Spring Break - Woo-hoo!!

FINALLY!! I get a few days to not stress too much about school.  Of course I'll be spending quite a bit of time on my research and other school projects, but at least I can do that from home. (PS - I left my lunch box in the fridge at school, so I'm hoping no one throws it out.) I'm definitely looking forward to relaxing, shopping, maybe some tanning, and just catching up on life. As soon as school starts back I'll go back into my hole for a couple of intense weeks, so I'm hoping to make the most of my free time while I have it.

I think I've got the BM dress issue figured out -- I've even gotten my mother on board with the knee-length dresses! When I sent out the options to my bridesmaids a majority of them showed a preference for one particular dress and the others selected it as their second choice, so I'm pretty sure it's settled! This is super exciting (and relieving) to me. I'm still in the process of figuring out some accessories, but progress has been made! I'm soooo glad that we have so much time in which to decide everything because I can't imagine having only a few months to plan EVERYthing. I mean, it's taken me months of sifting through BM dresses to find one that would work!

I know it seems like I may be stressing too early about things that I have plenty of time to figure out, but my little sister/Maid of Honor is graduating from undergrad college in May (suma cum laude, of course!) and will be leaving for grad school either in June or August, depending on which school she chooses, so I really want her to be here while I plan at least the big things so that she can be a part of it. It'll be strange having her so far away since the closest school she applied to (and has already been accepted to) is NYU. We're so used to seeing each other a minimum of every other weekend, and we spend quite a bit of time on the phone, so it'll definitely be hard to try to plan such an important day without her right next to me. We share a brain. For real. If you've ever seen us together, you know what I mean. I ♥ her and I'll miss her tons.

In other news, Masters week is upon us. To those of use who live in Augusta, this means a minimum of 30 minutes longer to get into restaurants, traffic making a 15 minute drive into a 1.5 hour drive, crazy out-of-towners trying to cross Washington Road on foot while cars have the right-of-way, and general overpopulation of the entire city until the tournament is over. I plan to be a hermit and leave my house as little as possible until everything is back to normal. With the exception of wedding planning trips, of course! I have to choose a priest and meet with him for the "Go ahead" before I can set a date (yay for Catholic red tape, right?) so I'll be making the church rounds throughout the next few weeks to get an idea of different priest styles. Exciting stuff!!

Alright. Back to doing nothing. :)