Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes.
It's been a whirlwind of a week...
Last Thursday, I went wedding dress shopping with Lindsey. The first dress I tried on was what I knew was my dream dress. Sure enough, as soon as I put it on, I feel in love with it. Well, actually... I was already in love with it... I just suddenly knew I absolutely HAD to HAVE IT. I tried on a few other dresses but I kept going back to the first one. I ended up deciding on that one. To see it, it's on www.mikaellabridal.com, in gown collection. It's style #1406.
Friday night I flew down to Houston to visit Paul. Even though it was only in the 50s and 60s down there, it felt so much better than the cold Buffalo temperatures. We did a lot of house-hunting. I think we looked at about 12 places while I was there; Paul had already looked at 10 over the past few weeks. We found a townhouse that we really like... 2600 square-feet, 3 floors, 3 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, open floor-plan on second floor with dining room, living room, and kitchen... a small greenspace that's fenced in, two-car garage, balcony... and it's right on a great hike/bike trail, so Paul and I would be able to get a dog and have a good place to walk it. We put in an offer on the house two days ago... the sellers counter-offered and now we're counter-offering again today. I'm hoping it all works out for us... I can really see us building a life there!
On my flight back from Houston, while connecting in Atlanta, I got a phone call from my parents... my grandmother passed away on Monday morning. I am sad, but not really shocked. She was 90 years-old so she lived a long full, life. Death is just never all that easy to deal with. I offered to do the eulogy at the funeral. I wrote it yesterday and read a practice run with my co-workers. I don't think I'll get too emotional while reading it for real... I tried to keep it light-hearted with a few family jokes. I don't want the whole place drowning in tears, you know? The services will be in Jamestown NY.
Then... on Tuesday night, I got word that a girl named Toni I knew from Chicopee was in fatal car accident. She was really close with my friends Beth, Mat, and Alex. She was only 21 years-old. I didn't know her too well... only met her once. But she was really nice... It's always sad when someone dies too soon. I wish I could go home to MA for those services but I don't think I'll be able to since my grandmother's services are tomorrow and Saturday. Speaking of which, I am lucky enough that Paul will be flying up for the funeral, and I think his parents are driving in for either the wake, the funeral, or both, I am unsure. It's nice to know that Paul's family is treating my family like one big family.
I'm currently convinced that someone else in my life is going to die soon. They say tragedy usually happens in threes. Grandma, Toni... who's next?? I hope no one... but I'm stilling expecting it...
Last Thursday, I went wedding dress shopping with Lindsey. The first dress I tried on was what I knew was my dream dress. Sure enough, as soon as I put it on, I feel in love with it. Well, actually... I was already in love with it... I just suddenly knew I absolutely HAD to HAVE IT. I tried on a few other dresses but I kept going back to the first one. I ended up deciding on that one. To see it, it's on www.mikaellabridal.com, in gown collection. It's style #1406.
Friday night I flew down to Houston to visit Paul. Even though it was only in the 50s and 60s down there, it felt so much better than the cold Buffalo temperatures. We did a lot of house-hunting. I think we looked at about 12 places while I was there; Paul had already looked at 10 over the past few weeks. We found a townhouse that we really like... 2600 square-feet, 3 floors, 3 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, open floor-plan on second floor with dining room, living room, and kitchen... a small greenspace that's fenced in, two-car garage, balcony... and it's right on a great hike/bike trail, so Paul and I would be able to get a dog and have a good place to walk it. We put in an offer on the house two days ago... the sellers counter-offered and now we're counter-offering again today. I'm hoping it all works out for us... I can really see us building a life there!
On my flight back from Houston, while connecting in Atlanta, I got a phone call from my parents... my grandmother passed away on Monday morning. I am sad, but not really shocked. She was 90 years-old so she lived a long full, life. Death is just never all that easy to deal with. I offered to do the eulogy at the funeral. I wrote it yesterday and read a practice run with my co-workers. I don't think I'll get too emotional while reading it for real... I tried to keep it light-hearted with a few family jokes. I don't want the whole place drowning in tears, you know? The services will be in Jamestown NY.
Then... on Tuesday night, I got word that a girl named Toni I knew from Chicopee was in fatal car accident. She was really close with my friends Beth, Mat, and Alex. She was only 21 years-old. I didn't know her too well... only met her once. But she was really nice... It's always sad when someone dies too soon. I wish I could go home to MA for those services but I don't think I'll be able to since my grandmother's services are tomorrow and Saturday. Speaking of which, I am lucky enough that Paul will be flying up for the funeral, and I think his parents are driving in for either the wake, the funeral, or both, I am unsure. It's nice to know that Paul's family is treating my family like one big family.
I'm currently convinced that someone else in my life is going to die soon. They say tragedy usually happens in threes. Grandma, Toni... who's next?? I hope no one... but I'm stilling expecting it...