Summer Thus Far

I was flipping through the calendar at work the other day and realized that July is just around the corner...where has my summer gone?! School's been out for about a month now and before I know it, it'll be time to go back. Honestly, I feel like I haven't accomplished/done anything but after looking at my planner it's been fairly busy! Since I haven't been blogging lately (that's a good sign that I've actually been doing stuff), here's a run-down of our summer thus far...

--Memorial Day Weekend: Justin wanted to go fishing...I can't stand getting near fish so I decided to lay out while we were at the lake. 2 hours later we called it a day--I got home and realized that I was burnt to a crisp! I was still peeling 3 weeks later...

--First Weekend of June: Went to my Immunology appointment at Creighton Medical Center in Omaha...did some testing and the Immunologist told me I was a mystery. That would make him the 4th specialist to tell me that this year!! However, he referred me to the Ear-Nose-Throat specialist here in Manhattan for what I thought was some off-the-wall possibilities. But on the upside, I was able to spend time with my awesome former roommate Jill and see our bud Joe Joe while we were up there. Getting to see Jill & Joe Joe makes me miss them even more!!

--Second Weekend of June: Girls' weekend in Jacksonville Beach, Florida! My K-State friends Erin, Julie, Angie & Sarah all met up for a long weekend to celebrate Sarah's recent marriage and my upcoming marriage. We stayed at an awesome beach house and had a great time laying at the beach, exploring the local night scene and just catching up!

--June 17: Justin's 27th Birthday and a celebration BBQ the following evening...the day started off super windy but come evening, there was no breeze to be found. For sitting around in our own pools of sweat, I think everyone managed to enjoy themselves

--Third Weekend of June: Father's Day weekend at the farm. Mom & Dad lost power earlier that morning due to a huge storm that moved through the area but my sister, Justin and I, my Granddad Hooley, his wife Pat, her 2 grandchildren plus my Uncle Jack and his wife Jamie all made it to the farm for a super yummy BBQ. But then we all got "stormed" in overnight while periodically losing power, experiencing tornado warnings and hail in the neighborhood! We weren't planning on a slumber party, but it was fun to spend the extra time with everyone.

In the middle of my Florida Trip and Father's Day, I went to my ENT specialist and he put me on some meds for "Silent GERD" which is properly known as laryngopharyngeal reflux. Can anyone pronounce that first word because I certainly can't! The doctor told me I was overall a very unique case but thought we should go this route...At first I thought it was quite the shot in the dark but after doing some reading on it, my symptoms are dead-on and it makes total sense. I started the meds right away and I'm already feeling 10x better! Maybe the crazy Immunologist knew what he was talking about after all!

The rest of my summer has pretty much been spent working at CASA and trying to finalize some of our wedding plans.

I'm quickly realizing that planning a wedding for 75 guests is more difficult than I expected! Regardless of having 30 or 300 guests, there's the church, the organist, the rehearsal dinner, the reception site, the caterer, the cake lady, the florist, the music, the wedding party, marriage counseling and all the little things in between to coordinate. Don't get me wrong--some of the stuff is super fun...such as figuring out the invitation designs and getting fitted for my dress :-) But the multiple appointments with each vendor to finalize things, not so much fun!

One month ago, I thought my summer would consist of going to CASA in the morning, laying out in the afternoon and going to the gym in the evening...I MAY have been a bit delusional when I came up with that plan.