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I sat down the other night to write but my computer was doing goofy things and I gave up on it. So here I am writing now . . .
Well . . . Here I am. I am in the second week of classes of my last semester of my senior year of college. Things, thus far, are going well for the most part. Classes are going good, I’ve kept on my reading and I’m pretty proud of myself for that. I didn’t read tonight because I read all day for class this evening. I’ll get up early and do what I need to do. I’m really good I don’t have class on Monday’s until 6:30pm. I came back to school last week on Monday afternoon and did all that I needed to and made it to class on time. It was great!! I’ll get to spend an extra day at home when I go home. I don’t know if I’ll get to go home for Mark’s birthday if this weather keeps up like this. It started snowing this evening . . .
The first weekend of Christmas break, exactly one month ago today on December 16th, Mark proposed to me!! It was wonderful!! It wasn’t anything fancy; he’s not a fancy guy. He sat beside me on his bed and asked me. I have never felt so special in all my life. He said, “Will you marry me, Sarah LeAnne?” and I said “Yes, I will, Mark Wirth.” Just thinking about it gives me butterflies in my stomach. He gave me the most beautiful ring. It is a princess cut solitaire 1/3 karat diamond set in a white gold band. Molly and I went jewelry shopping over break. I am picky about my jewelry and I want something that looks great with my ring. I found one but it way expensive so I may go with two simple white gold bands, one on either side of my ring, for a while and get a diamond band for an anniversary.
His family and my family are all very excited that we’re going to get married. We started throwing around ideas and we haven’t come up with anything concrete yet except a date. We’re going to shoot for October 13th, 2007. On that day, we will have been together exactly a year and a half. We’re thinking about going away to get married. We’ve talked about having a wedding at home and we thought it would be a lot of time, money, stress and hassle to do a wedding at home. At wedding at home has its up’s and down’s. We would have to do all of the arrangements ourselves for flowers, photographer, videographer, catering, place for the reception, church, pastor, musicians, cake, refreshments, invitations, etc. So we thought it would be great to go to Gatlinburg, Tennessee to get married and to spend our honeymoon. There are a lot of wedding chapels and such that do it all for you and you pay a fee for your flowers, the wedding ceremony, pictures and whatever else you want. We were going to go there for our honeymoon anyway since it would be fall and Gatlinburg is gorgeous in the fall. We’ve looked at rental services on the internet and they are amazing. The view from some of them is breath taking and it would make our honeymoon that much more meaningful because we both love nature.
At this point in time, this is all the plans we have made. Our engagement has really put me in adult mode. I feel very grown up now. I’m going to get married this fall. I will be Mrs. Sarah Wirth. I think that looks and sounds great!! LoL We’ve talked about the changes that we’re going to make to his house, what kind of dog we’re going to get, what we’re going to name our kids. All that fun stuff that I dreamt about as a little girl, all the dreams I carried about my life when it finally came to this point, its all happening. I couldn’t be happier. Mark loves me and I love him more than life itself. It feels so go to have a direction in life for once. I really do think that this is the first time in my life that I didn’t feel uncertain about something. For example, there is the option of grad school. I don’t know about grad school. I don’t know if it is right for me or if I want to pursue a higher degree. I have been in school since I was five years old. I am ready for a change. Making a life with Mark sounds wonderful to me. He is the person I want to share my life with. He is all that I have ever wanted or needed in a man. Of course, he isn’t perfect; I don’t expect him to be. We do have our differences and have a fight every once in a while. But it’s ok because we always say that we’re sorry, no matter whose fault it was or who was wrong or right. It doesn’t really matter after all is said and done. Even though you might get irritated with the one you love and may hate them from time to time because of the way they are or what they said without thinking, you have to remember the one thing that is always constant through the tears and the fights and all of your troubles you and your significant other go through. It is the love that you share.
It must be something in the water at home that makes people act so weird. My mom has been telling all of Crawford County that I am engaged. She has been asked the same question by several people. The question is, “How do you feel about that?” The person knows that I am an only child and my mother is so happy for Mark and I. When she tells the person that wants to know that she is very happy about me being engaged and she loves Mark and likes the idea of him being her son-in-law, people look disappointed. She was just as confused as I was when she told me that. I think it is the need for drama. I am the only child, my mother is supposed to be like “She’s my only daughter and child and she is not allowed to get married and must live at home for the rest of her life and not have a life of her own.” I think this is answer they are expecting. My mother is not my great grandmother, Anna. My great grandmother did “saved” her only daughter. Eva was not allowed to move away from home for a long time, get married but she could date. Her life was stolen and it wasn’t hers to live. Her life was lived through someone else and was made into a slave to her own mother. My mother is nothing like this. She wants me to be happy and have a life. All she wants is to be a part of my life. She is and always will be.
I had a great Christmas break overall. I really hated to come back. I got an iPod and it such a wonderful little gatchet!! I have been busy putting all of my cds on my iTunes. I didn’t realize how much music I had. As of now, I’m going on 1700 songs from cds and from download. It is amazing and ridiculous how much music I have. I love it though. I love music and can’t live without it.
I think I will finish this entry tomorrow. I am getting really tired. I need some rest because tomorrow will be a busy day.
More to come and the suspense is mounting!! LoL
Well . . . Here I am. I am in the second week of classes of my last semester of my senior year of college. Things, thus far, are going well for the most part. Classes are going good, I’ve kept on my reading and I’m pretty proud of myself for that. I didn’t read tonight because I read all day for class this evening. I’ll get up early and do what I need to do. I’m really good I don’t have class on Monday’s until 6:30pm. I came back to school last week on Monday afternoon and did all that I needed to and made it to class on time. It was great!! I’ll get to spend an extra day at home when I go home. I don’t know if I’ll get to go home for Mark’s birthday if this weather keeps up like this. It started snowing this evening . . .
The first weekend of Christmas break, exactly one month ago today on December 16th, Mark proposed to me!! It was wonderful!! It wasn’t anything fancy; he’s not a fancy guy. He sat beside me on his bed and asked me. I have never felt so special in all my life. He said, “Will you marry me, Sarah LeAnne?” and I said “Yes, I will, Mark Wirth.” Just thinking about it gives me butterflies in my stomach. He gave me the most beautiful ring. It is a princess cut solitaire 1/3 karat diamond set in a white gold band. Molly and I went jewelry shopping over break. I am picky about my jewelry and I want something that looks great with my ring. I found one but it way expensive so I may go with two simple white gold bands, one on either side of my ring, for a while and get a diamond band for an anniversary.
His family and my family are all very excited that we’re going to get married. We started throwing around ideas and we haven’t come up with anything concrete yet except a date. We’re going to shoot for October 13th, 2007. On that day, we will have been together exactly a year and a half. We’re thinking about going away to get married. We’ve talked about having a wedding at home and we thought it would be a lot of time, money, stress and hassle to do a wedding at home. At wedding at home has its up’s and down’s. We would have to do all of the arrangements ourselves for flowers, photographer, videographer, catering, place for the reception, church, pastor, musicians, cake, refreshments, invitations, etc. So we thought it would be great to go to Gatlinburg, Tennessee to get married and to spend our honeymoon. There are a lot of wedding chapels and such that do it all for you and you pay a fee for your flowers, the wedding ceremony, pictures and whatever else you want. We were going to go there for our honeymoon anyway since it would be fall and Gatlinburg is gorgeous in the fall. We’ve looked at rental services on the internet and they are amazing. The view from some of them is breath taking and it would make our honeymoon that much more meaningful because we both love nature.
At this point in time, this is all the plans we have made. Our engagement has really put me in adult mode. I feel very grown up now. I’m going to get married this fall. I will be Mrs. Sarah Wirth. I think that looks and sounds great!! LoL We’ve talked about the changes that we’re going to make to his house, what kind of dog we’re going to get, what we’re going to name our kids. All that fun stuff that I dreamt about as a little girl, all the dreams I carried about my life when it finally came to this point, its all happening. I couldn’t be happier. Mark loves me and I love him more than life itself. It feels so go to have a direction in life for once. I really do think that this is the first time in my life that I didn’t feel uncertain about something. For example, there is the option of grad school. I don’t know about grad school. I don’t know if it is right for me or if I want to pursue a higher degree. I have been in school since I was five years old. I am ready for a change. Making a life with Mark sounds wonderful to me. He is the person I want to share my life with. He is all that I have ever wanted or needed in a man. Of course, he isn’t perfect; I don’t expect him to be. We do have our differences and have a fight every once in a while. But it’s ok because we always say that we’re sorry, no matter whose fault it was or who was wrong or right. It doesn’t really matter after all is said and done. Even though you might get irritated with the one you love and may hate them from time to time because of the way they are or what they said without thinking, you have to remember the one thing that is always constant through the tears and the fights and all of your troubles you and your significant other go through. It is the love that you share.
It must be something in the water at home that makes people act so weird. My mom has been telling all of Crawford County that I am engaged. She has been asked the same question by several people. The question is, “How do you feel about that?” The person knows that I am an only child and my mother is so happy for Mark and I. When she tells the person that wants to know that she is very happy about me being engaged and she loves Mark and likes the idea of him being her son-in-law, people look disappointed. She was just as confused as I was when she told me that. I think it is the need for drama. I am the only child, my mother is supposed to be like “She’s my only daughter and child and she is not allowed to get married and must live at home for the rest of her life and not have a life of her own.” I think this is answer they are expecting. My mother is not my great grandmother, Anna. My great grandmother did “saved” her only daughter. Eva was not allowed to move away from home for a long time, get married but she could date. Her life was stolen and it wasn’t hers to live. Her life was lived through someone else and was made into a slave to her own mother. My mother is nothing like this. She wants me to be happy and have a life. All she wants is to be a part of my life. She is and always will be.
I had a great Christmas break overall. I really hated to come back. I got an iPod and it such a wonderful little gatchet!! I have been busy putting all of my cds on my iTunes. I didn’t realize how much music I had. As of now, I’m going on 1700 songs from cds and from download. It is amazing and ridiculous how much music I have. I love it though. I love music and can’t live without it.
I think I will finish this entry tomorrow. I am getting really tired. I need some rest because tomorrow will be a busy day.
More to come and the suspense is mounting!! LoL