Sunday, 28 June 2009

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  summertastic

  Could it be that after 4 1/2 years of blissful blogging I am bored with it? Perhaps... we'll see if I get back into this, I guess. But I do feel inspired to document all of the wonderful, summertastic things that have happened since my last post. Life has been good!

  Sam and I got engaged! We're excitedly planning a wedding for April, which has been so much fun. I wasn't sure I'd enjoy wedding planning, but I do so far. After all, a wedding is a great excuse to throw a beautiful party and celebrate a wonderful new stage of life surrounded by a community of loved ones.

  

  Not only am I also preparing for Jenny's wedding (just 5 weeks away), but I've also got two cousins and an uncle who are all engaged, as well. Although this means a lot of weddingness, I haven't let it distract me from all of the other good things going on.

  I've planted and tended my garden:

  

  

  My roommate and I both did our first 5K together.

  I've begun my post-LVC-job search in earnest and have an interview tomorrow!

  I rode the Hiawatha Light Rail for the first time in my life--how did it take me so long to get around to it? But it was great and very accomodating to my bike.

  My no-A/C-allowed house has been ridiculously hot this week; I've been sleeping in temperatures as high as 87 degrees!

  My roommates and I threw a party, during which I realized that I am worse at beanbags than I recall.

  I celebrated my birthday several times; the festivities included everything from getting engaged on vacation to having a long-overdue drink with an old friend.

  My sister got back into the country and our out-of-town relatives suprised us by coming to the family barbeque!

  Sam, his friend Tim, and I have taken some awesome boating excursions all over the Mississippi:

  

  

  I'll never manage to have great beach/boat hair. Ever. But who cares? I'm pushing for our next adventure to be a camping trip on the river. Camping has been severely lacking so far this summer.

  Summer in Minnesota is so wonderful. As much as I would jump at the chance to have a summer job like last year's (I dream about Hawaii all the time), this season is still treating me better than I could ever ask. (Even at work I get to spend a lot of time outside painting and landscaping with volunteers.) After a long winter it feels amazing to burst into so much life, excitement, adventure, and joy.

  How long before I write another entry? Who knows...

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