Surfing!

So.. You think this post is about zach... WRONG :)

I rode my first wave in over 3 years yesterday! Zach finally got smart about surfing and decided to ask me to go with him. Of course the waves have to be just perfect for me to go.. Perfectly small! And they were and I was able to spend 2 hours in the waves yesterday. Sadly, I do live within minutes of the beach and this was the first time my body has touched the ocean in probally 2 years! So it took me a few minutes to readapt to waves, current, and generally being in the water. But I find it funny how all your training comes back to you. I was taught the mechanics of surfing my freshman year of college when i joined surf club and once a week they would take you to the ocean and teach you how to surf. Zach I think was a little impressed with my "turtle rolls" and ability to not let the waves bully me around. Although I didn't fully stand up on any of the waves I rode I had a blast! I still don't know how Zach does it everyday my body was so sore when we got home. I look forward to other small surf days when I can go out and attempt to surf some more!

Out with the Old....

Funny thing about getting married is.. you get a lot of gifts.. Don't get me wrong Zach and I LOVE gifts but there problem with a lot of gifts and an apartment is NOT a lot of space!! After returning home from the honeymoon our apartment floor was covered.. with STUFF! Literally there was a walking path from the door to our bedroom/bath and that was it! I didn't think I would ever find a place for everything..we were already a little cluttered... I finally had cleared out the living room dining room area  and put most of that stuff away sorta but really just piled most of it in the kitchen.  When I went to put away the kitchen I decided there is absolutely no way everything is going to fit in here so I said Out with the old... And Zach and I decided to get rid of our old "college kid" stuff and use our new "grow-up" stuff.  Although it was a bit hard to get rid of the plastic plates and cups I'd had since I was a freshman in college it was just time. Well by the time we had cleared out everything we no longer wanted we had a huge pile of stuff to get rid of.. I saw no reason to throw these items away.. they still have a lot of life left.. and thus decided we were going to donate the items.  Usually i just load the stuff up and drop it off to good will but this time I really wanted to help someone in need.. So I contacted a friend who volunteers with Open Gate a domestic violence shelter in Wilmington to find out if they needed any donations. And of course they did.  And so today I am taking by our kitchen stuff to the domestic violence shelter.  When someone leaves a domestic violence situation they go to open gate where they help them get back on their feet which includes finding them a new home and assisting them to purchase they need to live in their new home.  So I know our kitchen stuff will help someone in need very soon and I feel much better about giving it away. 

Back to Life...

Zach and I have arrived back to our apartment in Wilmington despite my resentment to returning back to our day to day life.  After experiencing nothing but wedding bliss for the last two weeks coming back to the chores and work of everyday life is not something I was looking forward too... Especially after our 7 days in Harrisonburg.. Zach and I were able to spend all seven days together without interruptions.. We were able to savor each others company fully and do only things we wanted to do without a worry of schedule, work, taking care of our "children", or any of the boring day to day things that life consists of.. I knew that we are not going to experience that same bliss again so I was not looking forward to coming home.  But after really thinking it through Knowing my four children were patiently waiting for our arrive I knew we had to come back to reality.. back to life.. And despite the fact that we were away for a whole week.. its funny how fast things can just go right back to normal

Look.. Zach's already sleeping on the coach.. and you won't guess what I was doing.. Cleaning :)

Funny how things just fall right back to normal... 

Happy Fathers Day Mike! I'm glad I finally have a father to wish a Happy Fathers day!  

Just Married!

Wow Has it been a long time since I posted...I Wanted to update and say Zach and I are offically husband and wife.. I am posting from Harrisonburg, VA where we are spending the week for our honeymoon! 

We had an absolutely perfect ceremony and a wonderful reception.  

I will direct you to my sister-in-law's blog for an awesome post of the day http://www.michaelandlindseykaufman.blogspot.com/

 Hopefully upon returning to Wilmington I will be updating more frequently as Zach and I begin our married life! 

The Graduate

Yesterday I finally graduated college.. A day I've looked forward to since I started school.. It wasn't until yesterday that it really even set in what I achomplished until my grandmother and i were looking at an old photo album and found a newspaper clipping my mom had saved from kindergarden.. it was from one day when were told to dress up like what we wanted to be when we grew up.. and what was I? A scientist... now granted at this moment I am not a "scientist" but I finally did graduate with a BA in a Social Science.. and well the potential to become a social scientist! How cool :) I wanted to share with you all my graduation experience..

10:00 University Graduation- All us theatre kids sat together in the back and made a bit of "Noise"
11:30 Theatre Dept Graduation- Dr. V. forgot me.. Ed called me Sue ( my middle name that I hate) and My candy diploma was broken :(
3:00 Psycholgy Dept. Graduation- I won the Joseph Awkard Service award and Zach missed it!


That Concludes the day long events of graduation in a nice brief summary : )

42 days!

And the countdown is on! There is only 42 days between now and our wedding! That is a scary thought! I have so much to do before then in order to make that day happen! My dress finally came in and I had an opportunity to take some bridal portraits on Wrightsville Beach which I'd love to share but I know Zach would sneak a peek! The wind gave us quite a bit of trouble and it blew my dress in every direction but down and my veil in my face and off my head more times then I'd like to recall BUT there were some fabulous pictures in there! But for a Zach friendly sneak peak.. Here ya go :)

As the wedding time nears its such a wonderful feeling to have so many things accomplished but the do list keeps growing and growing and gives me a little bit of queasiness sometimes! I am currently taking requests for music at the wedding as I am now beginning the wedding play list so if you have any particular requests Let me know ;)

I am asking asking anyone outthere if they have a projector for a slide show during the reception that we could use/borrow/rent and if anyone has one of those play pins that you can put up that resembles this our ring bearers

would really love to be apart of the reception and would be returned immediatly after the reception! Thank you in advance!

And for the rest of the wedding things are rolling on..

The End is near....

It's hard to believe that I'm about to graduate from college.. It's this scary, amazing step forward in life that leads me to think What NOW? For four years I have been a college student, attending classes, doing homework, going to club meetings, campus activities, using the campus resources, getting student discounts, and NOW in 1 week I will be a College Graduate!! I am going to be the first person in my family to have ever graduated from a four year university!! Throughout the process it felt somewhat mundane... Going to school just like "everyone" else.. but when I think about it.. Statistically not "everyone" goes to college.. But then when I also think about the resume I had to create for my Senior Seminar and all the things I had to put on there... and the fact that I have to create 2 for each of my majors.. I feel like it's been way longer than four years! 

 The hardest things about getting ready to graduate is the scary fact of what am I going to do all day? I am currently HUNTING for work like its a job but after school.. Thats all I have to do! I am so used to 6 classes to attend, 6 classes worth of homework, projects for classes and the theatre, being president of a student organization, working, and just life.. Now In reality i just have work and life! What do you do with all the extra time!?! This one day has been coming for a long time but with the reality of it sinking in as each day passes an one more class is over as one more project is completed, and as the new president of Psi Chi takes over.. I keep finding my self veged out on the couch.. Feeling like i need to be doing something and not knowing what to do... I guess I can finally work on some of those wedding things.. Since thats creeping up too!!