You would think 4.5 yrs of college would prepare me for this...

The 'this' I'm talking about is figuring out how to turn on the lights in my hotel room! I think my main room light is activated by the remote control on my wall. Not really sure, though. I can't figure out how to turn on the t.v., but I did discover the light switch for the bathroom. That much is vital.

It was a little frightening though, when I sat on the toilet seat all of this water started running. And I don't mean from me. (sorry for the gross visual).

Brian tells me that I must stay up until about 10 p.m. here, otherwise I will be screwed up by this time change for even longer. I'm not going to lie, it is pretty weird that the clock on my computer says 4:17 am, but here it is... well I don't know what time because I don't have a clock in my room. This is a predicament. Well lucky for me, I brought my old cell phone which I also use as an alarm clock, and it is showing the current time to be 9:31 p.m. Sounds about right.

Let's see.... what else did I do today. Not a whole lot I guess. Brian was able to find me at my hotel because (surprise, surprise) there were communication issues with the front desk staff. He met me at my.... building of residence.... and we went to the infamous coco curry restaurant. I was under the impression that it was coco (like chocolate) curry. This is not correct. It's pretty delicious though. Then as you leave the restaurant, all the people working say/yell 'arigatoo gozaimashita!'. It's pretty entertaining.

Well I am very tired, tomorrow I will try to post some pictures but don't get too excited because it's boring stuff like my flight and hotel room. I tried to get actual pictures of the cities but it was too dark and I fell asleep. :-D

Now I am going to relax in my cozy little slippers and robe attire while I try to figure out how to turn on the t.v. It's harder than it sounds, I swear...

Things I Forgot to Pack

1. Left all cables that connect zunes/ipods in my checked luggage. It is difficult to transfer movies from my computer to my ipod without the usb cord.

2. An adapter that is suitable for plugging my computer into the wall when I arrive at my destination.

I got to the airport 3 hours early, thank goodness. For anyone who cares, a lincoln towncar costs the same as a taxi, is clean, and comes with free water. Thanks Licious for that tip.

The best thing about airports is that it is highly likely you will run into someone else who is travelling. I ran into the lovely Mrs. Julie McGinnis (haven't seen her in probably 2 years!) and we had a nice little chat by gate A5.

Well, apparently my flight is getting ready to board, so if I happen to find an adapter for my computer, I will blog again when I arrive. Otherwise, it will be about 18 days til my next post. :-D

Preview of My Wedding Dress

My b-e-a-utiful wedding gown! I just love it so much. The perfect rosy shade of pink, and who wouldn't love the nice, full ballgown? I especially adore the polka-dot tulle. It comes with the nice, bushy veil too.

What a perfect dress.




But seriously. I googled 'ridiculous wedding dress' and this picture came up, so don't you worry your beating hearts. This dress is heinous, and I wouldn't be caught dead within 20 miles of it.

Pieces of the Holidays

Two posts in one night... what fun!

Just wanted to see if I could figure out how to upload a couple pics. These are from Christmas in Arizona, and I got them from Amanda's facebook profile, but they are kind of cute/fun I suppose.

The Travelling Gnome

He is on the lower right corner of the screen, and his name is Spackle, in honor of one of our children who will not be named Spackle. Or Dutch.

For the time being, this blog is officially commandeered for the purposes of my own travel blogging, or wedding prep blogging.

Travel: I need to pack, but instead am watching 'my big fat greek wedding'. More productive. I leave Tuesday morning for 3 weeks.

Wedding Prep: I ordered a dress.

The end!

Sweet Mondays!

I had a glorious weekend, largely because of Mrs. Stephanie Waller! We went dress shopping at a lovely boutique. We pretty much had the whole place to ourselves most of the morning, the dresses were all quite exquisite. I will be picking one of them in January when my masha comes to visit.

Sunday was another awesome day, and this time there were 3 Wallers involved!! The more the merrier, really. We had a delicious brunch of breakfast burritos, and some great convo too. Their house is all decorated for Christmas, complete with a tree!

I can't believe we leave for Arizona in 10 days. Those days will be filled with 7 days of work, cleaning, packing, going to the gym (is a MUST, hello eggnog on my thighs), engagement party, volunteer morning, hair appointment, church, more christmas shopping... woof.

Well I better go get to work.

Holiday Prep

But seriously, how do you prepare for the holidays?

I decorated my apartment, even if it is only for my own enjoyment. I have a tiny little artificial christmas tree, even though I have room for a full-sized one. I have garland and wreaths hung all around, and tonight when I was a metropolitan market I even saw mistletoe! For some reason I have an obsession with hanging it in every doorway, and I think it's because I have so many doorways. However the mistletoe was $6/tiny bundle... probably not the most economical decision, especially when one is saving for a luxurious honeymoon.

My skin saw the light of day today, (the first time since Sunday). It. was. GLORIOUS!! It was pouring rain, and apparently there was even thunder in Bremerton today! I didn't hear it so I almost don't believe it.

Bed time now... more later!