It’s almost time for the cruise! I’m so excited; I can’t wait for Saturday to finally get here. It seems like we booked this cruise so long ago that it’d never get here. I’ve started packing (over-packing) and hopefully will have everything wrapped up tomorrow by the time I get home from my pilates lesson.

I know I’m going to miss Josh terribly, so I’m having to sneak in extra hugs this week. I’m also worried that he’s not going to feed himself next week and will starve to death without me, but I don’t think that will happen. Mike is going to be here over the weekend, so I know they’ll at least eat something then.

Over the past weekend, I went to Katy to visit Ashley who was in town to plan her wedding. We picked you bridesmaids dresses, looked at tuxes and thought about the entire weekend outline. It will be an amazing wedding. I’m so excited for it! I know that Ashley and Greg always put a unique spin on everything they do, and their wedding will no doubt reflect their artistic personalities.

Our wedding plans are starting to fall into place. We have a great quote from the catering company, are dealing with the liquor guy and need to finalize a few details with the locaiton, then I think we’ll be able to announce our date. Well, I kind of already know our date, but it’s not officialyl official yet. We also sampled cupcakes from the Ooh La La Bakery, and I think we’d love for them to do our wedding cupcakes. I’ve been looking at options for musicians/djs , and photographers and that’s a bit overwhelming, but at least we have plenty of time for narrowing down those options.

Josh and I also booked our plane flight to vacation with his family in July, so I’m getting excited about that. I’ve never been to the beach in Florida before (yes, I realize that sounds strange, but my family didn’t do vacation). We’re going to some place near Destin (or maybe Fort Walton Beach) but it’s not exactly those places. Apparently it’s a really nice beach, and as long as there’s sun and a nice stash of fruity drinks, I’ll be plenty happy.

Let’s see, in other news work is fine. It’s actually pretty slow right now, which leaves lots of time for extracurricular activities. I was worried it would still be busy this time of year for my cruise, but it seems that there’s not all that much going on. That doesn’t stop us from working ourselves into a tizzy at least once a day, but that’s just so we don’t get out of practice.

I haven’t been cooking anything too interesting lately, and when I get back from the cruise Josh and I are doing SouthBeach again. I’ve also been ready about the abs diet, but I don’t know much about that. I really don’t like the thought of a diet or restricting what I eat, but I’ve got to do something! I need to lose some weight to show off the pilates body I know is lurking underneath these extra pounds.

There will be no post next week while I’m on the cruise, but the weekend after I’m sure there will be lots to say!

I’m sure by now, you’ve heard plenty about the aporkalypse of epig proporktions, and I never thought I’d actually be effected by it, but it seems that the new fear of pigs (yum, bacon) has caused me, for better or for worse, to change the cruise plans. I woke up on Tuesday morning to find an email from Carnival telling me that our 5 day cruise to ports in Mexico has been changed to a 7 day cruise to Grand Cayman and Montego Bay. Although, I initially panicked about this (as I tend to do with almost everything) I think it will end up being a change for the best. Emily had to scramble to get her flights changed and I had to move our engagement party back to July, but other than a few problems, I think we really lucked out. Carnival is basically giving us the 2 extra days on the cruise, and will be refunding the excurions we’ve already paid for. So, that means that vacation is officialyl 2 days sooner than it was, not bad right? I can’t wait.

I’ve started making lists of all the things I need to bring, and I think the list included the entire contents of my closet. That can’t be good. I’m sure once I actually start packing I’ll realize what I actually need to bring with me…and it will of course be more than I need.

Nothing new on the wedding front. Josh has officially taken over the responsibility of negotiating with the catering company, and unfortuantely hasn’t made much progress yet. I’m still hoping he can make good on his promise to have the food and venue booked before I go on my cruise. I’ll be going dress shopping in June, and am really looking forward to that.

This past weekend I got to see Andy and Angela for lunch as they were moving her sister to Austin. We had a good lunch at Mandola’s. And while that isn’t the best italian food in town, it’s an easy place to go…and I can eat there to get my italian food fix since I still haven’t made any progress with Josh’s hatred of all things tomato. After lunch I got my hair done by the always lovely Carolyn Taylor and treated myself to a massage. The knots in my back are almost gone, but of course I did finally decide to get a Massage Envy membership. I’ve never been one to ignore a good sales pitch…unless you’re from the Quill office supply company, in which case I will chase you out of my office.

Tonight we’re going to see the new Star Trek movie, and as you can imagine, I will be very excited. I’ve never claimed not to be a huge and total dork, so I have no problem stating my love for the Trek. Especially TNG, I always wanted to be Counselor Troi. In fact, I believe one day I had a huge debate with myself (Josh might have been present too) about whether it’d be better to live in the world of Harry Potter or Star Trek. I don’t think I ever really got the answer to that. Maybe some combination of them both? Or would that make me like Q? Oh no, nerd alert!!

We dont’ have any big plans for this weekend, just taking care of some things around the house. I have a huge list of spring cleaning items that Josh and I have been ignoring for some time now. Maybe by Christmas those will get done….or maybe it’d be easier to just move?