Nervous Break Down #3

....ya.. with just under two week left till the big day I'm really starting to get stressed. I'm not so worried about the wedding as I am about getting there. Mitch and I have one big problem after another standing in our way of getting up to northern California for the wedding. Either we have to pay just under $300 to fix my car, pay $300 for a rental car, $300 for a train ticket (one way), or $300 each for a flight (one way and if we bought the tickets last month).... so ya. We're going to have to fix the car anyway so we're most likely going to go with that option. My parents and my older brother really saved us this month. We didn't know how we were going to pay for gas to get home, but my brother send us some money so now we will be able to make it, and get groceries!!! YEAH! no more empty bellies!

That's the other thing we've been dealing with. Since Mitch hasn't gotten the word yet on whether he's gotten a job we've been very short on money. All of our money has gone to rent, gas, and food.... mean while I am running out of pants and other clothing items, Mitch needs new shoes, and we both need medical care.

I'm supposed to be working on the opera I am in, but I have had hardly any time to really take a good stab at it. I've been practicing my role, but that's about it. I really need to crack down on that. AHHH!!!

I also just sold my first item on eBay. Not that's it's anything exciting. It was a battery being sold for my boss. But he said I could keep 10% of the sale.... so I get like $5. lol....


anyway, that's all for now!

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so... just a little over 2 weeks left. i can't believe how close the wedding is! We just have to finalize a few things and then mitch and I will be husband and wife!! omg!!
I just can't wait! This is so exciting!!!
I don't have much to say at this point. I mean, that really is all there is. I'm working, spending lots of money on gas to drive mitch back and forth from where he's staying, organizing the rest of the wedding.... ya.. that's pretty much my life right now.

till next time!

Cara

24 days later....

... ya... I'm not sure what to write now. I've been so focused on work that I haven't been able to do much for the wedding. We're almost out of money so there aren't going to be a lot of the stuff that we want at the wedding. Fortunately the good Lord gave me my mother. She's really been there for me through all of this. She says "what ever happens it's your wedding... you're going to have a wedding." She just bought our champagne flutes, which is so releaving. Mitch and I were looking at flute sets that were over $100! She bought them for really cheap. I haven't looked at them yet, but I trust my mom. I know she found something wonderful. Now we just need to buy champagne. Hmm... COSTCO!!! Costco has seriously become by best friend. You can find almost everything there.

Bare with me while I write out what I still need for this up-coming ho-rah. (**Already Bought)

Flowers = $75
Cake materials = $50-75
Champagne = $10-20 / bottle
Appetizers = $50-100
**Wedding Bells Favors = $21
Gifts = $100
Decorations = $50-100
Unity Ceremony Sand and Containters = $20
Bbuy the programs [although I'm not sure we need them with so few attending] = $25

Total = $400 - $600

AHHH!!! and I have about $100 total right now. Ya.. talk about frustrating.

Amazing, wonderful, fabulous day!

....um.... I'M SUPER EXCITED!!! Mitch and I just got word that we were approved to move into the Colony!!! If you don't know what the Colony is, it's not a utopian cult living community. The Colony is the off-campus apartments owned by PLNU and they have the cheapest rent in town. We are moving into a two bedroom/1bath apartment and it's only gunna cost us 710 a month! YEAH!!! We are going to sign our rental agreement this week and move in June 19th!

I'm so happy right now! Mostly because I was worrying about our housing situation the other day and was freaking out because I don't want to be homeless. We were looking at monthly pricing for motels and trying to see if we could work that out... but now we will have a big apartment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you can't tell... i'm excited!

Well, until next time,

Cara

Cast made out of tape

So, this morning I woke up and realized that my wrist really hurt. I have no idea what happened, but apparently I slept on it funny and now it feels like I sprained it or something. While not being able to adequately brace my wrist, I had a wonderful idea. My work place has tape that we use to secure wires and such. It's kind of like duct tape, but better. It's called gaff tape. It's really sturdy and durable. I got a soft cleaning cloth, wrapped that around my wrist first (so the tape doesn't rip my arm hair off later), then wrapped up my wrist with gaff tape. Of course being me, I got my coworkers to sign it, and I drew all over it with a silver sharpie... hee hee hee...

I've never broken any of my bones before, so I'm not sure how a cast is supposed to feel, but I imagine it feels something like this. I once had a soft cast on my leg because I basically fell down a mountain when I was in high school. It was basically the same this I just did for my self, with some plastic braces to keep my ankle sturdy.

Anyway, don't be too worried about me. My wrist doesn't hurt so bad anymore and I think this faux-cast will really help it get better. :)

Oh, and of course, here's the pic.

Mitch has arrived!

Mitch is here! I am so excited!!! He arrived last night at about 11:30 in Oceanside. I had to drive 45 minutes to go get him. Apparently there was an accident on the tracks and Amtrak wasn't letting anything through to San Diego. From what we heard a man was trespassing on the tracks and got hit by a train. There was going to be a minimum 2 hour delay before they were going to let the train go through, so I just drove up to get him. Of course it was late, and raining, at dark... so I got lost. At least I got lost in Oceanside and not somewhere in between. I had my iPhone with me so I was able to get around a little bit, but I still got really confused. The directions told me to go to a certain area where there was a "DO NOT ENTER" sign. So then I drove around in circles trying to figure out if I was in the right place or not. Then I was on the phone with Mitch trying to direct me, but he had no clue where he was, and certainly no clue where I was. He tried talking to locals at the station, but I was trying to talk to him and we both just got really frustrated. I finally found him and we yelled a little bit.... but then he just kissed me and held on to me. We stood in the dark parking lot for a little while just hugging, and then we started back to Loma.

We finally got back around 1:30 am... and I had to be at work at 8. GRRR... of course we stayed up till 3 talking and what-not, so I didn't get much sleep, but surprisingly I'm not the one who's tired. Mr. "I slept all day on the bus" is the one who's out of it today. lol...

Anyway, I'm so glad to have him here and right now I'm finishing up my day at work. He spent the whole day looking for jobs while playing FarmVille on Facebook and chatting with his sister in Nebraska. Tonight I have to get him another hotel room because I haven't heard from anyone at the church about the trailer that is supposed to be getting set up for him. I have no clue what's going on there. At least this time the motel is only $40 instead of $70. Maybe I can even get another AAA discount?!? [keep your fingers crossed]

I GOT MY VEIL TODAY!!! It's so cute!

it came in a cute little purple box... :)

The details

No S**t Sherlock...A little sneak peak

I LOVE FREEBIES!!!

They gave two white rose hair pins to go with the veil as a thank you for shopping with them! :) LOVE IT!

Well, that about wraps it up for today.

Until next time!

Cara

tip of the day: try a Chai Tea Latte with white mocha... it's delicious!

The knight returns to his fair maiden...

Mitch comes today!!! I'm so excited! Although it's not the ideal circumstance I am so happy he's going to be here. I just reserved a hotel room for him, since he's getting here really late. His train is scheduled to arrive at 12:30 AM! It's late, but I can handle it. I'll drop him off at his hotel, go to home to bed, then go pick him up tomorrow after I get off of work.. or maybe on my lunch break. He needs to start looking for a job so the sooner I can get him to a computer, to sooner he can start contacting possible employers. There are a couple of places I know he can apply, but I want him to be able to find something on his own, not me being his mom and finding something for him. Mitch is a big boy... he can find himself a job. :)

Anyway, today I am also going to start learning my role for the opera. I don't have very long to learn it and I really need to discipline myself. With Mitch being here, work, and voice lessons, I'm not sure how much practice I can actual get it. I might have to wait until we get our own place to really start digging into my role. For now I can learn the text and work on pronunciation. It's in French so it's going to be a bit of a struggle for me... but if I work hard I know I can do it. I actually don't have the much to learn, as far as my role is concerned. I do, however need to know what everyone else is saying. So, I need to know the whole Opera!

Also, this summer, I'm going to be spending a lot of my Saturdays working on the set pieces for the production. I get to paint, build, and research the Art Nouveau era of art. I LOVE IT! Art Nouveau is one of my favorite art time periods!!! Go look up Alfonzo Mucha. That is Art Nouveau! Isn't it just so wonderful? No one can ever capture that kind of work in an art piece. He did that ALL BY HAND!! No computers or machines! I mean, he might have dabbled into lithography, but for the most part all of his work was done by hand! I love it.

Check this out:



This is Art Nouveau... it's amazing!

Well, that's all I have for now.

Until next time!

Cara