July

It has been quite awhile since I've written. I have taken a month off from life and it has been wonderful. The end of the school year was somewhat boring and tiring as students slowly stopped showing up and there was less and less to do. It also seemd to never end as we went right up to the end of June for who knows why. Summer started and I immediately took off for home to spend time with my family and then to continue on to Indiana to spend time with the fiance. The result was complete summer success. Below you can read a list of my accomplishments so far throughout the month of July.

• Went to the shore and spent a wonderful first day of summer with roomate


• Got oil changed


• Enjoyed July 4th with many friends


• Drove many miles


• Slept in often


• Read 7 books


• Planned honeymoon


• Solidified wedding location


• Designed Save-the-Dates


• Gathered addresses from friends for Save-the-Dates


• Printed, addressed (and am about to send out) Save-the-Dates


• Got started on buying vintage books for wedding decorations


• Went ring shopping (no decisions yet)


• Spent mornings at a public pool while fiance taught swim lessons


• Beat fiance at chess (once)


• Learned several German words and mastered 2 German phrases


• Spent 3 weeks with fiance and his family


• Battled his parent's cat on a daily basis and came out alive


• Watched several movies


• Ate a lot of food


• Picked blackberries


• Went kayaking on a lake


• Played with fiance's phone (getting quite good at several apps)


• Took a decent amount of pictures


• Attended 3 wedding showers (2 for us)


• Met fiance's extended family


• Received much appreciated appliances, cooking utensils, and household fun


• Bought an outfit for engagement pictures (to be taken in 2 days in NYC)


• Caught up with some friends from home


• Showed fiance Allegheny College


• Baked my very first pie (blueberry) with my grandmother's guidance


• Planned out rules and procedures for my classroom this year because I was bored and had nothing else to do :)


• Spent all of today relaxing outside on my parents deck reading on a raft in the pool in the sun


• Wrote this blog post

I'd call this month a success.