps hitting landmark anniversary dates this year (mine is officially my 5-year mark, though technically, it's 10 years... but that's another long story). However, ceremonies aren't really my thing, and the only reason I was gonna go was cuz my new supervisor is also hitting her 5 year mark, and insisted I would not let her go alone. She just informed me about 15 minutes ago that she is gonna have other plans, so I'm all for having a li'l break from activities on Wednesday... :)

Thursday, Mom & Lucky and I have an appointment at Stephen's College so he can see the wedding venue... and so we can meet with the caterers to finalize the tea reception menu.

Friday, I have off... but I'm hoping we can spend that time creating and launching our honeymoon registry website, since we will be travelling to Hermann on Sunday to scope out the place and see what kind of things we'd like to add to the registry. Some folks like to an all-out bash of a holiday for their honeymoon. However, we will just have been through 2 ceremonies and 3 receptions, and plenty enough travel to last us at least until his next visit to see his family... so a quiet honeymoon at a bed and breakfast in a quaint li'l town about an hour's drive away, is just what we want. :)

Friday night should be double date dinner with IHOP Buddy and her hubby, if he's in town. It will be a good opportunity for Lucky to meet the only close friend I have here in Missouri, before the wedding.

Saturday, Lucky will be meeting more friends of the family, as old friends of both Mom and Pop both happen to be in town this weekend. An odd coincidence, but we're kinda gettin used to those by now... lol.

Sunday, of course, is the trip to Hermann. Monday is Memorial Day. We may take that opportunity to see if there's any holiday sales on cell phones. I need a new international phone, and he wouldn't complain at a new one, himself. And I want to get a new family plan eventually, anyway, so we may just see what's available. However, we need to spend most of the day with Mom drafting up and addressing our multiple different invitations for our various wedding events in miscellaneous places. We don't necessarily have to get it all printed that day, though, as Mom suggested that she and Lucky could possibly work on that during the week while I'm at work. Amway, after the Invitation Party on Memorial Day will be the holiday BBQ when Pop gets home from work.

Next week, we don't seem to have as much crammed into the planbook... which is good, as I'll be back to full work days. We do have plenty of things we could get done around the house, though. Mostly stuff that I didn't get to while preparing for his visit, and he said he'd be happy to help me with them. They may get done while he's here... or I may just get em done after he's gone. We got the one major task done, and that was the bedroom furniture... so the rest we'll do as we feel up to it. One of those activities is getting my Seasonal decor switched out to Summer. Surprisingly, Lucky actually enjoys helping me with that sort of thing, so it should be more of a fun activity than a chore.

Also, on our list of "we really should do this trip" is going over our vows. We missed getting to them in March during my visit... but the officiate has been patiently waiting on hearing back from us, so we really need to get to those.

Amway, that's about all I can think of at the moment. Yesterday, my inner workings decided to rebel on me, so I've been cramped up in pain for a day. And yes, I took something... and yes, I'm afraid it made it worse, so I'm attempting to ride it out. That was particularly fun while my car was broken down yesterday, too... lol This mornin seemed to be better... uncomfortable but not painful, but now it seems to be goin back on that... *sigh* Oh well... it'll clear up soon, hopefully. And Lucky has been incredibly sweet and supportive. Nothin like breakin a relationship in with all the earthly debacles of bodily functions... lol

Amway, the long and the short of it all is that I'm kinda losin my train of thought... lol I think I've got it all down, though. This is gettin long enough anyway.

So I know that Lucky would like to blog about his trip so far as well, soon... one of the things he can keep himself occupied while I'm at work during his visit. And I'm sure we'll have plenty more unplanned excitement to report soon enough. But for now, I suppose I shall sign off and attempt to concentrate on a bit of work before my early departure time. :)

Until next time... laters!