As Is

I haven't written in a while.  I usually try to write within 9 days, but I just haven't had the motivation or the "material" (ha!).  Life is work, wedding planning, and the occasional work-out and PSR class.  There have been no major prayer or faith thoughts.  If there's such a thing as a pre-wedding rut before the crazy sets in, I'm in it.

It's good to remember at times like this when my life doesn't seem good enough to blog about compared to anyone else, it's ok.  This began as a creative outlet for me to get outside the confines of Facebook, and it still is my creative outlet. 

Here's been a few of my more exciting moments lately:

• I bought my own CCC, along with CCC tabs and Bible tabs for my everyday study Bible.  Possibly one of my best purchase decisions of all times.  Although incredibly time consuming, especially on the Bible.
• This past weekend I drove out of GP at 5:30am on Sunday, spent the day knocking out a couple of pre-wedding projects with Matt, along with taking up a carload of bridal shower gifts and my first tote of my stuff to leave up there (one of those oh-my-gosh-this-wedding-is-actually-happening things), and drove back at 7:00pm.  It was a long day, but I'm getting a little burnt out on switching from one friend's house to another for spending the night up there.  Reason #97 to be excited for being married...one place to stay in KC all. the. time.  
• Bridal shower!  Beautiful, lovely bridal shower, that my maid of honor/cousin, her mom, and another couple of aunts put a lot of time, love and lovely decorations into.  And it was such a blessing that some friends traveled quite a way to come.  I really hope everyone enjoyed themselves.  And, this is one project I *am* proud of, I wrote all my thank-you's in a week.  It was my morning project for a few mornings before I went to work.  Here's to having the same motivation post-wedding.
• After Easter I'm covering the topic of Purgatory with our high school PSR class.  And I'm nerdily excited about it.  I've spent mornings mentally going over what I learned in my Virtue and Character class when reading Dante's Purgatorio from his Divine Comedy, and things that St. Faustina said about souls suffering and God's mercy.  And I just realized this isn't something that's happened lately, but it just goes to show how excited I am for it to happen.