34 More Days!

Rob and I plan to get our marriage license this Wednesday, May 13th, as it will be exactly one month till our wedding. Things are really coming together nicely and I hope that it continues that way. It's been thrilling receiving wedding gifts in the mail just about each day. I've even received gifts from people on Rob's mother's side of the family who reside in Georgia and whom I've never even met! Talk about absolutely generous and thoughtful. Anyday now I should receive a phonecall from Priscilla of Boston informing me that my wedding dress has arrived and ready to pick up. I can't wait! I've received such wonderful support from Rob's family throughout the entire planning of this endeavor and I couldn't be more thankful.

As for the house hunting, Rob and I have decided to put that on the back burner for the time being, at least until after the wedding. A lot of the houses that we were interested in and were considering putting an offer on had a deadline that was just too soon for us. For example, we would look at a house on say Friday, we'd like it enough to put an offer on, but we would have to have it in that Monday. Too much stress and not enough time for something as momentous as buying a house. So, we'll resume our efforts sometime in late June and for now we will focus entirely on the upcoming wedding, as we should have from the get-go.

A Hunting We Will Go

Well I leave for Carlsbad on Saturday. This trip should be a lot more eventful than the previous one since I have exact plans now and will be spending less time there, as well. I'm not exactly looking forward to the long, tedious drive, but it's cheaper than flying and I have the added bonus of having my car while visiting. I'm looking forward to getting away though.

In other news, Rob and I have officially started looking for a house to buy. We toured 9 brand new model homes in up and coming Mountain House on Tuesday and we both came out of that experience very impressed. Some of them had 5 bedrooms and at one point, Rob literally became lost in the maze of rooms. Even if we had the money to buy a house that large, we wouldn't since it is just too much house. The whole prospect of buying a house and being a possible joint homeowner by the end of the year is overwhelming, but also exciting. We want to take advantage of the drop in house prices so we may be settled in sooner rather than later.

Time for Another Update

Well, Robert and I got our engagement photos taken on Tuesday and I've already seen and picked out my favorites. We met our fabulous photographer in Golden Gate Park where she got some great pictures and then over to Crissy Field where the more stunning pictures were taken. Now I just need to go over each photo with Rob and see pick the one we want to have enlarged and on display a the wedding. This will be a tough decision I can already tell.

The wedding invitations are all finished and ready to be mailed out, but I do not plan to do that until late April. Sending them out now would be way too early and look overly eager, if you ask me. Everything is coming together so well, it makes me so happy.

Still Tugging Along...

Aside from changing the invitation colors to suit the color scheme of the wedding, not much else to report. Although the Tiffany blue and white was a beautiful combination, it would have clashed with the blueberry tablecloths and peacock feather accents that already have a confirmed spot in the wedding. Needless to say, we went with a deep purple and white ribbon for the invitations and now it fits in perfectly.  I meet with our perspective photographer on Monday at our house which I am really looking forward to. Hopefully we can solidify the plans for the engagement photo shoot and of course for the wedding date. 

Oh, I do have another slice of good news: I received a letter in the mail from the Human Resources offices at Peralta Community College District letting me know that my application materials have been forwarded for further consideration to the Screening and Interviewing Committee! What I expected to be another rejection letter actually turned out to be a step forward in the candidacy process. I have my fingers crossed. :)

More Progress

119 days until the wedding! Today we purchased the party rental equipment and made the corresponding reservations for delivery and pick-up of the items. Everything was so reasonably priced at this place, it was amazing! I am so fortunate that Emily and I came organized and prepared with questions and an idea of what we wanted, otherwise we may have spent the whole day there. We are going with Pintuck Blueberry tablecloths with white napkins that Emily will put her own creative touch to make it shine. The color of the invitations will need to be changed to a deeper blue in order to go with the linens, but that is easily fixable.

Next month when Emily is back in town (she is the wedding coordinator after all), I hope to go cake tasting along with Rob. I also hope to have an engagement photo session scheduled by March, preferably in San Francisco. Once the photographer/videographer and cake reservations are made, I'll feel a lot more at ease knowing that we are on the right track and that the bulk of the wedding preparations are in order.

Still no luck in the job market. I apply to at least one job every other day and the only response I generally get is an automatic reply telling me the company received my application and letter. I don't know how much longer I can take of this money/job drought.

First Blog

125 days until the wedding day! I cannot believe how quickly the day is approaching.

Emily and I went shopping for wedding invitation materials yesterday and finally decided on a Tiffany-blue and white-colored theme which Emily will add character to. The wedding dress was purchased on January 24th at Priscilla of Boston in San Francisco (as pictured to the left, except mine is ivory) and I absolutely cannot wait to wear it again. My wedding consultant said is should be in by late May which is perfect timing.

These days my time is spent cleaning house, prepping for the wedding, and tediously looking for full-time work. I've been applying to several universities/colleges such as Stanford, UC Berekely, Cal State East Bay, Chabot College, etc for administrative positions but still no word back. Ideally, I think I would like to work in an academic environment preferably close to home, but I do not rule out jobs in San Francisco since it is such an awesome city. I just want to work and make my own living already. I am so sick and tired of being poor and struggling to make ends meet.

Alright, enough of that. Who knows how long this blogging thing will last. Maybe I'll just end up using it as a way to vent from time to time! :)