Summer Is Coming To An End

Wow!! Where did the summer go?!

So much has gone on this summer it has been difficult to keep up. Michael graduated the Law Enforcement Academy on June 19 and started with the Citrus County Sheriff's Office on July 23. I have been wedding planning and lesson planning for next school year. I swear I need three more months of summer because I'm not done!!

In my last big wedding planning hurrah, I am heading down to Miami in the next couple of days for some shopping with Samantha. I will be purchasing fabric and decorations and who knows what else.

On the lesson planning front, does anyone know the population of Jerusalem at it's fall during the First Crusade in 1099? This has been bugging me now for several months and I just cannot get an answer.

A Package in the Mail

I am so excited because my purse came in the mail yesterday. I left it at Palazzi's house in Land O'Lakes when we went to the housewarming last Sunday. My cell phone was in it so I had to borrow one of Michael's multilple cell phones all week. It really stunk because I didn't have anyone's phone number.

My dear beloved Mother got mad at me for driving around without a driver's license or insurance card all week. But I didn't have to drive around without these very important items. The beauty of my master plan was that before we went to Land O' Lakes, I had forgotten my wallet on the counter at our house. Yes, it was a little inconvenient that we did not have money for the toll road, had to take a longer way there, and Michael did not speak to me for 20 miles, but my wallet was safe at home so it didn't really matter that I left my purse somewhere!

Photography and Video

We ended up hiring the photographer we met with at the end of March. Her name is Ivy Hammer and she is out of Gainesville. Michael and I both really love her work and she is so unbelievably nice.

Videography is the biggest challenge right now. If anyone knows a reasonable priced videographer in the area please let me know...

What do you mean it's been three months?!

I just realized that it is the end of March, but we were just having Christmas and I don't understand what happened to the three months in between!! I know that time has moved forward, but it just doesn't seem like it has been three full months.

Lots of things have happened on the wedding planning war front; found a dress, started registries, and I think I found a photographer. The dress is an amazing 1954 vintage pattern. The registries are coming along. We are meeting with the potential photographer on Wednesday.

In regular life, things are moving along. Michael only has three more months of academy and Citrus County wants to hire him. In nine more weeks I get rid of my Spring semester freshman. It's really wild because I got all of the great students at one time during the first semester, but my Spring freshman are just lazy stoners. I guess that is just the roulette wheel of public education!