Preludes And Nocturnes

Just a little…

I’m going to NYC in two weeks!! Yay!! I’ll be there for nine days and then in van for three days! So very very exciting! And dear sweet Jim has asked me to think of all the things I want to do in ny while I’m there.

I’ve pretty much made a list of restaurants.

This doesn’t surprise anyone, does it.

xoxo
jenn

Please go to the gym. Now. No, stop typing and go to the gym. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeease!

….

really.

Love me.

Those word verifications! I’m convinced of it. Over at bettie’s I was just given the following:

gfjenyc

containing gf - which we all know stands for girlfriend
jen - which we all know stands for me
nyc - which we.. yeah you know

Woah.

In honor of this amazing word verification, I’m going to go eat my pear I brought with me to work, and grab a coffee from downstairs.

I thought today would mean the following:

• Tidy
• Take Leone to work
• Get groceries from Costco
• Get a coffee and work on my course syllabus for the spring
• Finish up a bit more housework
• Work out
• Pick up Leone from work

But today actually meant:

• *strange no-man’s-land of the morning* I have no idea what I did before 12:30…
• Take Leone to work
• Try and find a pair of pants for work and have a whole *thing* about my job (not a real job), my work clothes (not professional enough for what I want to do, but no money with the semi-job to upgrade all that much), and my ass (rather bootylicious right now, I love it.. but I don’t know that I’m ready for all that jelly).
• Actually do find some work pants and then have all these issues because I have a smaller pair I’ve never worn so have some guilt
• Costco
• Forget car keys in store
• Finally get home and have only 30min before tutoring…
• Tutor because I can’t say no when getting a phone call at 11:30am to tutor on my day off - but I used today’s $ to buy the pants plus a BEAUTIFUL blue retro sweater and a new pair of fluffy pjs.

Not that today meant a bad thing - it was just not what I thought it would mean.

I am home. I am home in the afternoon.

I am here for some Dr. Phil and Oprah.

Dr. Phil - Thank you. Now this is what I needed and wanted: a show on people over spending. I like these shows. I feel smug. Perfect.

And then Oprah.

Bah!

I HATE the shows with movie stars. COULDN”T CARE LESS!

I love my pop culture, but her movie centred shows are “ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ”

Yeah yeah, gay cowboys and stupid screaming audience members. SNORE!

Maybe Nanny911 is on.

I wanted a ticker. See bottom of page.

The black text wouldn’t show on my black page.

So I started fiddling.

*sigh*

I need a sign that states this site is now:

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

…are stupid when they fly Jim away from me
…are wonderful when they fly him here!
…are stupid when they cost lots
…are wonderful when they fly us both to Costa Rica to get married
…are stupid when they take long long times to get places
…are wonderful when they fly me to NYC (I’m hoping for a quick trip in Feb)

Jim left for his home this morning. I think I’m going to go buy a sandwich from the caf. Times like this call for drastic measures.

But I want to leave on an up note. I managed to get my and Jim’s docuements scanned properly today. They will be sent to the Lawyer this afternoon, and he has already confirmed the March 14th date. Is so very very wonderful!

Your Social Dysfunction:
Happy

You’re a happy person - you have a good amount of self-esteem, and are socially healthy. While this isn’t a social dysfunction per se, you’re definitely not normal. Consider yourself lucky: you walk that fine line between ‘normal’ and being outright narcissistic. You’re rare - which is something else to be happy about.

Well that was a bit hectic! We really finally had the chance to breathe today after marathon planning for the past ten days or so. It is astounding what all we had to do to get this simple little wedding put together.

But we did it. In less than two weeks we did the bulk of it all. And we really wanted to do this while we were together (based on some very wise words of some wise people).

And now Jim leaves tomorrow morning. I didn’t go in to work today and will just work friday instead. We had a lazy morning with coffee in bed, then worked on some of the paper work for a bit, met Coral for lunch, did some paperwork for the CR lawyer doing the wedding, worked on some further research for our other destinations while we then honeymoon for two weeks after the wedding, went for spur of the moment Greek dinner *drool* and now we’re home for the evening!

And all the craziness of the past week feels worth it tonight - just being able to relax a little and send out notes to all our friends telling them *THIS* is where we’re going and *THIS* is the timeframe!

Boy we had some varied results with hotels and co-ordinators… One location pretty much replied with the vibe of “well, I guess we could do your wedding. If need be.” But they were so slow on any information at any level. Unwilling to offer any suggestions about transportation to/from their place, etc..

And the one wedding co-ordinator we were in contact with told us twice they would reply to our modest list of questions… let’s just say that hasn’t happened yet.

So we found someone else who had an intial attachment with their reply email that covered everything we could have possibly asked about!

We don’t have to have anything notarized or anything like that. Just good copies of passports, divorse papers, and an advance email of personal information. It will all be made official with a sworn statement once we are there. For $500 the fellow comes out to our location, does the wedding, all the paperwork, all the filing with Costa Rica and Canada gov’ts, and then sends it back to us in about 4-6 weeks translated and pretty. For an extra fee *blah* we will get it in 6 business days. We’re going this route as we need to start immigration papers asap so we can actually LIVE together one day.

I must say, Jim and I are so glad we’ve gone this route. The location totally suites our personalities and the travel is so exciting. We’ve planned rainforest hikes, waterfalls, volcano tours, butterfly and bird sancturaries, a one day gourmet cooking class with all local foods offered by fancy-pants chefs, tours, and we’re attempting to squeeze in BOTH coasts as well! If that doesn’t happen, we’re certainly going to get to the East Coast.

For food we have planned out a few fancy spa/resort meals - but also researched some smaller out of the way local eateries known for their fresh seafood, spices, and fruit.

I am so excited!

Jim and I would like to announce that we will be getting MARRIED in less than two months at a resort outside San Jose, Costa Rica!

While we are not expecting anyone to hoof it all the way down there, we would like to extend an invitation to all who might like to attend.

Our tentative date is set as Tuesday, March 14th 2006. (Pending confirmation with the lawyer and various other little details we’ve been working our heinies off on for the past ten days. Yeesh, anyone think it a good idea to plan an entire destination wedding/elopement in less than two weeks??)

Thanks to everyone for their love and support as we get this all figured out. We are very very excited about our trip and our wedding. Due to paperwork and such, we will still both be heading back to our respective countries following the honeymoon travels through Costa Rica - but we’re certainly planning on being together by this summer and hosting at least one reception this Augustish!

XOXOXO
Much love and Excited Happy Face,
Jenn