Study, Eat, Sleep, Repeat

Boy am I glad I never have to do that again!! Probably the most bittersweet month of my life. I finally get to spend time with Tim and be married to him and enjoy being a newlywed, but instead I had to study. I'm not saying I was entirely productive all day every day, but it takes me so long to really learn something rather than just memorize it that I spent a LOT of time staring at books. So depressing. And all I wanted to do was play with my husband. :(

Voltron was my study buddy. He kept me company all day. Of course he was usually napping or trying (occasionally successfully) to distract me so I would play with him. I was very glad to have someone to interact with. It got really really lonely being by myself all day everyday.




I also rarely left the bedroom. It was so infrequent, in fact, that I started being a bit of a hoarder on my night stand. Snacks, pens, highlighters, beverages, Tylenol, you name it. Tim kept coming by and trying to organize it but I knew there was no point. He even joked that I needed a night table rather than a night stand for all my clutter.




And boy did my husband know how to keep me appropriately fueled! :)




And then it was time for the test. My awesome sis-in-love, Colleen, and her awesome husband were my hosts while I was in Columbia for the test. They fed me, talked to me, and left me alone when I needed it. So glad to has spent that night with them! After a few pep talks and words of encouragement from family and friends, it was bedtime.

The morning of the test, I was so nervous that I got sick. Twice. Never done that before and hope to never do it again. Then I tested. Then I did everything I could think of and made sure I always had someone with me or on the phone to talk to to keep my mind off of it. Tim and I went on a date that night. He even took me to see a chick flick! We saw "Something Borrowed." ( Very funny, btw!!)

That night, I couldn't sleep. So I read a book instead. My favorite romance author had released a book during my study time and I (obviously) hadn't had time to read it yet. I stayed up reading until 6, slept until 7, then woke up and checked the website over and over and over at least once per minute until they posted my fate at 7:30.





THEN, I was so excited that I couldn't sleep! I was on cloud 9. And it was a great day. Great great great. :) I even posted on Julia Quinn's website about it and she congratulated me! I crashed that night. Slept like a baby.



And last week I got my license in the mail!

Started work this week! More to come on that later!

Are we there yet???

The last couple of weeks before the wedding were definitely a whirlwind. I forced myself to get up early and study at least a couple of hours every day. Then it was wedding crunch time the rest of the day! So many last minute details: monogram stickers, welcome bags for out of town guests (including cookies made from scratch), getting the right color ribbons for different things, ironing tablecloths, preparing gifts for our attendants and our parents, etc. The list seemed endless at times. I got so overwhelmed that I literally wrote out a prioritized, detailed list of everything that needed to get done and then I scheduled and delegated tasks. I got teased quite a bit for my lists toward the end there. I make lists when I'm stressed. They help me to see and organize more clearly what I need to do. (Yes, I am clearly a Monica.)

My family came into town in waves the week of the wedding. It was so wonderful having everyone together again. I'm very glad many of them were able to come early so that we could spend time together before the wedding. Some of my family who came I hadn't seen in at least 7 years! It was wonderful to have them around to make last minute shopping runs with me.

The most stressed out I got was the Tuesday before the wedding. My friend, Ashley, can attest to this as she was the recipient of a rambling phone call canceling our study date that night. Everything seemed like it was piling up and people kept changing the plans without telling me until it was too late to adequately modify my schedule; and we know how that makes me! I talked to some family and friends and let them know how it affects me when they do things like that. I think a part of it was that although I was delegating some tasks, I kept the bigger projects for myself. It's that whole "take control of a situation" thing I've done all my life. And that certainly wasn't going to stop for my wedding! Once I was able to communicate with others and I asked for some more help, everything got a little easier. It's amazing what a few extra sets of hands can accomplish! Before I knew it, Friday had come. Officially wedding weekend. Officially time to kick back, have fun, and enjoy all the most important weekend of my life had to offer!

~*Dr.Mrs. Q*~