How sweet is my fiance?

I got back from my office the other day and this is the message Grant left me on AIM:

"I can't wait to be with you forever it's what I dream of every night and think about every day! You're truly an amazing girl and I'm so lucky to have you. I love you so much it drives me crazy that we are apart. I can't wait to see you again I love you Becky and hope things are going well for you up there."

I miss him too. But I know that each day we spend apart is a day closer to being together forever. I cannot wait. We had a blast in Chicago planning the wedding. I will write more about our trip over the weekend. Until then I have to work my 2 jobs and stay on top of all my school work from my 4 classes. Woohoo! Got to love school!

~Becky =)

After visiting the photographers this past weekend I had saw a lot of different styles of picutres. I have never played with photo shop, but some of their pictures were just too cool to not attempt the try of recreating the effects with some of my own pictures. I thought this was a good picture to start off with. It's from a previous trip that Becky and I took to Chicago. We were at a Cubs game woohoo! Becky sure does enjoy those Cracker Jacks!

To PhD or Not to PhD...That is the question!

I went to meet with one of my professors to discuss my assistantship and independent study that I am doing with him. The meeting quickly turned into a recruiting session with him persuading me to get my PhD in Sport Management here at UF. It would take 3 or 4 years and I could keep my position in the Department of Housing. I am torn. I don't know if I want to get my PhD and become a professor, or if I want to leave school and work. If I want to stay here and get my PhD starting in January I need to apply by October 1. I will definitely keep you posted on this new decision... =)

Grant and I are flying to Chicago tomorrow. (hopefully! There is a hurricane out there and I hope it does not make us change our travel plans!) We have 8 meeting set up over the course of our short weekend trip. It should be very productive! I am hoping to book the photographer, reception site, caterer and church. Once that is set we can book the limo, dj and flower vendors. I am very excited to see Grant! I miss him so much. We will be celebrating our 3 year anniversary on Sunday...in an airplane... =) I am just happy that we will be together.

I will definitely update after our trip to Chicago next week!

The Wait is Over!

For all of you who have been waiting for me to post on Becky's and I blog here I am.
School starts tomorrow for me it should be rather intresting to see how the semester goes. I am loaded up with the following classes: General Biology2 w/lab, programming computer networks, programming methodology, system analysis & design, and telecommunications and networking. So as you can see I will not be having much extra time on my hands. However I will be visiting Becky and going to some of UF's home football games which will be exciting! As Becky said we will be traveling to Chicago this coming weekend and it seems like we have a full schedule. All I really know is what she has posted before this, I'm not really in on the planning just there for show. Maybe during the trip I'll get a "what do you think about this?" unlike when we were looking at invitations. I guess it is a good thing she does know what she wants makes it easier on the decision making process and I don't have to take the risk of picking something out that is hidous to her. This is my 3 pennies and 2 dimes for the day.....week.....month. Well maybe I'll try to stay on top of things more and try to post more often.

Training is over...almost

I have been crazy busy with housing training for the past 18 days. Most of the residents have moved in and almost all of my training is over. This is just in time because classes start on Wednesday.

I was able to sneak out to attend my orientation for school and meet with one of my professors. Orientation was nice because I was able to see some of my friends from last year...and spend some time outside the world of Housing. The meeting with my professor was interesting and unexpected. It was supposed to be about my assistantship with him, but it turned into a recruiting meeting...recruiting me to continue with with my education and get my PhD. I have been spending the past few days weighing my options...PhD or graduate in December and get a job. Any help with this decision would be appreciated!

Other than that I have been getting ready for Grant and my trip to Chicago to begin wedding planning. I have scheduled 8 meetings in 28 hours! We are meeting with the church, a caterer, 2 reception sites, and 5 photographers! Photography is super important to me. We are staying with one of my good friends, Marin. It's going to be great!! I hope to sign some contracts and put some deposits down and get a lot done this weekend.

Be looking for a post from Grant who is still around despite his lack of posts! =P

I love my fiance!

I got back from Camp Weed tonight. I go there every Fall for UF housing training. I went to the office to get some supplies and saw that I had a package! It was from 1-800-flowers. I read the card and it was from Grant. He sent me a cute stuffed puppy that says I love you every time I squeeze it. Too cute/cheesy! I miss him so much! I cannot wait until I get to see him again.

RA training starts tomorrow. It consists of long days of scheduled sessions that I will be spending with my RA staff and other housing people. It is fun, but exhausting. I am so excited to get to know my new staff and spend some quality time with them.

I have a lot to do before tomorrow, so adios.

Back to school

I arrived back in Gainesville last Wednesday. Grant helped me move in and then left the next day :(. I started Housing Training. It was nice to see everyone here again and meet some new faces that I will be working with in the Fall, but I miss my family and Grant a lot. It's not really the same living in my one bedroom apartment. It will get better once school starts and I am busy again, but for now I am trying to find things to fill up my time. It is pretty hard though, because I broke my big toe on my right foot on Friday. After spending 3 hours in the ER I was given tape and a post-op boot to wear for the next 4 weeks and some pain medicine. So much for my work out routine.

My Mom and Tess came to help me feel better on Saturday. We went to the mall and I hobbled around and tried to get used to walking with my new shoe and hurt toe. I look pretty silly. I am going to attempt to go to the Y today and ride the bike. The doctor said no running for at least 4 weeks which stinks because I was used to running every day. I still want to work out, so I think I am going to bike and do more weights.

We are going to a camp for a night tomorrow as a part of training, then the RAs move in and start training for a week and the halls open on the 16th. It is weird being in Gainesville without any classes. I feel very unproductive. I wish Grant were here. I miss him like crazy. Every time I say goodbye to him it seems to get harder. I am missing him more and more.

~Becky =)