I'm pretty proud of myself today. Mike and I biked this evening to dinner and back--from 91st street and the Monon to 116th street and Keystone. I looked it up and it comes to about 8.5 miles, round trip. We're trying to get in shape for New Mexico so we can mostly use our bikes to get around town, so today was a good milestone! Besides, I'm just ( Read more... )

Well...just bought my wedding dress.

I love it and it makes me feel like a queen (which was actually important in deciding on it over another very pretty choice--like a queen, not a princess. Cute, tulle, etc. is lovely, but I want to look more like a decisive adult than a dreamy Cinderella). The money has really set me back, but it's nice to ( Read more... )

Guys, if you have the time and occasion, go see "The Fall." It's a movie set in the 1920s about a little girl with a broken arm who befriends an injured stunt man (whose life is kind of a mess), and he tells her these really elaborate stories. It's visually amazing and the acting is sweet and natural and really heartbreaking at points. I'm aware ( Read more... )

Okay, so last Friday Mike and I were going to go to a play at Butler. The play was written by the editor of Nuvo, who is Mike's friend and likes to invite us to things. On Wednesday Mike sent me a forward from the guy, saying that there was going to be a party before the show at the fountain on Butler's campus, with everyone dressed in their finest ( Read more... )

Mike and I are engaged. Yaaay! Yay.

Details later when I stop dancing.

I'm going to New Mexico, officially. Kind of old news--they were always my favorite. The new news is that I'm lucky enough to take Mike with me ( Read more... )

We have a new baby in the family ( Read more... )

I am 23 now. This changes everything? I don't know. I do feel a little less like a kid. Basically all it does is emphasize to me the adult things I've already been doing, and put into perspective the things I still want to do. So, not a change really, but nice to think about ( Read more... )

I want to teach creative writing. Most of you know this. This would be sort of an ideal career path, as it's a license--even a mandate--to do your own writing while you talk with students about how it works ( Read more... )

Um. I've booked myself into an extremely busy (but awesome!) weekend with my dude and my girls. And God?? :) So I won't get to post anything about this tomorrow, when it would be more accurate. But ( Read more... )