Chaos

This spring is shaping up to be one of the busiest of my life.  In addition to preparing for my big move to DC in April, I am continuing in my 40 hr/wk day job until at least April 1.  I was also formally admitted to graduate school this spring and am taking a full-time graduate course load (which I can continue once in the Foreign Service, as it is possible to do the whole degree online). Oh, and planning a wedding! Tony and I are finally tying the knot after 8 years together.

We had started seriously talking about getting married after the Supreme Court decision last summer, but had not put too much thought into it, knowing that weddings are expensive and that we weren't sure what our timeline for the FS would be.  Well, once we started hearing back in January from the FS, we knew we had to really get serious!

We'll be doing a family-only ceremony in March followed by a party for friends and family at a brewery.  Our idea is to try and have it as low-key as possible while still trying to make sure everyone feels included and has a great time.  We have our venues for the events, catering in the works, we bought our rings, we've got some good guestbook ideas, and need to start working on the ceremony structure.  Only a few weeks to go.  Yikes!  We are super thrilled, though, even if we are a bit stressed out :)

Mom and Dad were visiting this weekend, so it was great to see them and get the families together.  We had a great brunch with Tony's mom, followed by some squash at the CU rec center.  On Sunday we went down and watched the Superbowl with John and Stacey.  Broncos won! Woo!