1. Jess and Micah are engaged! One of my sweet best friends wants to live with a boy!? But seriously they are getting married on November 14. The three of us at 4519 have had a feeling about a possible proposal for the last few weeks. We even had a small bet going on who guessed the closest to the date of the engagement. Christy was by far the closest. The week before, Jess and I had gone of a girl date (shopping, hair salon, diet coke). While Jess's hair was baking, she got a text from Micah asking her on a date to Lawrence for that night (sketch, you know). She brought her phone over to me and Ken (everyone's favorite stylist) and asks, "um, what does this mean?" Ken replied, "He's going to put a ring on it!" Haha, well he didn't put a ring on it that night, but a girls intuition can't be that off now can it? One week later, Micah asked Jessica Lynn King to marry her!
I am excited for her because they are definitely in love and care about each other so much. Sometimes when I think about how I want Thad and I's relationship to look, I often think about areas of Jess and Micah's relationship. They are good at loving. And she asked me to be her maid-of-honor which I am really excited about. My goal is to be able to give a toast without crying and squeaking!
I am also a little sad about her moving out. She is one of my best friends and best roommates. It is going to be lonely around here without her. The Roanoke 3 will always be the Roanoke 3 no matter how many of us live here. They are staying in the city so I will still get to see her a lot! And her baby bunny Brooklyn will also move out, which is very sad.
I am excited for her because they are definitely in love and care about each other so much. Sometimes when I think about how I want Thad and I's relationship to look, I often think about areas of Jess and Micah's relationship. They are good at loving. And she asked me to be her maid-of-honor which I am really excited about. My goal is to be able to give a toast without crying and squeaking!
I am also a little sad about her moving out. She is one of my best friends and best roommates. It is going to be lonely around here without her. The Roanoke 3 will always be the Roanoke 3 no matter how many of us live here. They are staying in the city so I will still get to see her a lot! And her baby bunny Brooklyn will also move out, which is very sad.
2. Thad is leaving for Germany on Saturday. He is going to there for 10weeks studying abroad. He is going to love it. I had to say goodbye on Tuesday which was less than fun. I had been dreading that day for a while and I honestly felt relieved immediately when I was the goodbye was finally over. We are used to being apart 534 mi, but over the ocean without being about to talk on the phone whenever we want too is going to be a little tougher.
I may have mentioned Thad and my theory about long-distance relationships before. We call it the cycling of emotions. The first few days after you see the other person you are so sad and miss them so much. Then there are a few days when you are upset and mad at them because it is easier than missing at that point. Then you are about a week out from the visit and you start to feel more normal again. Then you have a few good days, maybe even a week if you are lucky and then you start to miss the person again. The you go back and forth from missing to being ok to missing to being ok until about a week before you get to see the other person again. Then at that point you start to get excited. Now this excitement may seem good to those of you who have never been in a long-distance relationship. However, in our experience the excitement phase is when you argue, get annoyed, and frustrated with one another. I think it is because you are just ready to see them and it is easy to focus on yourself instead of the other person.
But it is just a theory...
We would like to hear from any of you who have had long-distance relationships. Does any of this sound familiar?
I may have mentioned Thad and my theory about long-distance relationships before. We call it the cycling of emotions. The first few days after you see the other person you are so sad and miss them so much. Then there are a few days when you are upset and mad at them because it is easier than missing at that point. Then you are about a week out from the visit and you start to feel more normal again. Then you have a few good days, maybe even a week if you are lucky and then you start to miss the person again. The you go back and forth from missing to being ok to missing to being ok until about a week before you get to see the other person again. Then at that point you start to get excited. Now this excitement may seem good to those of you who have never been in a long-distance relationship. However, in our experience the excitement phase is when you argue, get annoyed, and frustrated with one another. I think it is because you are just ready to see them and it is easy to focus on yourself instead of the other person.
But it is just a theory...
We would like to hear from any of you who have had long-distance relationships. Does any of this sound familiar?
3. I am officially a career woman now! I made my first $52 last night during orientation. I am going to start working as a nurse tech on the Orthopedic/family medicine floor at KUMed Hospital. I am excited to get started. Right now I am going through orientation and hopefully while be able to start on the floor next week.
