We are just about three weeks out from the wedding now! 22
days, but who’s counting? ;)
We have come a very long way in preparation
since our last post! We have pretty much everything ready to go; we just have
some final meetings and details to iron out before the big day. So we have
figured out all of our song selections, food selections, did our cake tasting
and decided on cake flavors and design, ordered a bunch of miscellaneous items,
sent out invitations, ironed out order of ceremony, the list goes on! There are
so many details to consider and luckily we have a crew of people helping us get
ready! For one, my parents have been a massive help. We have weekly “wedding
meetings” in which we go over where we’re at, who needs to do what still,
questions we need to ask vendors, what needs to be purchased, etc. These have
been very necessary for staying on top of things! I also have a few of my
bridesmaids working on some tasks for me, and am always getting people offering
to help in any way they can. It is so nice to have that help!
We have a final meeting with our photographer tomorrow and a
final meeting with our venue and coordinator next week, I also have my hair and
makeup trial next week, and a few other miscellaneous things! I am currently
preparing gifts for the bridal party and writing out a very detailed timeline
of events and things to remember day of to hand out to everyone in the bridal
party. I am having way too much fun with that, but what can I say, I like to be
organized!
So another
big event that is happening next week for Jeremiah and me are our graduation
ceremonies!! As of today (for Jeremiah, I finished Monday) we are both done
with our degrees! For me, a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and for Jeremiah
a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering! How cool is that?? It hasn’t
really sunk in for me fully yet, perhaps because I am going back to school in
August. But I can’t wait for the ceremonies next week, because I am sure it
will feel real then! Jeremiah is done with school forever (or at least for the
foreseeable future) and I am so proud of all of his hard work and
accomplishments! Yet again, he managed to maintain a 4.0, which is just
incredible. All the while, maintaining a TA job, looking for jobs in Denver,
and helping with wedding tasks.
I am very
proud of how I finished off my time at ASU, both GPA-wise and otherwise.
Looking back on my time in undergrad I am really amazed at all that I was able
to fit in the four years. I pushed myself out of my comfort zone on multiple
occasions and tried a bunch of new things, and that really helped shape an
amazing four years. In my four years, I was part of the Leadership Scholarship
Program, I tried out three different clubs (Devils Advocates- 2 years, Honors
Devils- 2 years, Nutritional Health Awareness- 1 year), I worked at Gammage for
3.5 years, I worked as a Community Assistant for one year, worked as a PT Tech
for just over a year, worked as First-Year Success Coach for one year. I also
studied abroad for a semester, backpacked Europe, road tripped from AZ to FL, attended
a ton of ASU football games and a few other ASU sport events, worked in a
research lab for a semester, and completed an Honors Thesis. And even with all
of those things, I am sure there are things that are missing; all of the
day-to-day things that I did that I am going to miss. All in all I am so glad
that I chose to go to ASU, but more importantly, I am so glad that I decided to
make the most of my experience in undergrad. I tried things that I didn’t like
and I tried jobs that really tested me, but I learned from each of them, and
found new experiences to try! I am so proud to be graduating as a Sun Devil!
I’ll wrap
up with some specific events of the past month or two. Last Friday I attended
my senior banquet for the Leadership Scholarship Program. My parents and
Jeremiah came with me and it was such a great night. The committee did a great
job putting the program together, we had some great speakers, a fun senior
video, and we all received graduation stoles as our parting gift! LSP was one
of the experiences in college that shaped me the most, primarily because I met some
really incredible people who were with me all four years.
This past
Monday I went to a luncheon for Gammage’s graduating student workers. I started
working at Gammage during my freshman year thinking it would likely just be a
short time, but three years later I was still working there! I just had my last
shift last week and it was a sad day! My boss was seriously the greatest, she
is so funny and just really helpful. Plus my coworkers were all so nice and fun
to work with. And who doesn’t love getting to watch Broadway shows for free?
The lunch was a really nice end to my time working there, my boss Virginia said
some nice words about working with me, and we all got a really nice Gammage
mug. Grateful to always be part of the Gam Fam!
I pick up
my wedding dress on Monday and can’t wait to see it with the alterations
completed! YAY! The day is getting so close, but still feels pretty surreal!
