House Shopping

Well, after getting canceled two times we're finally getting to go back to the house that we FELL IN LOVE WITH. I'm ecstatic! I cannot beleive that we're about to buy a house! Sometimes the fact that we're getting married doesn't seem real to me. It seems surreal. Like a dream. I don't know, I can't explain what I mean. I'm cannot wait until the wedding!! I kind of want it to be over with so I can just be married to Brandon. I mean, I care about the wedding, of course, but I just want to marry the guy. Is that too much to ask? Last night Eugene Kelly had a lesson and he said "You should spend more time planning your marriage than planning your wedding ceremony." I think that's true. I can't beleive it's five months til the wedding. Today is kind of boring because it's my LAST DAY OF HIGH SCHOOL!! I can't beleive it's already here. Tomorrow is GRADUATION and I'm about to wet myself! Did you know that if I'd have taken that $2,000 scholarship I would have started college THIS WEEK. Do you know how stressed out I would be?? I heard from the other three students that received it as well had to write an essay the first day. Wouldn't that suck? Planning a wedding while trying to go to college? I would have a heart attack. Brandon and I both thought it best that I go to college in a couple of years and just relax, keep up with the house, possibly pursue my photography dream. So the next couple of years will be still stressful but relaxing. Stress isn't healthy and I do want to be healthy. After I go to college in a couple of years we'll wait another couple of years and then possibly have a baby!! I want a baby so bad, but I know that if we had one now we'd be the most broke couple in the church. And I don't really want a baby right now because I want Brandon and I to be able to enjoy our marriage. College and a baby are two things that would NOT allow Brandon and I to do that. So yeah, that's everything latley. I'm excited about getting to go back to the house tonight. I think that Brandon and I are going to make an offer. Amazing, right? So let me talk about the house a little bit: It's gorgeous. I love it and it's perfect for newlyweds. It has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living room, a den (a second living room), a dining/office area (big), a kitchen, a long garage (so its a one car garage but its deep so you could fit in two if you needed), a cute back patio and a nice backyard. The hallway, the dining/office, the den and the living room all have wood floors. The bedrooms have carpet, which is fantastic. I can't really remember what the bathrooms or the kitchen has. I want to say that the bathrooms are wood and the kitchen might be tile or wood as well. I'm not sure though. The house has no trees in the front of it so we'll have to try and plant one or two. It has a funny mail slot so that the mail man can just open it, slide it in and the mail goes into a little box in your house. So you don't have to go outside to get your mail!! Crazy, huh? Anyways, that's all I have to say about it today. I'll try to post again, possibly on Sunday, because I'm going to be busy this weekend. Graduation tomorrow. Parties the next day. So yeah. Busy, busy, busy. I wonder when the bells going to ring. I'm ready to get out of here!! I hate being bored and not being able to go wherever I want online. It's annoying when your school blocks everything! Anyways, I'll post again Sunday and write all about the parties and graduation, etc. Later!

Finally!

Okay, so Brandon and I have been waiting to find out if he was going to be able to work on his own this summer (which would pay more, I think) and get his own work truck. Last night we finally found out that YES he can! Yay! So him and Jason are truck-searching right now. I'm happy because this means that we can finally buy a house. The house we're looking at is amazing. I fell in love with it!! Anyways, we're going to find out if we can get a loan more than what we're approved and if we can I guess we'll make an offer!! The house is more that our budget allows but he figured out a way we could get it if we liked it enough. Anyways, I'm pretty excited right now. I've been working on the wedding website and its awesome. A lot has been going on. A lot of personal things that are annoying to talk about. For instance, I've decided that I'm not going to college this year, so I turned down a scholarship ($2,000) so that I can focus on planning the wedding and then being a fabulous housewife! I want to be able to enjoy our marriage, not always be stressed because I have a paper in English due! And I say that and some say "Well, just postpone the wedding!" and I do NOT want to do that! Anyways, that's about it. Tootles for now.

Wedding Websites

I'm looking for a website where I can make my own wedding website. I want to make one that I'm able to get on at school to update, it's just that so many are blocked! I just found mywedding.com. Yay! I made an account and my website is www.mywedding.com/denalovesbrandon. I know that no one probably reads my blog, but if you do, check out our wedding website.

Chapter 2 -- Falling in love.

My alarm woke me to a brightly sunlit bedroom.

I love my room: My bed is at an odd angle in a corner with a white canopy above it. Very romantic. When Eli and I were together, he would sneak in through my window at night and we'd kiss for hours. Sometimes he'd want to do more, but I'd never let him. I beleive that I should only do that whenever I become a wife.

Anyways, back to describing my room...

In the opposing corner is my desk that I do my school work. Against the walls are hundreds of pictures that I have taken with my photography camera. I take my camera every where.

I finally clamber out of my vast bed and open my bedroom windows.

My family and I live in a perfect little neighborhood, with perfect little lawns and the neighbors have perfect little kids. Everything is prim and perfect.

I'm sick of it.

I look outside and see a moving van pull into the driveway of the vacant house next to ours. No one has lived there in a whole year and now someone is finally moving in. I hope that maybe there'll be a kid my age instead of another toddler or crying baby.

I hear a door slam outside. I look to see who it was and I see a boy with his shirt off, lifting up heavy looking objects and taking them into the house. Maybe he works for the moving company. He has a very nice body. Very tan and muscular. I need to stop looking. The Moving Muscle Guy will be gone before I get back home for work.

I finally get dressed after I'd lingered quite a bit looking out the windows. As I pull on the black dress pants and silky dress top for work I see that my ride to work is here.

I run down the stairs, past my mother in the kitchen, past my father in the living area, past the moving van, and into Kate's Chevy Camaro. Kate's father is a doctor and he has a very hefty salary, so she is, of course, the rich spoiled brat in our little town. Luckily she doesn't boast about her family's wealth. She's actually quite modest about it. Instead of the really cool car her father picked out for her, she wanted to drive a Chevy Cobalt instead.

"I think I'm going to quit my job." I complain.

Kate stares at me for a long couple of seconds.

"Do you realize," Kate scolded,"that if you did your parent's would kill you? You can't quit, you've been there too long.
"That's exactly it!" I exclaimed. "I need some change in my life, starting with my crappy hostessing job. I want something different!!"
"Well, when you're meant to do something different, it'll come to you. Your's will come to you. Just have patience."

We rode the rest of the way in silence.

We finally pull into the Floyd's Bar & Grill parking lot just in time to see a van full of boys pulling out, honking crazily.

"Ugh. Boys."

Kate is in a long term relationship with a guy named Gavin. Kate and Gavin love each other so much, sometimes it makes me sick. Not sick, but jealous. Sometimes I envy them, and I know I shouldn't. I just hate that I can't find that perfect kind of love too.

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"Welcome to Floyd's Bar & Grill! How many in your party?"

I hate my job.

"Two," the man barked.

"We want a booth," his, I'd assume, girlfriend barked.

Yeesh. No need to be so dog-like.

I've been working here today for five hours straight and I'm ready to go.

After I took the canine couple to their booth I hurried back to my hostess stand. Five more minutes. I tapped my pen against the counter.

Tonight I have plans with Kate and Gavin. Kate won tickets to a Rooney concert. I'm excited about going because it means I'll be getting out of the house.

I finally clock out, after what seems the longest five minutes ever, and went outside to wait for Kate on the curb of the sidewalk.

As I sit there thinking about tonights plans I hear something.

A screeching noise, like a dying monkey, deafens my ears. I look to my right and I see a boy on a bicycle trying to squeal to a stop before he hit me.

I scream. I don't even recognize that its me screaming. I feel something grab my arm and pull me out of the path of the clammering bicylce. I feel the pavement beneath me.

Owwww, my arm! I feel a sharp, intense pain shoot up and down my arm. I realized that my legs were entangled with someone else's.

"Are you okay," a male voice I didn't recognize asked me.

I hesitate and then I open my eyes. I'm face to face with a boy. A boy that had saved her from being pummeled by a raging bike. A boy that did not look like a boy, but looked like a man. A very good looking man. A young man.

"I-I'm fine. I think."

The pain in my arm goes away.

I try to stand and I feel like I'm floating, but not in a good way. I cling to the boy and he wraps his arms around me so that I don't fall and hit my head. I feel like I'm falling anyways. I look down at the hard concrete where I had just been sprawled. Then I look into the boy's eyes.

He's beautiful, I think to myself.

"Uh-d-uh...um.." I pull away from him and try to stand on my own, but I don't succeed and I stumble backwards. He reaches out to catch me and I'm back in his arms. Nice fit, I think, What's with this guy? Does he like me being in his arms or something? I like it. A lot.

I dare to look back into his shining emerald eyes. His sun kissed skin shines in the sun and his dark curls blow in the breeze.

"Are you sure you're okay," he whispers, "because you look sick."

"Yes. I'm fine." I manage to croak.

"If you don't mind me asking...What's your name?" the beautiful boy asked.

"Jewel. I'm Jewel."

He smiles. I try to breathe. I can't.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Mason."

Mason. Wow.

We stood there on the sidewalk awkwardly for what seemed like a long time, staring at each other.

"So, what are you doing ton-."

HONK HONK.

Kate pulls up next to the sidewalk and rolls down her window.

"Hey," I say uncomfortably.

"Who's your friend?" Kate whispers to me.

"No one. He's no one. Please. Don't."

Kate ignores my plea and calls to Mason.

"Hey! You. Who are you?"

"I'm Mason, and you are?"

"Kate."

"So, what brings you over to talk to my best friend?"

"Kate!" I exclaim.

"Well, I..I kind of saved her from being the victim of a bike wreck."

I feel my face heat up.

"Well, Jewel..Don't you think that Mason deserves some sort of reward or something?" Kate scolds. "Mason, do you like Rooney?"

"Yes," he answers confused,"why?"

I widen my eyes as big as I can at Kate in of way of saying If you do this I will never EVER speak to you again as long as I live!

"We're heading to one of their concerts in a couple of hours. I won four tickets and I don't have a date for my precious Jewel. Interested?"

Kate was good. I knew she hadn't won four tickets. She'd won two and bought me one so I could go with her and Gavin. I knew she was going to just buy one for Mason too. She's able to, because her daddy's loaded.

Mason looks at the ground for a long second, then looks at me, then looks at Kate, looks back at me and answers.

"Sure. Sounds great."

"Okay!!" Kate exclaims a little too excitedly. "We'll meet you at Jewel's house at 7:00. Here, let me give you directions."

She finds a sheet of paper and scribbles the directions to my house down quickly.

"We'll see ya then!"

"Okay," Mason replies,"See ya then. Bye Jewel."

"Bye," I croak as I jump into Kate's car and we squeal off.

"Kate, I cannot believe you! I mean--"

"Jewel! He is so cute! Did you just meet him or have ya'll secretly been dating for years, because he looks at you like he's in love with you!"

"He is not in love with me."

At least I think he's not. I think that deep in the back of my mind, I know he loves me and I think I might love him too.

Chapter 1 -- What happened.

Three things I will never have:

Romance

Actual True Love

Nothing Phony

"A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle."

Marlene Dietrich said that. That is the quote that I chose to live by when Eli Luac broke my heart.

Eli and I had been going steady for two years an we were planning on getting married the fall after we finally graduated. I'd already started making my dress. We were in love, even though we were just juniors in high school. You know what they say...young love.

I gave Eli everything I had and he just crushed it all.

One night after the Homecoming Dance at our school, I caught Eli smacking lips with Kennedy High School's biggest tart, Melissa Thorton.

I was astounded. I yelled and cursed and hit. We talked and we decided that he wasn't ready for marriage, or me. I haven't spoken to him since.

He and I have moved separate ways. He's still with Melissa, even though she cheats on him all of the time, and I'm all alone.

I don't know if I can ever love again. I mean, I know I can, its just...I don't know if I want to. I'm scared of being hit by a pang of torment.

Before Eli Luac I was the most hopeless romantic you'd have ever met. Everyday I would daydream about kissing Tony Curtis like Marilyn Monroe did in Some Like It Hot! or singing about being hopelessly devoted to John Travolta in Grease. I would also fantasize what it would be like to be in love like Landon and Jamie in A Walk to Remember. This is my favorite daydream.

Finally I'd wake up and see that I was with Eli and we were happy. I'd see that we were like Landon and Jamie except I don't have cancer and Eli is not the bad boy type.

Eli Luac changed me. He makes me question if love is real, if it really exists. For me, at least.

Wedding Ideas....Pictures & more!

I've been researching bridal bouquets and wedding cakes. I've found some really neat stuff. I think that this bouquet is really pretty. I don't know though. I want something crazy, different. Its just hard to find really neat stuff that hasn't been done often. I don't know. I just want a really unique wedding. I want really neat, modern stuff. I really like this bouquet. I think its so pretty. I'm really excited about the wedding. I can't wait to finally marry Brandon! Its going to be so great. I wonder what married life is really like. I mean, I know it'll be really hard for us at first, but then over time we'll be okay and be able to handle all of the stress of everything. I don't know. Maybe I'm just rambling. That's probably it. Brandon and I have just been through so much as a couple. We've had to deal with people judging us because of our age difference. I've done some stupid things that I shouldn't have done, and he forgave me. Brandon is the sweetest, most caring, most loving person I'll ever know. I want to spend the rest of my life with him and I know that we'll have a very happy marriage and I can't wait for it! Here's my vision for the wedding reception: Round tables, pink table cloths, white flower centerpieces (?), glasses with pink dyed water with silver floating candles. Food tables: long rectangle tables, pink cloths with silver accents (like maybe candles or something else. I'll figure it out...). The photo-guest book table: same-ish. I've decided that whenever I toss the bouquet, I'm tossing my maid of honor's, because I want to preserve mine! :) Then the other's I'll use as decoration in some way. I can't figure out anything for a modern wedding. I really like this bouquet. I think its neat. Its different. That's the cool thing about it. Maybe I'm just phsyco! I guess I'm going to go for now, since I have nothing much else to talk about besides wedding!! Later!

6 more months!!!

I can't beleive its only 6 more months until the wedding!! I'm so excited, it's crazy! I'm not sure, but I think I might have to quit my job this summer. Dad will love that. Oh well. If I get the first generation scholarship then I'll have to take classes Monday through Thursday, 8 A.M to 11 A.M. It'll be a crazy summer. I can't wait to finally marry Brandon. It'll be so great. Right now I'm researching candy buffets. I've found some really cool stuff. I love the picture that is to the left. <--- I'm going to have all kinds of pink candys, with accents of possible silver and white. I want rock candy, big old fashioned lollipops, jaw breakers, peppermints, jelly beans, m&ms, pixie stix, starburst, candy cane sticks, and a whole lot more! I want to somehow have a cute sign, possibly saying "Love is sweet, so grab a treat." or "Love Sweet Love" or something like that. Nothing too corny though. :) I've also been looking at cool, modern cakes. I want for my whole wedding to be way different from anything anyone I know has ever had. Even though it'll be pretty small (around 100 to 150 people) I want it to be awesome! I'm really excited, if you can't already tell. I'm looking at the Martha Stewart Living website, surprisingly, and it actually has some decent ideas. I've been just browsing the web, trying to find modern wedding ideas. Shelia has been helping me. She gave me the phone number to a lady that did her daughter's wedding cake and the groom's cake for about $200 for both! Crazy, I know. I have a lot on my mind right now. Tonight is volleyball. I'm excited. Anyways, I'm going to end this post. I have 30 minutes until school lets out and I want to go call Brandon. Until next time!

♥Dena♥

Wedding crazy!

I've been so busy, I haven't posted in a while! I just got off of the phone with my mom and she's been wedding shopping for me. She told me that she got me a lot of kitchen stuff. Altogether, Brandon and I have a buttload. Not really, but it seems like it. I'm really stressed out about wedding and college right now but its not too bad. In the next couple of weeks I'm supposed to find out if I get the first generation scholarship I signed up for. I really hope I get it. I'm so stressed out over it because I'm hoping for it so much!! Anyways, I'll write more later. I have to go and do my FAFSA tonight because its due on Thursday.

Court

Today I went to court...and now I'm on probation. Crazy, right? Well, if you knew me then it'd be crazy, because I never get into trouble like this and I did. The thing is is that I missed too many days of school. I skipped a day because I didn't feel good so I went to my mom's and hung out. Anyways, I'm bored. I won't miss anymore school, of course, so I won't be able to participate in National Skip Day. Oh well. I don't think that the seniors are skipping anyways. Next week, the seniors don't have to be at school until 10:30 each day (Tues. - Fri.), which will be great!! Yippee!! I'm going to have to tell Carly that she'll be riding the bus, except for when we all go and eat at IHOP. Yay!! Yum! Anyways, I'm in an okay mood today. I need to buy a car charger for my phone tonight.

This weekend

This weekend was pretty fun and that's exactly what I needed. Brandon and I went to Dallas and shopped all day. It was fun. I got the cutest dress at Macy's. I love it! I also bought Brandon some brown striped shorts. He got me a cute AE purse. I also got a cute nighty from Victoria Secret and a free pair of pantys (that I gave to Carly). I had a lot of fun. Tonight I thought I had to work, but it turns out I don't, which is awesome!! I'm going to go by the bank and Wal-mart, after I go by the house to drop Carly off. I'm browsing on Craig's List right now. It's pretty neat. Anyways, I'm bored out of my mind. I'm ready to go home! I want to see Brandon tonight but I doubt I can because he's going to Shawna and Aaron's to watch movies and whatnot. Tomorrow I go to court for failure to attend school. I've missed like 2 or 3 days over the limit and so I'll probably have to go to either summer school or Saturday school. Anyways, I'm now browsing on Kelly Realtors looking at houses for sale so I'm going to go!

Waiting for it to be over...

I'm just sitting here in my school library hoping that the bell will hurry up and ring. I wish I could be out of here, now! I'm having to wait for my sister to get out of class before I can go home. It stinks. Tonight I'm going to see Brandon. I don't know if I'm going to surprise him at his house or if I'll see him at volleyball. Either way, I'm going to see him. I'm sick and tired of everything that's going on. I hate it. I want high school to be over.

I'm so sick...

I'm so sick of high school. I seriously want to quit right now!! I'm kind of in a bind right now too. I've missed a lot of days and I may have to do Saturday school, but I don't want to! I just want to get out of here and move on with my life. I'm thinking about going to this "school" called Success. If I went there then I would graduate in just a few days. Less than a week for sure. I'm debating on it. I'd love to graduate with my class, but I just don't know about it right now. I'm so stressed out about planning the wedding and going to college and some stuff with Brandon and I'm just sick of it!! I really want to just get out of here. Now!

During my next class I'm going to go and talk to my college counselor and figure out if I would still get my scholarship to MCC if I went to Success. If I would, I'll go. I know its pretty dumb of me to leave whenever I just have a month left of school, but I really can't handle it right now. I can't. If I get out of school quicker, I can work more and make more money, which I need. I'm really depressed right now. I can't handle all of this stress of graduating. I mean, I'm scared but I'm ready for it to be over all ready! Even though I already have my invitations and my cap and gown (which I'll just give to Carly) and I'll try to sell my invitations. I just really want out right now. I'm struggling with too much and it's really hard for me because I'm just 17. I can't handle this much! I just need to really talk to someone about everything. I called my friend Sarah, who went to Success like a month or two ago, and it took her a week to graduate. A week!! Anyways, I'm just really bummed right now.

There's a girl in my grade that is having to do the same thing as me, but she's going to go to summer school or saturday school. I don't want to though. I don't know why. I think it's because I just want out right now. I'm tired of coming to school. Maybe its because I'm lazy. That's pathetic I know. Why do I need a high school education whenever I'm going to college. I mean, I'm a senior and I have a month left of school. What else are they going to teach me?? Nothing. I mean, I'm getting married and I'm only going to college so that if anything happens to Brandon, then I'd be able to support us. And if I do ever get a job, it'll either be something to do with writing (books, possibly, or news, or something!!) or photography.

It would be so cool to start my own photography business. I would be thrilled. I know it would be hard, but it'd be worth it to do something I love to do. And just maybe, maybe Carly would join in with me. I don't know though. I have no idea what she wants to be. I know she likes kids and stuff to deal with kids. Whatever. I wish that I would have gone to Success whenever Sarah did. When she went, I was mad at her for leaving. I can't remember. She had her reasons though.

Anyways, enough of the depressing stuff.

This Saturday, Brandon and I are going to a really cool (and expensive) mall in Dallas. I'm excited. I really need a little day trip. Especially with Brandon. Him and I are kind of rocky right now, but we're working on it. And no its not his fault, its mine. I'm the stupid one. At least he forgives me. I'm the luckiest girl in the entire world. I'm so happy with him. He gets me through my hard times. I think I might go see him tonight, unless we play volleyball, then I'd just see him there. This week, I missed two days of school and I don't even care.

These days I've been so negative about everything. I don't know why. Well, I do, but I don't care. I've drained myself by caring so much about school and I'm tired of it. See! It's all I can talk about. I tried to go onto a different subject, but I just landed right back talking about this crap.

10 minutes until class is over.

Later.

Joy!

Well, here I am again. Typing up my thoughts about nothing at all really. I've just experienced another lazy day at school. All the seniors can talk about is senior trip. Really. A few weeks ago, all everyone could talk about was prom.

But that's how high school is. That's how teenagers are. We change our minds all of the time as to what we care most about, what we want to do. I don't know, I'm just in a thoughtful mood today, I guess.

Tonight I have play rehersal. Joy! I'm kind of excited...in a sarcastic way. I mean, I'm so busy I don't know if I can also be in a play too!! I have to deal with working, planning a wedding, high school and getting ready to graduate, and trying not to be a crappy fiance.

I hope I get to see Brandon tomorrow night. I'm not sure if I get to or not because I don't know if I have to work or not. Before I go to rehersal I have to run by my work and get a new schedule and I also need to run by the library and drop off the books my sister and I checked out. I also need need NEED gas money!!

I've been so stressed out lately and I know I'm about to "start". I was supposed to like 2 weeks ago!!! It's the stress!! It's killing me. Last night I slept so good, even though I froze my buns off!! But this morning I woke up and I felt nice and toasty. I didn't want to get out of my cozy bed!!

You know what? I hate my school. I'm serious. My school used to be so hick-bumpkin style and now its ghetto-fabulous. I hate it. I feel soo bad for my sister whenever I graduate!! She doesn't hang out with kids in her grade because they're all skanky.

My friend, Sarah, is getting married on July 3 of this year and she wants me to do her photography!! I'm so excited. Brandon's sister Shawna said that if I didn't have my camera (the one I want my dad to buy me for my birthday and graduation gift) then she'll let me use hers. Hers is pretty good too. I'm glad that she trusts me with her camera. I want to take Sarah's pictures with a nice camera, not my digital camera. I want her wedding pictures to be awesome quality!! Anyways, I'm excited!

I think I'm going to go now because the bell is about to ring and I'll have to move on to another boring class. Later.

Busy, busy, busy!

I'm so ready for school to be over. Then I can move on to a harder school. Yippee! At least while I'm going to the harder school I'll have Brandon's company. :) I'm so happy right now it's crazy. I'm in BCIS and I have like 25 minutes until class is out. I have to go home, pack for my mom's and get ready for work. I think I may have to drop my sister off at my mom's. I don't know. We'll see. I'm dressing comfy for work tonight. No fancy shirt for me!! I'm wearing a cute plain shirt. He He. Anyways, I can't wait for summer! I'll be working at Chili's, taking a couple of classes, and having fun swimming and planning my wedding!! It's going to be a super crazy summer! I can't wait to get it over with. What I really can't wait for is all of the showers. The couple's shower and the bridal and groom showers and the rehersal dinner. Speaking of rehersal, I have play rehersal next Monday. I only have three lines in the whole play because I don't have time to memorize lines for a play and try to graduate too!! Ha ha. I think I've wrote enough for the day. I'll write again ASAP. I'm going to go and write Brandon a note. Until later....peace love and band aids.

Senior Trip

...is the only thing that everyone in my grade can talk about. It gets irritating. Anyways, I'm excited right now but I'm not sure what about. Today I got my planner together and I realized that right after Brandon and I get back from our honeymoon, we'll be going to the coast with his family!! I'm so excited! Lately I've been trying to be super organized. Yesterday I had to go and take the "Quick" THEA. Quick is an understatment. They allow you 5 hours to complete it. It took me 3 and a half. Anyways, I had to take it for a scholarship that I'm receiving. I'm so excited about that too. I'll be starting college this summer, which will make my life even more stressful and busy, but I don't care about that. I'm just happy that I'm marrying Brandon and getting to finally go to college. Yesterday it was so close to me not getting to take the test that determined my future! I was so scared I nearly cried. You see, I get out of school at 2:35 and I was supposed to be at MCC at 3:00. Me being the stupid girl I am, didn't think to leave school early enough to get to MCC on time. Right when I did get to MCC (speeding the whole way) it was exactly 3:00 and I ran to the Lecture Hall (where I thought the test was being held) and found out that the test was somewhere else. I had no clue where so I hurry up and turn on my dead cell phone and call my high school to talk to my college counselor Mrs. Zach. She wasn't there. I then call the lady that told me that I even had to take this test, Ameena, and she told me that it was being held in the Testing Center. Duh, you'd think. Anyways, we get to the testing center and Ameena asks the lady if they've started and she tells me that I can't have my purse with me. So I run all the way to my car, throw my purse in and sprint the whole way back. Then when I get back, the same lady (whom also told me that I didn't need my I.D.) asked me if I had my I.D. I explained that she had told me not to bring it. She goes on about how I should know that I need my I.D. "Blah Blah Blah". I ask her if she wants me to run out to my car to get it and she tells me that I don't have enough time. This is where I nearly start to cry. I thought that she would tell me that I would be disqualified or something because I didn't have my I.D. Then she just tells me that I can go ahead and go in and sit down. I was so happy but I was still shaky for the next 30 minutes because of sprinting so fast! That was definitley my exercise for the day! Anyways, I got to take it thankfully and I think I did pretty good. It was 136 questions and a essay. It was soooooooo long!! Well, the bell is about to ring but I'll try to write more in BCIS. My next class is in the main office and I cannot stand my new teacher!! I miss Mrs. P. My new teacher is seriously so lame. Well, I guess that's all for now. Until next time.....

Peace, Love & Sour Cream!!


Dena

It's been a while...

It's been quite a while since I last posted. This was originally going to be my wedding blog but I figured I'd just make it a whatever blog. :) I did have a blog on wordpress.com but now it is blocked at my school so I can never get on it so I thought I'd just restart one on hear since it obviously isn't blocked. Yay. I'm in my BCIS class and I'm extremley ready to go. I have to be at MCC at 3:00 because I got a scholarship that I have to take a 5 hour test for. Yippee. I'm excited though that I got the scholarship, kind of. Today I gave blood and I felt kind of dizzy but I'm okay now. Well, I guess I'll go since the bell is about to ring. Hopefully I'll do decent on the test.

Long Week

We'll I just started back at school and it's been okay. I'm not really able to get a lot of wedding stuff done while in school. It really stinks. The other day, Daddy took Carly and I to David's Bridal and I was going to try on the dress I want (so I could finally show it to Dad and finally get it) but it was really busy so we left and Dad decided we'd go to Pat's Gowns and I tried on a few dresses but I didn't really like them as much as I love the one at David's. After that we went to the church where Timothy and Trilby got married at because we were driving by and thought we might as well check it out. It's okay, but I still really love the church on New Road. That one is my absolute favorite. I've called over there but they say that they don't have weddings there anymore. That's really upsetting, because the church is perfect. To me, I guess. I mean, I love it, Brandon loves it. That's good! I don't know. I'm not sure if it's really a good idea to have started this wedding blog. I've heard of people having a wedding blog, but no one from church or anyone I know. I hope that I'm not messing up by posting what I do about the wedding. I don't really think I should post everything because I want everyone to kind of be surprised when they actually get to the wedding. I wish it would come faster! I'm so excited about it and I still have to wait 10 months!! I guess this is enough of a post for today. I'll try to post again tomorrow!!
God Bless!!

--Dena