Overwhelmed

I cannot pretend that I am not drowning in all the things I need to get done here in the next few weeks! I have so much to do, and I am at the point where I just don't know where to start or which end is up! Not to mention that I am trying to see everyone in the next few weeks, and there are lots of people to see!

So, I have a to do list that is HUGE! Here it is, just in case you think I am exaggerating!

1. Grade Research Papers
2. Huck Finn Essays
3. Romeo and Juliet Work
4. Pack Kitchen
5. Clean Living Room
6. Laundry
7. Pack Bathroom
8. Pack dresser
9. Clean out/pack storage under stairs
10. Clean out/pack storage unit on patio
11. Call about marriage license
12. Pick up copies of marriage license
13. Send off paper work
14. Change sheets
15. I think you get the idea! I can't even begin to think about everything else!
16. Oh! Call the moving company with new address
17. See, I told you this was bad! I am adding to the list in my head even as I type.
18. Find a JOB! (Freaking out about it a little!)

And now I need a nap!

We did it!!

So, we did it. We got married on Friday in a simple ceremony at the courthouse, and it was just fantastic. We spent a busy weekend with family and friends. It was great, and yet there is a part of me that is very ready for us to just be together at home with nothing to do but spend time making dinner and hanging out together. The next time Nick is here, we will be running back and forth between Denver and Montrose going to graduations and then packing up and moving out! Literally! Okay, really, I should be packed by then, so we will pack up the last minute stuff, my dog, and probably the TV and start our journey to Texas.

We talked a little about taking a trip to the coast somewhere and spending a long weekend together. This will be our mini-honeymoon. Then I will really start to plan for our wedding ceremony for next May. It will be wonderful! I am excited about it. It will be great to spend this year playing newlyweds! Yeah!!

Oh Goodness!

Well, we did just get engaged, and on Friday we are getting married. Yes, it is sudden. Yes, it is fast. Yes, I am ready. Yes, I am excited! I actually cannot wait to be Mrs. Sadler, and I am kind of relieved that this has worked out the way it has. I feel at peace with it all for a lot of reasons, and I can only hope that we will make it through this next month of packing and cleaning and moving.

Nick has been looking at houses for us. He is such a rockstar! I am pretty impressed with him and his willingness to find us a place to rent. He spent the day yesterday looking with our fabulous leasing agent, Becky, and they are going to check out two more places today before making a decision.

There is what looks like a great house on the realty website we have been looking at, and I am crossing my fingers that this place will be as great in real life as it looks online. Then I am praying that we will be able to get it! In the long run, what really matters is that we have a house to make a home and that Nick is the one who lives in it with me.

Is it May 25th yet?

Engaged!

So it is official! Nick and I got engaged on March 20, 2009. It was spring break and I was there with him. It was the first day of spring break, and I was thrilled just to be there with him for an entire ten days. He took me to dinner and arranged with the restaurant for us to have a table set up with candles and a picture of us and a custom made Broncos jersey with Sadler on the back hanging up. He was so cute! When he got down on one knee, I immediately started to cry and had to shake my head yes because I couldn't talk very well. So, we are getting married in CO on Januray 23, 2010. I am moving on May 25, 2009. I am so excited and nervous and stressed out--but in a good way!

Here is a picture of us right after he proposed.

The Convo...

Last night Nick had the conversation with my parents asking them for permission for my hand. Okay, that is totally not what he said, but it is the main concept behind what he did. I think that things went well. I know that he was super nervous and all parties involved would have prefered that this was done in person. However, this was/is the way it happened, and I really don't see anything wrong with that.

So, now on to the proposal. Sometime. Soon. I think.

Asking for their blessing

So, this is really happening. Nick is getting ready to ask for my parent's blessing to marry me. Holy crap! Seriously?! Since he can't do it in person, he made a photo book and had it shipped to their house. The book does not ask them for permission, but it does briefly tell the story of us and talks about how wonderful he thinks I am. It is cute--yeah, I have seen a copy of it because he created it online. We both thought that it would get there sometime next week, but nope! It will arrive tomorrow. TOMORROW! I think that means that Nick will attempt to talk with my parents this weekend. Oh goodness!

I am feeling a little giddy and all over the place. Wow! Even though this is all happening, I can hardly believe that this is all happening. Yeah! I just pray that it all works out like we want it to. I am ready to get this show on the road. :)

What now?!

I am so very ready for it to be Spring Break. This month has DRAAAGGGGGED on and on! We are going to spend ten days together. He will have to work part of the time, so I will sleep in everyday and go pick him up at noon. It will be nice, and I am excited to be able to spend so much time with him. I hope that we will be able to plan some things and look at some neighborhoods we would like to move in to. I am anxious to plan, plan, plan! Planning is always my favorite part--I like to plan and then delegate and supervise. I am generally pretty good at it. I work hard to make sure my plans come to fruition though. I have a harder time delegating things when I know that I can just do it myself than I let on. Perhaps this is why I am flipping out about my kid's research papers. Or maybe I just want them to be responsible and do their work. I don't know! Maybe I push them too hard--ha! Not likely...