I watch too many romantic movies!

LOL Becca.  Poor boys - little do they know that their every action is scrutinized like this. 

hahahaha. So true. So so true.

Well I'm staying late at work for an event they're having here. It's actually kind of nice - just sitting at my desk on the computer. Don't even have to have the phone on, so no interuptions. Sitting here watching the sunset with the cool breeze coming in (in case you think I'm crazy - the cool breeze is much needed as it was 83 degrees here today!). And I get a couple hours of time and half on my next paycheck to pay for the pair of shoes I bought on my lunch break at Nordstrom Rack .

1.5 days till Vegas weekend!

P.S. Alan, thanks for the note. It was good to hear from you! Congrats!!

I am sooo jealous of the Vegas weekend!  Where are you staying, Chi??

I think at the Venetian. In a suite. It's gonna be pimp.

Woo! Sounds fun Chi_chi!  I've never been to Vegas. I think I'd only go if I had lots of free money (as in.. someone else's!) because I'm not usually lucky and I envision losing my own if I went gambling!

Jamie and Alan, I can't believe it's only a couple of days till your wedding! Very exciting. It's crazy to think how much things have changed for most of the people in this thread! Weddings, moving over, babies (!!) Pretty exciting.

Alan, great to see you pop in, too. I love hearing how excited and in love you are with Jamie. It's very sweet.

Glad that everyone seems to be doing well! I'm just hoping to make it through tomorrow and make it to the weekend. Just about 3 months till my trip, at least.... keeping my eyes on the prize!

Have a great evening and a great Thursday!

Just want to say...

THANK YOU!!!!

for listening to my venting, and being great friends, ladies.  

Spoke with Ian last night, and we got everything squared away, really.  So now we're singing from the same hymn sheet instead of assuming and whatnot.  *phew*

And Chi, enjoy your time in Vegas!!!

How are things going for everyone???  Any plans for the weekend yet?  I've got work....don't have a weekend off until the weekend before Ian arrives...and that's the weekend of my hen night.

Josy leaves for England on Saturday...eee!   Didn't get a chance to speak with her last night though since Ian and I needed to speak.  She said she'll have lots more time once she's in England though.

Becca....maybe Tim DOES plan on proposing sooner rather than later?  Hmmm....you'll have to keep us informed.  And I can't believe the power's gone out so much the past few days.

Anywho...need to get going here because I have to get ready for work.  I'm training a volunteer for the next few weeks, plus we're having a McDonald's lunch with the residents today and of course, I'm ALWAYS left in charge of these things..so I have to order the food first thing when I get in.  Have a good Thursday, ladies! xx
           

have a great time in vegas, chi!  my boyfriend and i just went a few weekends ago and had a fantastic time! 

Hey ladies,
I miss you all...but I promise that I will be able to catch up on everything next week...Patty I am glad you and Ian worked everything out....I was thinking about you last night....I can't believe I am leaving on Saturday and I haven't even started packing...and between now and then I am finishing up here at work and then we have the tasting for the reception tonight and tomorrow we meet with the photographer and Saturday morning we are going to get the flower girl dresses and then Saturday night we leave...
I hope everyone is well..and I promise I will read everything I missed and comment next week...sorry for being a slacker....

Josy - you have ample reason to be ignoring us, we forgive you!!  Sounds like you are busy busy and I  bet you are on cloud 9.  Does your face hurt from smiling so much, yet?

Patty - I am so glad that you have worked eveything out with Ian. Sounds like your email gave him a kick in the pants! (er.. trousers?)  What are your hen night plans?

I am going to see the US Olympic Curling Trials this weekend!  They just so happen to be in Colorado and curling just makes me laugh, so it should be interesting. Then my friends boyfriend is joining us for another night out... so I get to watch them makeout and gaze at eachother.  Awesome.

Beth - Have you started to work on an itinerary for your trip yet??

Thank you, thank you. I fully intend on having a fantastic weekend, no matter how much money I DON'T have to spend. I don't really like to gamble, so that won't be an issue. I might just play with a little so I can get the free drinks . But mostly it's going to be a fun, relaxing, girls weekend. So Yay! And I did uncover that DH is actually more jealous than worried. haha. poor guy. I told him I will be doing research on the cool places to go when we can go together.

Glad everyone is doing well. Welcome lilybelle!

I'm really effing tired. I was at work for 12 hours yesterday. But I'm very excited that today is my Friday!!

Geez Josy, I'm not as forgiving as Chi. I mean, come on! No time for us??!!! How selfish can you be? Enjoy the chaos! It's an exciting time, I imagine!

Patty- so am I the only one seeing the scene from Help! when the boys are taking over the curling game?! Haha! Carey- that sounds like fun! I would love to go see curling in real life!! I'd also KILL to see the trials for hockey! Those are probably in Canada somewhere though. Doubt they're here in GA.

And, yes I'm starting to work out a more solid itinerary for my trip. I have a few events planned (races) and a couple of trips. I need to start mapping that out so that I can buy the train tickets! I don't want to be caught like last year trying to buy the ticket day of and it costing 20 times more! Only in UK was it like that! Went from 8£ in advance to 50£ day of!! Needless to say, I took the bus instead!!! Plus, I'd like to lock in some prices at the current- excellent (for me)- exchange rate.

Anyway, back to lunch. Just wanted to pop in quickly while I had a chance!

thanks for the welcome, chi!

annaonthemoon:  i feel i'm in a similar situation as you, wondering if an engagement is closer and closer on the horizon.  my boyfriend and i decided a few weeks ago while he was visiting that we definitely wanted to be engaged by the end of 2009 and decided it may be best to wait until after i move and we are settled in our first apartment together, etc.  i was thinking perhaps he didn't feel ready and was delaying it until he felt more sure...but he keeps saying things that make me feel as if he's ready a lot sooner than i expected.  today we were talking about traveling and timelines for that after i've moved over and he said

"we'll save that for the great big-pre-children mega-trip"

to which my response was, 'there's a great big-pre children mega-trip???'

he also randomly decided for his next trip over, we should go to north carolina to visit my mom so he can get to know her a bit better, since they've only met once before... 

Hi Lily welcome to our happy little family:) And asking to get to know your mom without prompting is a VERY good sign YAY where are you going to live when you move over?

thanks!  hope you all don't mind me jumping into the conversation, it looked like fun!

we'll be living in cambridge.  he is there on a post-doc fellowship so we know we'll be there for two years, at least.  he'll have to find a permanent job after that but we've talked about staying in the uk long-term.  i actually spent a lot of time in cambridge before we knew each other (we met in boston while he was working here), so it feels like a great twist of fate that he ended up there when he moved back to the uk! 

of course you're welcome to jump in Lil! I did too. About 45 pages ago. haha. So is he English? American? Let's here the deets. Mooshy story time!!!  This is the "I watch too many romantic movies" thread, after all.

yes, he is english, originally from liverpool   he was working in boston for two years--we both moved to boston around the same time, but didn't meet until about a little over a year later. we had only been dating for about 4 months when he learned his research was coming to a close and he'd have to find a new job and move back to the uk.  it was very stressful for the the next 3 months as we tried to figure out how to make things work...we toyed with getting married purely for the visa, but really didn't want to enter into a marriage because we 'had to'.  in may, it looked like there was no way we would be able to make things work (i didn't qualify for the highly skilled migrant visa at that time) and i broke up with him even though we had plans for him to come home to meet my family the next month before he was supposed to move back.  we both spent a miserable day and a half apart crying on the phone to our mothers (i literally couldn't get out of bed).  it was unbearable, and it made me realize how much i wanted him in my life even if it meant more heartbreak in the end with not being able to be together.  we talked and both decided we wanted to stay together even if it meant we might not end up together in the long-term, and everything has been AMAZING since.  it would have been so much easier for us both to move on and call it quits, but i feel so much stronger about being with him after all of that. a few weeks after this, out of the blue, i was offered a really great job opportunity which brought in an extra $10,000 for the year, and suddenly i qualified for the highly skilled visa!!  he moved back to england at the end of june and i've been over for two weeks in august, 10 days in november, and he was just here for 10 days this month.  i'll see him again when he comes over in may and then i hope to move and join him in july or august!