MARRIED.

yes, that's true. we did it.
i couldn't imagine being happier with another human being.

work is actually really good lately. i'll be super busy for the next couple of weeks and then i'm off for a week for christmas. we'll be heading up to nyc for a couple of days to celebrate laura's birthday.

not much else on the horizon. just enjoying newlywed life and getting geared up for the holidays.

the knot dot com says....

19 days!?!?
i'm pretty ready for the wedding to be here and for us to be in jamaica...however, the most important thing right now is that everyone goes out and votes tomorrow!
I feel like I'll be holding my breath for the next 24 hours...

let the countdown begin

Whoa. We're getting married two months from today!!! Yippee!!!!!

les than a hundred days to go...

we were up in Rhode Island this weekend doing a million things for the wedding. we managed to meet with the tux rental place, the florist, and I had my dress fitting, hair appointment and bridal shower the next day. The photo to the left is of me with my "towers-inspired" cake (which was very tasty on the inside).
i'm pretty much ready for November to be here, although we do have quite a bit to do before the big day. it's just a lot of details at this point. we're going to start printing the invitations soon and before we know it, it will be here.
life, in the non-wedding sense, is going really well. work is, and will always be, busy, but I'd much rather that than sitting around reading facebook all day. seriously.
that's all for now. someday, i will start writing eloquent, long, interesting posts. this, my friends, on the day that my brain is running incredibly slow (thank you stomach meds) is absolutely not that day.

Let's go Red Sox

Awesome. We spent Saturday up in Baltimore with my Dad and Barbara and capped the day off at Camden Yards watching Manny Ramirez hit his 500th home run. Awesome, indeed.

Sick of being sick

For all of you who don't know...I've ended up in the hospital with pancreatitis twice in the past three months. Both times I was in the same Northern Virginia hospital, and still, they haven't been able to figure out what's going on. I've had more scans and images and tests done on my body and while they've determined that it's not life-threatening, they still are stumped. I'm a medical mystery...

Anyway, I was in the hospital most recently last week and had a lot of time to reflect, think and space out on lots of heavy-duty pain medicine. As a result, I feel like I've been much calmer this week and able to focus on the important bigger picture items. Like our wedding. Which is six months away. It sounds like a "short" time in wedding planning....but I'm ready now. Now.

I also am starting to formulate some writing ideas. I'm percolating. Like coffee. Or a nice slow cooker stew. More like the stew, because honestly, that takes longer. And I'm a bit of a procrastinator. Make that a major procrastinator. That's why there's an overflowing basket of laundry and the dry cleaning that I put in a pile two weeks ago is still in the same place.

This long weekend, I think I will be all about the projects. I'm finally going to plant my tomatoes and I'm finally going to finish painting the fence. And maybe, if I'm feeling frisky, we'll decide on a paint color for a living room.

DC

Here's why I kind of love DC sometimes. This morning I was standing on the escalator leaving the Dupont Circle Metro and I noticed this man standing in front of me with kind of rumpled clothes, torn pants, a blazer and really nice leather shoes. He was carrying two beat up plastic bags and my first thoughts were, "Homeless? Out of work?How could he afford the Metro?". I follow him down the street and realize there's a large motorcade of screeching motorcycles and cars and sirens. I quickly realized that the vice president was on his way to work. Rumpled man did too, because he threw his arm behind his head and forward, flipping his middle digit towards the limo with gusto. I think, "Awesome...this homeless guy hates this administration as much as I do". I lose sight of him for a second and then realize that he's crossed the street....to wait in line for the Georgetown student/faculty shuttle...just goes to show, you never can tell about people around here.

i'm the new kid on the block

I refuse to believe I am the only person that is incredibly excited about this.



I've been humming "Please Don't Go Girl" all day. I love you Joey Mac!

goodbye LJ, hello blogger

I had a good run with livejournal...but I think it's time to consolidate to a place where blog and email co-exist.

About me? I'm an editor by trade and a writer by soul who currently resides in Alexandria, Virginia with her husband-to-be, Ian and their two cats Miles and Oliver. We're planning for a November wedding and are getting ready for all that that next stage of life entails. 

I'm hoping that I use this blog more often than livejournal as a place to actually write about things that are happening in my life and in my city (I work in Washington, DC). I'm also hoping to catch up with old friends. 

That's all for now.