What happens at a wedding anyway?!!

As I plan more and more for Mike and my upcoming wedding, I am starting to realize that I have never sat through an entire wedding/reception! I get as far as eating at wedding reception and then usually leave. What happens next? First dance, cake cutting, bouquet/garter toss? I think I have hit the wall in my planning progress and now must turn to the experts, married relatives! But will they remember after 25 years? My dad has a hard enough time remembering the date he got married! :)

Winter weather blues

I have lived in Indiana my entire life and usually the weather doesn't bother me. But this year has been the worst winter, not in terms of amount of snow or freezing temperatures, but because of the way it teases you with a taste of the warm days to come. One day it snows, the next it is 40 and sunny. I will be so glad when the spring sun returns and we are no longer held hostage by the dreary sky and snow covered ground.

Stress, stress and more stress!!!

Lately it has seemed that all there is in the world is stress. The stress of school, the stress of wedding planning, and the stress of trying to figure out what things you have time for. I will be glad when March 9th arrives and I get a week of not having to worry about school, but I know that there will probably be something else for me to stress over.

Car Problems

A gas station, the ER, and a driver education class. What do these 3 things have in common?

Well tonight when my mom was on her way to pick up my sister from drivers ed she ran out of gas and had to call Mike (my fiance) to bring her some. Then I found out that my dad, on his way home, flipped his pickup truck on itside, bending the axle. Once home my dad realized that he had popped open some stitches (from a shoulder surgery last week). So he and my mom went to the ER to have his stitches repaired. Finally 3 hours later they were able to go home for the evening.

I think my sister learned more about driving from my parents tonight than in drivers ed. What do you think?

Across the Universe

Tonight was the first time I have ever ventured out and enjoyed one of the free movies offered by Ball State. These movies are offered almost every Friday and are fairly new. Tonight "Across the Universe" was the feature film.

For those of you who have never heard of this film it is a Beatles musical/opera. It is hard to explain the plot of the movie but it tells a story of love during the late 60's.

I went to see this movie because of my interest in the Beatles and because of friends recommendations. I have to say when the movie started out I thought I was going to hate it. It reminded me of Moulin Rouge but didn't have as strong of a plot. As the movie progressed though I understood the art of the movie and began to enjoy it more and more. I have to say that this is not a movie for the novice but rather for people who enjoy musicals and abstract art. I can't say whether or not you will like the movie, you just have to watch it and see. As for me I give it 4 out of 5 stars for appropriate use of songs to portray emotion and visual effects.