I am pretty much the most awesome I've been in a while. I've accepted the financial challenge of this wedding and am working to make this work for both myself, Jeremy and my parents' budgets.  Part of the self-therapy is promising myself a two week cruise that will leave from Miami and finish in San Francisco. How awesome is that? It hits a couple Bahaman islands, Colombia or Venezuela, goes through the Panama Canal, Up Central America, stopping in Costa Rica or the Honduras, then making two stops in Mexico.

Two weeks
Just me, my man and my camera.

Hell yeah sign me up.. 

I'm nearing the end of week two of Dez's Rapid Fit. I get killed each workout but I'm running a solid hour after each hour long boot camp session. So far my body is doing a good job of adapting. I am now almost twice as fast as I was when I started boot camp. I don't have a weight loss goal or anything, but I do want to just stick to this diet and exercise until the wedding. It will be nice to look good at the wedding, but 90% of my motivation comes from wanting to do all the really awesome excursions. I want our Honeymoon to be awesome. 

I want to scuba dive for hours and not get tired. I want to swim the Bahamanian waters, and run across south american sands. I want it all baby. I want to go dawn to dusk and then keep going. 

And well I definitely need the energy to.. ahem.. consummate this relationship. 😉

My betrothal ceremony is in a week or so.  That should be interesting. I get weirded out when I am the center of attention at something as simple as my own birthday. This is way different. 🙂

Other than that I have reasonable workloads at work, am able to get things done at home, have (finally) reined in my finances and habits and I'm reaching a space of zen and balance again. It takes a bit for me to regain my centered mindset after something bit hits me.. like this wedding and all the details that go with it.

That's part of being an adult. 🙂 

This Sunday I have to shoot my friends' engagement ceremony at her home. I am excited. She may hire me for her own wedding.

I also rediscovered a song I loved in High School. It was a on a sample CD from a band that wasn't very big at the time. It's called Ruin Your Life by the Abandoned Pools. Seriously, Spotify is one of the best 10 bucks I spend each month. 

I'm also in love with the song Ode to the Bouncer by Studio Killers. It played on repeat for a considerable portion of my workout today. The beat is addictive. I'm trying to reduce how many times I listen to it so I don't burn it out.

I'm going shopping with my brother and Jeremy on Saturday for the Machan Ring. It should be interesting haha.

BOUNCER, HEY BOUNCER.