Catch-Up

At the moment I am desperately trying to load all of my CDs onto my new mp3 player. It's a Creative Zen Sleek Photo. Love it. So cool. And it holds pictures and stuff, so I can take them with me to Europe. But seriously, it's taken me three days so far to load all of my musica onto this thing.

My brother is officially a married man. That doesn't seem as weird as I thought it would be. The wedding was beautiful. Shannon was the most gorgeous bride I have ever seen. She has all of this stunning red hair and she wore it up in curls with a sparkly tiar. And my brother looked like a big, handsome hunk of man. They are so sweet and wonderful together. I don't have any good picures, so I'll have to wait until the professional photos come in.

I begin my journey in 3 days! (Monday!) I haven't gotten nervous yet- which is surprising. It will all hit me Sunday night and I'll start freaking out. It will be a good freaking out though... I hope. I haven't really had time to sit around and think about it yet. I am working right up until Saturday. And I had Matt's wedding last week, plus one of me good friends from high school just got married. Her wedding gave me a chance to see a bunch of old friends before I go. Tonight I went out for happy hour with my mom and a couple of her friends. We all had Grand Canyon margaritas, which had prickly pear juice in them. Only in the desert would people be crazy enough to drink a cactus. Tomorrow night I will be going out with two of my good girlfriends. (I have the best friends!) We will probably make a stop at our favorite cowboy honky tonk and do a little two-steppin'. Then on Saturday my family is having little get together as a kind of goodbye party for me. But on Sunday I have nothing, other than church, so that will give the nerves a chance to creep in. I've gotten lots of good advice from everyone around me. Advice on everything from how to pack (Lynsey and Sara) to which Geman beer is the best (George and Bob) to the best pick up lines to use in each country (Schmidt, Lynsey, and Shamady) to how to order good coffee in each country(Jim). Plus Jim, my boss, speaks fluent German so he teaches me a few new words every day. Everyone is being very supportive and it makes it a lot easier to move to another country for four months when you know all the people at home are thinking good thoughts for you.

It will probably be a while before I get to Germany and find a computer I can use, but hopefully I will be able to provide regular updates with lots of pictures. Auf wiedersehen!