Day 084 (Or: I love the weekend. so much)

The weekend is so good. I savor every moment of it.

Woke up and played some video games :P Fun fun fun. Got in a game of Mario Party with Amy and Jordan :D :D :D such good times.

Then Kelli came over and we went over to The Wild Cow in East Nashville and got lunch with Barry and Emily. That place was delicious! I hadn't been there before but man did they make a mean taco salad. I'm loving how much I've seen Barry this last week. Just like the good ole days. And Emily is awesome. I love having her here in Nashville now. I feel like we've all known her a lot longer than we actually have. She's great. Her and Barry together are great. I'm excited that we all will have gotten married within a few months of each other and get to take on this new adventure together. Love it.

We were gonna go look at ties for the wedding after lunch and before we met my siblings up to see Inception, but we had such a good time hanging with the MacD's that we didn't have time, haha.

Then...Inception again. Even better the second time. So good.....

Then back to my family's house and Kelli played Mario Party for the first time, and she was pretty darn good. I was impressed. She picked it up quick. So we had fun.

And then suddenly it was ten o clock :/. I'm loving these last few weekends before the wedding. I normally want things to hurry up so we can get to the wedding already, but man I just... the weekends have been so fun lately. So good.

OH AND DAD GOT THE FAMILY TITANS/BRONCOS TICKETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3 DAD

I get a whole other day of the weekend tomorrow :D! And four weeks tomorrow! WHAT

Day 083 (Or: The final Evening)

Went to work. Went to the radio station for my final FINAL night of the Evening Blend. That was weird because I didn't have the rest of the summer to think "they'll probably give me a call to ask me to cover sometime" this time. This was probably it for good. It was so weird. I'm... going to miss that place. Barry came to enjoy the evening with me. We played one last round of "What's in the Blender?" and I think it was Barry's favorite round ever :P. He was happy with the winner contestant for knowing his old school DC Talk tunes.

Once that chapter of my life closed (Even though Heather assured me I'd "be back," to which I couldn't really argue with her, knowing how my life usually goes, haha), I came back to my family's home for the weekend. But I wasn't here long before I just decided to go to sleep. So I did that. But it's really nice to be around here again. Miss this place and these people.

Day 082 (Or: Wedding Shower!)

I am so beat. But what a fun evening.

We are blessed to have so many wonderful people in our lives, man. We had a blast at our wedding shower. A lot more people showed up than I expected, and they did a great job of making it look nice at Belmont Church :) It was a fun party! Thanks to everyone who put it on and everyone that came. And it was GREAT seeing all those people. Man it'd been too long since I'd seen a lot of them. :) I'm hoping once all this wedding nonsense is over, we can catch up with a lot of people....

Barry and Emily came back to the townhouse after the party to deliver a table they're giving us. So we got to hang with them tonight too :D. We discussed our 100 acre farm land that we will one day own together and it is a genius idea that gets me through most days.

I guess that's about it. I'm ready to hang with my family this weekend, man. I saw them tonight but I barely got to talk to them. ONE MORE WORK DAY AND THEN IT IS HERE!

Day 081 (Or: Nothing happened today)

Literally nothing.

We were going to go to Jordan's race but then we didn't.

I haven't seen my family since Sunday with the exception of my father whom I saw yesterday. I miss them. I'm really glad that I've got such a close family that after only 3 days, you're kind of feeling that void.

Hickory Hollow Mall has the best arcade ever and I'm taking some coins on Saturday morning and I'm going to play some games. This, I promised myself today at work.

For dinner, Kelli and I have what was literally the healthiest salad I have ever ingested. Name a vegetable. Any vegetable.

And I had a big bowl of fruit too yum yum. :) I'm not going to be able to be as strict about it as Kelli is because she's got the master list of stuff she's supposed to be eating, and we're not living together yet, so I mean...I can only do so much. But I'm loving encouraging her with the foods she eats and in exercising. She jogged today AND trampolined I was so impressed.

Co-ed wedding shower tomorrow night :)

Day 080 (Or: My dad, the hero)

Also, Or: I HAVE THE INTERNET!

It seems like everything is some kind of ordeal, but after a day of struggle (mostly for my dad), the town house now has internet. WIRELESS to boot. Day was here starting at 11AM this morning, and he didn't leave til...geez, after 7PM, I guess? A lot of that was waiting for the cable guy to come (He volunteered since I'd be at work) and then once the guy finally got here, working through all the inevitable issues, etc. Once it all finally worked, I was off work by that point, so Kelli and I came over here and we three hung drapes and stuff. We still have work to do on it, but. We're getting there.

So yeah, pretty exciting. Then Kelli and I went to the radio station so I could voice track for tomorrow and Thursday. I don't even remember if I wrote on here that I'm doing The Evening Blend this week. I think I did. Anyways, so that was fun too.

Then it was nearly TEN but we went to Kroger so we could get all the stuff that Kelli's doctor wants her on so she can do this cleanse. So lots of raw veggies and juices and stuff. It's gonna be fun. I like grocery shopping together haha.

Then back to the Feeners where we both discussed how tired we were for a while but didn't really do anything about it. Then eventually I left.

And now I'm writing this at the town house because it finally has internet :D THANK YOU DAD.

Day 079 (Or: Kelli went down to Alabama, she was looking for a body to heal...)

It's nice having the computers set up in the house. I can listen to tunes while I get ready for the day. The record player is upstairs so. It works out that we decided to put the computers downstairs.

THURSDAY IS SO GOOD TO ME. The band. I don't know. I just really like there sound. Maybe it just reminds me of those old emo/rock Tooth & Nailish bands from the early 2000s. Anyways...digging on them right now, haha.

Work was good. Kelli went and saw the naturalist doctor in Alabama today. So her and I are going on a strict diet here really soon. Lots of juices and raw veggies (And not much else). So, we'll see how this goes. She's more determined this time than I've ever seen her. It's a big life change, obviously, to completely switch your diet. So. I'm really proud of her. I've had a lot of fun tonight looking up the different supplements she needs to be taking, and looking through the different books she got today, lying on the floor and talking about the future.

Growing up, I always figured that I'd one day find a nice girl, but that I'd one day have to compromise on my diet because no one ate healthy like I tried to (Abstained from cokes, strayed from lots of sugar, ate organically, fruits and veggies, supplements, vitamins, etc...). But right after Kelli and I started sating, she found this doctor she's been going to, and since then, she's COMPLETELY changed her diet, and now she's really excited to try her hand at cooking so we can have fun with these new diet restrictions and treat it more like an adventure than a challenge. I've loved cheering her on as she's been working to eat healthier these last two years. I'm very thankful to God for putting a girl in my path that is as health conscious as I try to be. So, we're both learning together. It's fun :) And we've got good family and friends around us when we have questions along the way. God is very good to us! :)

Keener's had a long day of driving and organizing and figuring this stuff out. I'm gonna stop using her internet and get out of here soon so she can sleep. :P Hey the internet guy is coming to the town house tomorrow YEAH

Day 078 (Or: Another super fast weekend)

I guess I should be thankful that time is moving as quickly as it is. It's just that it mostly feels that way on the weekend :P.

Todaaaaay...well, actually first, this morning I was moving more stuff into the town house and accidentally locked myself out. I know right... how do you do that. Well, somehow I did it. and my phone was in the house. What better time to meet the neighbors! So our neighbor to the left is this awesome older lady who never liked the Japanese after WWII, haha. She had all kinds of stories. She was fun to talk to while I waited for Kelli to come get me in. We went to Jordan's bike race and he placed THIRD! He did so well, I was so proud of him. Def his best performance.

After that, back to the townhouse where we built our TV stand and stuff. Set up the computers, etc. It's starting to look like a home in there.

Anyways, then to JC Penny UUUGHHHH but we probably got it all figured out. What the guys are wearing. Hopefully. We can't find what we're looking for on Penny's website. I don't even care anymore man. Help.

Another week starts tomorrow........ five more to go.

Weekly Weigh In: 148 lbs! WHAT. I didn't exercise at all this week. I went for a short bike ride yesterday but I mean....AH. So exciting :) 14 pounds in all, so far! Doing well, doing well :)

Day 077 (Or: ERRAND ERRANDS ERRANDS)

Days where Kelli and I are setting up the town house are so fun, but go by so quick.

It was all we did all day. We bought things we needed, we cleaned up the place, we discussed different ideas for ways to set it up on our way to various different places we bought supplies. It was a wonderful, dream-filled day. Days we get to spend all day together are awesome. I love the weekend.

We didn't end up eating dinner til like 9 o clock. After that, we watched Willy Wonka (which for whatever reason ALWAYS makes me fall asleep. It's one of my favorite movies. I think it just makes me feel peaceful, haha). I don't remember much after that. Kelli woke me up to give me a kiss and tell me she needed to get going because it was getting late :) Good day.

Preparing for this wedding, and getting this set with this town house have defined our relationship now for so long, it's going to be so weird when it's all done. When the wedding is over, and all that is left is to decorate the place. I'm crazy about that idea, haha.

Day 076 (Or: Another day.)

I'm back at my family's house. It feels really nice. Apparently Kelli is sleeping at the town house tonight since I'm not there :P Excited much? Her first night there!

I'm hosting my old radio show all next week. I did tonight too. But only for like an hour. Eventually sitting in rooms by yourself all day gets to you. I used to have a much higher resilience so it, but at this point... I just can't anymore, haha. So I voice tracked as many days in advance that I could, and I just came back to my family's house, where I'm staying this weekend.

Barry and Emily came over. We just watched TV all night. It's Friday which means Dad watches Whale Wars. So we watched that with him. It's the only show he gets really excited about, hahah. It's pretty cool. It was nice to see Barry and Emily. Definitely just really chill, but I'm happy to have friends where that flies. I was tired tonight.

We have so much to do this weekend. Man I'm just ready for this whole thing to be over. It's just dragging on and on. We're so close though. So close. Hopefully we'll be able to accomplish all of our goals this weekend, and get some chill time. We'll see.

I'm tired.

Day 075 (Or: Lonely.)

Still a day behind, due to no internet.

I don't know how people who live alone do it. It makes no sense to me. When God says "It is not good that man should be alone" He's exactly right. It's just weird being in that house all by myself. I'm going home for the weekend.

But I'm sleeping fine there, my alarm had to wake me up yesterday morning. I was going to go with AT&T for internet, but I canceled it because Comcast ended up being a better deal. I kind of hate that, but it's real life. So I signed up for that yesterday and should have it hooked up by Wednesday.

After work, I went to the movies with Kelli and Alex. We saw Despicable Me which wasn't as good as I was expecting, but it wasn't bad. It was a cute movie. Then we went to Kroger and got some food, and came home and ate it. And then we just laid around and hung out until like midnight, talking. I'm ready to be married.

Time feels like it's slowed down since I moved into that house by myself. But as long as I don't have to be out this way in the morning, I'm going home for the weekend, so I feel like I'm some place populated, haha. And I miss my family. I'm happy to be so tight knit with them.

So that was yesterday.

Day 074 (Or: Continuing On)

This is hard to keep up with, without internet at the town house.

Yesterday was alrighty. Sleeping came easier my second night. Got up and had dinner with Kelli at her family's house. Came to work. Went back to the Feener's. Kelli was tired so she opted out of going to Brentwood to help shoot a skit. but she made me dinner before I left :)

Seeing Julian was really nice. Rain was kind of a problem with shooting the skit, but we got it done. It was fun doing that again. And getting to hang with an old bud. It'd been too long. So nuts that everyone's getting married.

I'm lonely at that town house all by myself, man.

Day 073 (Or: Transitioning)

I slept alright my first night at the townhouse. The couch wasn't as comfy as I thought it would be. I don't really want to sleep in the bed 'til I have someone to share it with. We'll see.

Waking up in a new place all by myself was weird. Getting ready without having other people to interact with was weirder. But Kelli let me call her and wake her up so I had someone to chat with while I ate breakfast, so that was really nice. She guards her sleep carefully, so it was a real win for me.

Work was nice, then Kelli and I went to my family's house. We found out today that our cousin Greg was killed in a motorcycle accident. I haven't seen him in a really long time, but it still hit pretty hard. His wife is 7 and a half months pregnant with their first kid together, so just be praying for them right now. I can't even imagine that.

When we got to my family's house, there was that going on, and then I guess a bug had flown into Jordan's eye? Or something? And he had the wings of it stuck on the inside of his eyelids? So here I am, excited to see my family after my first night away at my own place, and these people are running around trying to figure out why Jordan's eye is completely destroyed, and eventually they went to the eye doctor. WHAT ABOUT ME??? Just kidding... I was happy when they got back and my brother was okay. We had a pleasant rest of the evening.

I showed Kelli how to use Corel Draw so maybe she can start doing patent drawings for my dad and earn us some extra $$$. That'd be nice. Plus I think she'll enjoy it. She picked it up really quickly, like I figured she would.

Well, anyways, that was about it for today. I'm about to leave the Feener's so Kelli can enjoy some of that heavily guarded sleep I was mentioning earlier. Night two at the townhouse!

Day 072 (Or: A home's not a home if you're all alone)

I don't have internet at the town house yet, hence the day-late update.

Yesterday was a pleasant day of work, a Fulin's date with Keener, Inception finally, wonderful chats with Keener, and then my first night at the town house.

Inception was fantastic. Everything it's made out to be and more. I can't wait to see it again. Christopher Nolan is a genius. He's made like...what seven films now and every single one of them is incredible? Amazing. Other adjectives.

Yesterday was hard too. It's weird living in the same place pretty much your whole life, and then all of a sudden one day, you're supposed to live somewhere else. So it's a strange transition. And it's a little harder because right now, I'm there all alone. So I just stayed at the Feener's chatting with Kelli until I got tired enough, and then I left for our eventual home. It was a really good night just being with her, reflecting on how far we've come. I can't wait to marry her.

And that was yesterday.

Day 071 (Or: The Last Man that hasn't seen Inception)

I always write these right before I go to bed so I don't know how to affects how these turn out. This weekend flew, man. I woke up and went over to the town house and put together the computer desk we bought yesterday sweeeeeet. It took me a while but I'll be a handy man yet.

Then over to work to do something I wasn't able to complete on Friday. The over to the Feener's, then over to JC Penny for yet another fruitless effort at trying to figure out what the guys are wearing at the wedding. I don't even care anymore, haha. SIX WEEKS.

So then back to the Feener's for some salmon and potatoes. Kelli and I are so good at those, haha. THEN back to the town house with Kelli and her parents to show them the place with all the stuff in it now. We rearranged the living room. Excellent.

Theeeen Kelli and I went to the Willis' house to talk to Miss Amber about some wedding stuff. SIX WEEKS.

Then back to the Feener's. Then home. I think I might sleep at the town house tomorrow night. Maybe. We're seeing Inception tomorrow night so I don't know how much time I'll have to like go buy food for the morning and other stuff I'll need. Eh. I don't know. I just really have to see Inception okay. Every freaking person on Facebook has something about it as their status. So I don't read anything.

Oh, and not one but TWO old friends called me today :D Adam Brewster called me and we talked about marriage and the like, got caught up. So that was really good. I hadn't talked to him in a long while. And then Julian Smith called. He's coming into town! YEAH. I've missed him since he left for CA. Kelli and I are gonna go help him shoot a skit on Wednesday night. Looking forward to that :)

Mmmmmmm another week. I can't believe in 6 weeks I'll be married. That's so WEIRD and i think i say that every week now....

Weekly Weigh In: 150 lbs BOOM

Day 070 (Or: Moving day)

Even though I'm still at my family's house, haha. But pretty much everything that I hold claim to is at the town house now. Whew what a day. Bought a mattress, moved all my stuff in, etc etc. I'm really tired. But I got all kinds of exercise today AND I biked this morning! Yeah! Anyways, so it was a fun day with my parents. :D It was just Me, Kelli, and them most of the day, and we had a lot of fun. We actually ended up taking the sliding back door completely out since we couldn't really get it to open, haha. So we could move the big couch in. So that was an adventure.

Anyways, I'm not really doing this day justice with this post, but. I'm really tired. I sweated like all day and I hope I lost all kinds of weight.

OH OH OH AND JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO I FOUND A WEBSITE WHERE A GUY WAS SELLING SO LONG ASTORIA FROM THE ATARIS ON VINYL FOR 29 BUCKS AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Day 069 (Or: Doin' the deals in 100 Oaks)

I've been telling Kelli forever that I'd love to buy her darkroom equipment at some point so that she could have a set up wherever we lived that she could use to develop her own film and do her own prints. She enjoys that 100 times more than just dropping off a roll at Wolf. We assumed it'd be extremely pricey and something we'd budget for and maybe somewhere down the line have the money for. Well, she finally started researching it today, and it turns out it was extremely affordable. She found a girl on craigslist who was selling the whole kit and kaboodle, man. Chemicals, enlarger, pans, canister... I'm not as well versed as Kelli is in the art but it was literally everything you needed for the whole process, just like we used to back in Kelli's Lipscomb days and those nights in the darkroom basement. I mean a ton of stuff. And this girl was moving and had to get rid of it all. We met up with her at the 100 Oaks Wendy's, and for a few hundred dollars, we've got a whole set up. We are hoping to convert our bedroom's walk in closet into a dark room space. We'll see! Anyways, I was super excited about that for Kelli.

Other than that, we hung out at my family's house, and chatted with dad and mom about moving plans, and money stuff, and life after marriage... figuring out what we'll be able to afford and whatnot. My parents are incredibly generous, man. We're very, very thankful for them. They're taking some of the edge off while Kelli and I figure out what kinds of foods to populate our home with. The kind of food that Kelli (and honestly, me too) needs to be eating, which is an incredible relief to me. So, very thankful for them.

I'd forgotten that our back door at the town house is actually locked shut in a way that we can't open it yet, haha. Our landlord is trying to get it fixed, but until then, because of the awkward angle our front door is at, we can't really move big furniture into the place. So... instead of the big couch, we're just going to move smaller stuff in tomorrow. I may still try to squeeze that sucker through the front door, but I haven't much faith.

OH DUDE I finally got a couple of Thursday CDs after all of these years. So pumped. So good.

I have to wait to see Inception til Monday because we can't get in free to the theater until after opening weekend HHHHHHHH I mean it's a small price to pay, I'm just like UGH I keep hearing how good it is STOP PEOPLE.

Yep, so moving stuff in tomorrow. We're gonna go to Sam's Club and look for a matress too. Yeah! Also a computer desk. And maybe I'll get to show Kelli how to use Corel Draw. So that's tomorrow. Today was good. Excited to get to try out that darkroom stuff we bought today, at some point.

Day 068 (Or: The one where we took a day off)

We did nothing weddingy today. Well, Kelli went and picked up our confirmation that we completed premarital counseling so we can get some money off of the marriage license. But when I got off work, we did nothing weddingy. We didn't talk about it, we didn't plan for it, we didn't accomplish anything, and it was glorious.

I've gotten to stop by the Feener's two mornings in a row before work. That good morning hug and hello hit the spot and put me in a wonderful frame of mind for the rest of my day.

Kelli was scheduled to go to the doctor early tomorrow morning, but it go moved to early August = she and I got to celebrate our 23-month-anniversary in style. My friend Ashley at work just GAVE us a really sweet, excellently crafted and in great shape, black shelf that will be perfect for DVDs, books, and records. THANKS ASHLEY. So Kelli and I took that over to the town house today. Carefully maneuvered it up the stairs and into our bedroom it looked SWEET and fit perfectly where we were hoping a shelf would. So that was a blessing :) From there we went and got some anniversary dinner at panera MMM MMM <3 that place. And we've got sweet connections there! YEAH

And then we finally finally got to go see Eclipse and it was e p i c. Def the best one so far. Sue me for enjoying those movies. So anyways then on the way home, I got to hear about all the places it differed from the book, hahaha.

Ahhh today was wonderful. We needed it. It's almost the weekend! Lots to be moved into the town house. Ok, bedtime.

Day 067 (Or: Is this wedding toll-free?)

No, it is not. You can prepare your mind for the fact that weddings are stressful. You can say you're aware that it's going to be stressful, and hope that that makes it less tolerable when it inevitably is stressful. But the reality is, you really can't have any idea about wedding planning until you're actually in the midst of it. The fact that "the wedding is happening no matter how much is planned by that date" is equal parts reassuring and exasperating, haha.

But I was thinking about it on the way home tonight, and the fact is that its a wonderful thing that planning a wedding stretches you so thin. It's good practice for married life. It tests your resolve, because there are points when neither of you want to do anything more and everything is overwhelming and there seems to be no end in sight. Those are moments ripe for the "living sacrifice" that I talked about yesterday.

The Good Lord is pounding into my head this week that the stresses in life are the things that bring us closer to Him. As my dad always likes to say: "I love my problems." So true.

Yes, this wedding is taking its toll. But thank God it is!

Day 066 (Production, programs, and a living sacrifice)

I got to be in production today for like 3 hours. It was awesome. I love running cameras, man. Love it. And I'm not half bad at it, so it's fun :P

We finalized our wedding programs. The design, at least. We did some test printings and they look great. We put together the skeleton last night, and Kelli had done a fantastic job designing it and making it "us" by tonight. I love it. And she even integrated some of my ideas into the final design :D I'll keep her.

And along with that, we settle on a final schedule for the actual service, which felt really good! And I like the way it turned out. I don't want to give it all away, but it'll be very nice. Uh, but don't read into that and think there are going to be goofy surprises along the way. There won't be. It'll just be a nice service that I'm proud of. AND we figured out all the songs that are going to play during the service. THAT felt REALLY good, let me tell you. It has been looming for like 6 months. Anyways, we had a lot of fun with that. The songs we've got are great :P BOOYAH

My buddy Andrew Wommack today reminded me that being a living sacrifice isn't a one time decision. It's something you decide on pursuing and then spend every ten minute for the rest of your life course correcting along the way. So that was encouraging. I needed to hear that today. I often just feel like I'm a failure in that regard. So, thanks Andrew. I hope I get to shake your hand one day.

Anyways, pumped for the bike race. I am renting a town house that I'm not even sleeping in yet, haha. Oh and I paid my first bills today. Snaaaap. Night.

Day 065 (Or: The New Home)

I got off work today and drove over to the town house, where Kelli and her mom were working in the kitchen and getting stuff ready for when Kelli and I live there. It was neat. Kelli was having a blast. And Miss Phyllis bought us a lot of essential stuff (toilet paper, soup, detergent, a stepping stool, etc) so THANK YOU to her :) So we hung out there a while. That place already feels like home. I love it.

Oh, and I got our renter's insurance inacted starting at midnight tonight, so. I'm gonna start moving stuff in for real this week. Where to start...

Anyways, so then Kelli and I came back to my family's house and eat some dinner and worked on the wedding program. Pretty fun. Then we watched some This American Life and waited for the storm to pass, and then she left. And now I'm going to sleep.

Day 064 (Or: Bridesmaids and Groomsmen)

Today was fun.

OH YEAH first off I've been listening to lots and lots of Thursday on myspace, hahah. YEAH. I ordered a couple of their CDs off half dot com sweet today.

Came over the the Feener's and we had our bridesmaids and groomsmen over. They were all here sans Jared Snyder (In Indiana), Ethan Willis (At camp), and Josh Feener (.....world cup...). It was a lot of fun getting everyone all caught up. We haven't had that whole group of friends together in a really, really, really long time. Like years. So it was fun.

We took everyone over to the town house :) This was Kelli's favorite part of the day. Everyone loved it! And we got in a circle and prayed over the place. It was really, really good. We have good friends and family. I wish my parents had been able to be there for that, too. But sometime this week, I'm sure. Anyways, it was really fun.

After all the festivities, Kelli, Jordan, Amy, Abby Lomax, Alex Feener, and I all piled in the car and went down to this flea market. Also fun. Gotta keep that place in mind!

THEN THEN once my brother and sister left, Kelli and I made pad thai and SUSHI and it was fun AND delicious.

Then freaking we got the SPIDER BALL on Metroid! But it was really emotionally exhausting fighing the Spider Guardian (We play the whole fight in the morph ball in confined spaces WHAT) so as soon as we got it, we found a save point and called it a Metroid night.

Now I think we're gonna unwind to some Arrested Development and then I'm going home and to bed. I'm tiiiiiired.

And I don't want to go figure out what I'm wearing for the wedding........bleh. I mean. It's important. I just don't want to. I don't like clothes shopping....... I feel so lost.

ANYWAYS good day :) seven weeks from right now, I'll have been married for about 6 hours. :O

Weekly Weigh In: 151 lbs! BOOYAH one fewer pound than last week... if I break the 140s I'll be very happy...

Day 063 (Or: Fiddy 'til the wedding)

Went on an EPIC bike ride with dad this morning. It was fun. Lots of hills. I think we went like 9 miles WHICH isn't really that much on a bike if you really think about it, but all those hills, man. I got a work out. I can really feel the pounds coming off. I should have started biking sooner into this whole weight loss thing, considering how much I don't really enjoy running anyway, haha.

Ohhhh then Kelli came over, and we just talked about all the stuff coming up, and trying not to be overwhelmed that all that needs to be done. We will both be happy when this whole thing is just, over. haha. Just completely done. But we're making it. 50 days to go isn't so bad.

Then we went to the library, and then to the TOWN HOUSE :D which is completely painted now THANK YOU MR. STAN. It looks really great. So now I'm free to start moving stuff in whenever I want..... boy oh boy....

Then we went to Kohl's looking for attire for me for the wedding. It was somewhere fruitful. We weren't really into it, but we both knew it needed to be done. We found some pants that we think might work. They look good. They'd look good with the lodge. They're casual which is nice. So.

Then we came back home and TRIED to watch stupid "1984" but there was all kinds of naked people in it so we just turned it off. Stupid. So we watched "Laws of Attraction" instead and it wasn't very good.

Thaaaaaaaaat's it. Meeting with the bridesmaids and groomsmen tomorrow.

Day 062 (Or: Painting, Cheating, Insomnia, etc)

Had another meeting for the kids show we're working on at work today. It was fun. Decided on a title and brainstormed ideas. I enjoy the people I work with. You'd be surprised how many people at the Christian Television Network are under 30, haha. We're a revolution.

Then after work, went by the town house where Mr. Stan was EXPERTLY painting the entire place for us :D THANK YOU, MR. STAN. The colors we picked out look fantastic. Today was the first time we just went over there without it being any sort of business transaction, so it was fun. It's just an exciting time right now, moving out and getting a place we're going to call home. I know the luster of having your own place to call home wears off with time, but for now, I can't get enough of Kelli's face everytime we start talking about "our" place. She's so excited she can't contain it. I love it.

Ok ok so today was unprecdented because it was the first (And I pray the only) time I cheated at a Metroid game. I just don't have the time I did when I was 15. So we're impossibly stuck on Prime 2. So we just had to look up where the last temple key was that we couldn't find because we had searched everywhere. Of course it was RIGHT THERE in a room I'd explored a few times. Ugh. It was kind of dumb that I had to look it up. But...I want to beat it before we get married. So. There. I confess. I cheated at a video game.... but it was so good getting that key. So good.

AND THEN in honor of the fact that INCEPTION comes out a week from today, we watched the only Christopher Nolan movie Kelli hadn't seen...the mighty INSOMNIA be still my heart. So good... man, if I had to make a list of my favorite movies of his (and know this doubles as a partial list of my favorite films of all time) it's be:

6. Following
5. Insomnia
4. Batman Begins
3. The Prestige
2. The Dark Knight
1. Memento

How could one guy possibly make all of those incredible movies? And why am I still holding out hope that Shyamalan's Devil will even be remotely good?

WELL we're figuring out what I'm wearing for the wedding tomorrow........ I LOVE SHOPPING FOR CLOTHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Day 061 (Or: Keys and Leases)

Signed the lease today :) And got our keys! Then we went to Lowe's and picked out paint for the master bedroom :D Then went back to the Feener's and watched Lord of the Rings.

Now that Kelli knows the colors for the house and stuff, she's been having a heyday picking out stuff for our registry, and editing items so that they match our colors. And today she was reading up on Dave Ramsey stuff for budgeting. She's gone into full blown marriage mode, and it's a lot of fun to watch. She even had me dinner ready when I got to her family's house after work :D I love it. She is absolutely wonderful.

So much is happening so fast. I'll be married in 8 weeks. What?

Ok, well this is short but it sure is concise. Night.

Day 060 (Or: The Days are passing by)

Today was a chill day. It was nice. Work was pleasant and then I came back to my family's house and Kelli was here with a surprise waiting for me :D I love those. And this one was good!

Ah... really not much else went on this day. I got my first bill in the mail (!!). And there was a little confusion with it, so I had to pull out my files and records and figure it out, and I'm not gonna lie, I felt like a grown up doing it, haha. Luckily, my first bill is only like 32 bucks annually :P

Oh yeah and we're completely completely stuck on Metroid. WHERE ARE YOU, SUPER BOMB. You are the key to everything...........

Willie Wonka rounded out the evening, and I think I'm getting the key to the townhouse tomorrow :)

Day 059 (Or: Laying out the game plan)

Oooooookay well. WHEW. So much....stuff. I'm getting the key on Thursday. That's...really exciting. And fairly decently daunting. I've never moved before, minus when I was like...three. I don't know. More on that later, I suppose. Once it has been processed. Just a lot of stuff to think about now.

But I'm not actually probably MOVING moving in until weekend after next or something after? Mr. Stan has kindly volunteered to paint the whole place for us the colors that we decided on (I picked the master bedroom color YEAAHH). We went down there tonight with Kelli's parents to get the paint stuff all figured out. It was nice to walk through the place again :) Home! Home home home...

That's about it for today, I guess! Lots to do, but happy I have a little more notice than like 5 days before it's time to move all my stuff in, haha. I'm guessing it'll end up being a really slow moving process, too. But uh, yeah I start paying for the place on Saturday, haha.

Oh and Kevin Schuck got back into town early so I'm not doing the Evening Blend this week. Which. Is a bummer on one hand, but with everything going on now..it's like, okay cool thanks. Haha.

We're getting married next mooooonnnnntttthhhhhhh

Day 058 (Or: At last, here we go)

I'm just going to bed. There's so much to do.

I'm moving in this weekend. I'm too tired to elaborate on that right now. But all of a sudden it's real and it's crazy and.... there's so much to do. I didn't expect it was going to be this soon. But...here it is.

So, here we go.

PS: Kelli smiled the biggest smile I have ever seen today. Just a note for posterity's sake.

Day 057 (Or: Family Day)

Got the grapple beam in Metroid today YEAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

The Feener's had my family over for burgers and salmon today for the fourth of July :D It was a lot of fun, and we talked for a good while about what is left to do for the wedding (Only EIGHT WEEKS TO GO). It was the first time that Kelli's parents, my parents, and Kelli and I all sat down together and talked about it. It's hard to get us all in the same room at the same time, haha. Everyone's running different directions. But yeah! It was a good time. I love my family AND the one I'm marrying into :)

Bethany Musgrove picture mailed me some LIGHTS she knew we were looking for that she found at Target! So Kelli and I high tailed it over there and got like 8 boxes of them so now we have the lights we were wanting for the wedding :D SUCH A BLESSING we didn't even have to go looking for them, it just fell into our laps, haha.

Watched some fireworks, 'cause that's what you do. And Kelli and I ordered a fun calendar from Zazzle. Yes.

And...I guess that's about it for today. So happy for the extended weekend! So happy.

Oh AND Weekly Weigh In: 152 lbs! :D Two pounds this week and ten total! I'm going to keep biking, I guess! Hahah... :D

Day 055 (Or: Setting In)

It's setting in that I won't be here much longer, in this house. I unplugged the mac tonight. Granted, I plugged a PC in right where the mac was, haha, so I can do some corel draw stuff for dad if I want to, but still. It was sort of my first act of "moving out." I guess that kind of sounds weird typing it out, but it's true nonetheless.

Man I come up with all this stuff I want to do when I get home from work on Friday night, but I never do any of it. I just want to chill.

And that's frustrating because I'm trying to get into shape but I'm just tired man. It was a lot easier to lose weight a couple of years ago when I was home more often. Now I work 8 hours and when I get off work, I just want to hang out. I guess I need to find some kind of energetic activity that I really enjoy doing. That I can do every day, haha. uhhhhhh we'll see. I wish I could get paid to exercise OH MAN that'd be awesome.....

THREE DAY WEEKEND.

Aaaannnd I didn't remember that Bill Murray was in Space Jam. Funny and classic.

Oh dude the FC Twin came today, man. You can play NES and SNES games on it and it's REALLY COOL I love it. Amy and Jordan said I couldn't take the SNES or NES with me so I had to improvise :P

I'm exhausted....bed.

Day 054 (Or: Another day)

I'm not going to detail it on here for all to see, but I was reminded of wonderful spiritual principles today. It helped my attitude.

But I didn't overcome a sense of emotional exhaustion all day. So. There ya go.

We had a meeting for the tween show we're cooking up at CTN. Should be cool/something not made in the eighties. I'm excited to see what it becomes.

It was nice to see Jennifer's new place and some old friends tonight. Sorry I was so worn out!

Ahhhhhhh 59 days til I don't have to tell her goodbye anymore. I'm really excited for cars to play less of a role in my existence.

Alright well that's it. I'm going to bed. Another day done.