Tired Eyes

I am now pushing into my 2nd hour of sitting in the Penn State Architecture Studio printing off a campus-wide fundraising letter. I've been working on this since 10 am and it is now 10 pm... my eyes are tired! It does feel good though to have the letter designed and now see it being printed. All 560 copies of it! phhhew.

This past weekend Nate and I moved into our new apartment in Frederick, MD! It has 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living room, kitchen, dining room (basically the living room) and a walk-out balcony. We are on the 3rd floor. I drove down a ton of my stuff and we moved all his stuff from his current place into our new place. He'll live there the next 2 months and then I'll join him once we're married. It was crazy standing in OUR place. So weird! Its going to be a lot of fun being married, I'm sure, but I can't get over that I'll be living WITH a man. hahaha. Oh my. The discussions from my current living situation to the ones that I'll enter will probably vary drastically. Currently me and my roommates can be found discussing face products, hair styles, jewelry, who will win the Bachelorette, practicing dances, etc....I have a feeling Nathan and I won't be discussing those same topics in quite the same ways. But I am ready for this next chapter of life!

I am super excited because one of my best friends BRIANNEEEEE is going to come visit me on Wednesday! She flies into Baltimore on Wednesday afternoon and I can't wait to pick her up. We also are so fortunate to be able to see 4th of July in DC!!! I am really super excited to see her and to show her where I've been the past 2 years.

Oh! ! ! Printing has ceased!

Sorry so short but I am outta here and off to sleep! Yayyy

One of Those Days

Today was one of those days where I realize I live in the east. I spent the weekend in Lancaster, PA with Nate - registering for wedding gifts, taking engagement photos, opening a bank account... - and then on Sunday night drove to DC to spend some time with Meghan and Megan (2 girls on staff at Penn State). Megan is spending the summer in DC at a summer program with the Navs called "Inside Washington". So Meghan and I decided to visit her. I got to see all the main attractions of DC!!! I took tons of photos, and as I have said of all other major events in my life, I'll post them eventually : ) I'm starting to realize I might have to post them and give you a "back-glance" of my life after I get married. Its just been so busy that I haven't had time to spend hours loading photos - so bare with me and come September when everything slows down, I'm sure I'll be a much better blogger!

So anyway. Today, after spending all yesterday being a tourist and being in awe of the White House and taking photos of tons of other HUGE important things, I drove with Meghan. It dawned on me today, and it is just one of those days, that I live in the east. WEEEIIIIRRRDDD. I think it dawned on me when I was driving away from DC and saw a sign that said I was headed in the direction of Baltimore and New York. What a day. To have seen DC and then drive away from it and pass by Baltimore as I head north to New York (well, Lancaster to get my car and then back to State College)...it was just wild to think that this is where I live.

But even more wild to realize this hasn't just been the temporary 2 year "jaunt" I envisioned. I'm actually staying put in the east. That is the weirdest part of all for me. Especially now that I'm moving to live with Nate soon (woop! woop!) in Frederick, MD, I'll literally be 1 hour from DC and 1 hour from Baltimore. Who would have EVER thought I'd live in this area??

I remember being like, "oh yeah, Denver is so close and 'common day'...its like an hour away"...and now the "common day" will be DC. Wowowowowowow.

Anyway, thought I'd reflect on that with you all! : )

Theknot.com tells me I have 83 days left as a single woman and 83 days left till I become a married woman. Time is flying by!

I'm going to rest a little before I have Bible study tonight....its been a busy past 5 days. I leave again for Frederick on Friday. It seems I have just enough time these days to get home after the weekend, unload my suitcase quick, do a load of laundry, and pack it back up for the next weekend.

Highlight of the weekend: Engagement photos with the most amazing husband/wife photographer duo! They're MNT Photography and they live in Lancaster and Nate and I got to have them take photos of us for about 2 hours!!!! We laughed a lot and it was really fun. Nate is far more a natural than I am - I thought I would get into it, but I ended up being quite nervous the whole time...haha. They post all our photos on a website, so keep your eyes peeled and I'll post it on my blog when I get it from them! : )