a summer hodgepodge

Remember the days when I had time to blog about any and everything that crossed my mind? I want those days back sometimes. I'm pretty sure that someone pushed the fast-forward button on my life since I last blogged (in may!), and I feel like I have been frantically trying to find the stop button ever since. Let me just tell you a few things that have been going on in my summer so far:

i moved to texas for the summer.
i got engaged (obviously...see previous post).
i worked more hours than i ever thought possible, suing what seemed like every insurance company in america. (for good reasons, don't worry).
i went on family vacation to arizona with my new in-laws.
my little brother got married.
one of my life-long friends had her second little boy, who i got to see the day he was born.
i drove from texas back to virginia in two days.
i spent the fourth of july with erik on the beach.
i went to summer camp with my younglife girls in new york.
i ordered my wedding dress, and booked my: photographer, videographer, church, venue, caterer, florist, and musicians, and sent out our save the dates. whew.
i created/finished our wedding website. (that deserved a sentence of its own because it took forever!)
two of my best friends informed me that they are pregnant!
i began (and am still in) an online non-profit law class.

I really feel like each sentence listed above could have been a post/story of its own...but with so much happening all at once, time has just gotten away from me....so you will just have to take my word for it when i say that each of my summer experiences was just that....an experience. I wouldn't trade the memories from this summer for anything...but I would be lying if I said that I have enjoyed living life in the super-fast lane the past few months. I leave this weekend for yet another event, my friend Katie's bachelorette party...and then next week onto Mississippi to do some more wedding planning, and finishing off that week with Stuart's wedding. Hopefully one of these months, I will get a chance to breathe. highly doubtful. But hey, life is good...change is coming at a rapid pace...and I am determined to be ready to embrace it!