I watch too many romantic movies!

Ladies, I have emerged....although, VERY stuffed up to the point where it's hard for me to hear.

Yes, I have been stricken with a terrible head cold.  Which reminds me, must take more Vitamin C before bed.

But anywho....I'm getting excited about Ian arriving on the 26th, but because he's so paranoid about things and kind of being a "Debbie Downer" about stuff, he's kinda actually knocked the excitement right out of me.  Quite sad, actually.  It's not "When I" it's "Hopefully I"  *sighs*

Anywho, I'm sorry to cut this short for now.  I have to call my best friend about my hen night this weekend.  Hope I'm well enough to go!

I'm keeping up with what's happening here, just don't always have time to post.  But know you ladies are in my thoughts!!  *HUGE hugs all around*

And woot!  100 pages?!  Get outta town!

Hope you feel better by this weekend *hugs* And tell Iain to hush up, he sounds like me  I keep telling my fiance *hopefully* and *maybe* and he tells me to knock it off, he's good at getting things he wants so it'll happen come hell or high water. So you have our permission to slap some sense into him*

*gently, of course

Patty tell Ian if he doesn't start thinking more positively and get more excited and stresses you out more that I will have to have a talk with him...what is he worried about? he is coming over for a holiday they aren't going to turn him away...

Well I hope you feel better before your hen night and you will have to tell us all about it...

I am starting to feel better.  Thanks, ladies.

And I've tried to tell Ian he has to be positive about things, but he won't listen...lol.  He said "I won't be excited until I get through passport control in Chicago.  Until then, all I can do is stress."

He wanted to have a discussion about the "what if's" because he's Mr. "I Gotta Have a Plan For Every Situation Possible" but I didn't feel well on Tuesday, so we're waiting until Saturday to have the talk.  Hopefully it won't bring me down and I'll be able to have fun at my hen night.  I offered to talk about it tonight on Tuesday and he said "no"...so I offered again in an email this morning.  We shall see.  He's going to continue to be stubborn, I think.

Maybe Jamie can say something to him? lol  She and Ian are now friends on MySpace and they seem to be getting on well.  Or Josy, you can do it. :p

But I DID tell my best friend last night that all his stress is sucking the excitement out of me, and literally I'm kind of getting myself ready for disappointment.  Which I shouldn't be.  I mean, he'll be here in a week and we're getting married in 11 days....and he's got SO much evidence stating that we're not settling in America isn't not even funny.....but I feel like a deflated balloon.

So enough about that.  How is everyone else doing??  Plans for the weekend?

Chi, are you packing your things then? 

Aww Patty, I know how that feels. It will be fine. The more confident and relaxed he is the easier it will be for him to get through Customs. If he's all stressed out and keyed up they will think he's being suspicious and hiding something. I wish I could do something to help! I always got stressed about those situations though. Just keep thinking positively. It will be fine.

Not quite packing yet. I've started sorting through my closet and making a pile of things to get rid of. When it gets to the end of next week and I know for sure what date I'm flying out on (still waiting to get a buddy pass through my friend) and I'm done with work, then I will start packing. There is so much to do and handle, and I'm trying to spend time with everyone, but I'm so tired after work and feel like I have no time as it is to get anything done I'm supposed to! Just taking it one day at a time, and it will be fine. If I start thinking about all the things I have to do too much or that I won't see my nephew every day anymore in 2 weeks, then I'll have a meltdown. It'll really help that I have our trip to Whitby to look forward to right after I get there. Even though it will be with DH's whole family, it will help distract me from the sadness I think.

I told my fiance that I wasn't the only downer I had heard of (he knows I lurk on these forums), and he said that me and Ian sound exactly alike I won't be comfortable till I get a call from my fiance saying he's through passport control, but he's usually very cool about stuff like that--he's never been refused before, he's just coming over for a holiday with his son (they're even bringing the letter from his school saying that he has to be back at school by June 3rd).

But, I know some people are stubborn about being stressed (i.e. ME), so I guess all this won't be enough to help Ian, I know that feeling of having to prepare for Every Possibility Tell him there's a whole forum of brides-to-be that are willing to smack some sense into him

from today, Tim visits me in 13 weeks, 6 days.

By the time I go back to the US, it'll be down to 11 weeks. WE CAN SOOOO HANDLE THAT! 

oh yeah, for sure! that's hardly more than a blip.

from today, Tim visits me in 13 weeks, 6 days.

By the time I go back to the US, it'll be down to 11 weeks. WE CAN SOOOO HANDLE THAT! 

Definitely I have a countdown ticker on my sidebar on my desktop that keeps track of the time for me until May 19th (it's around 9 weeks at the moment). It may seem a bit obsessive, but in some small way it makes the time go by faster when I can physically see it passing by. And once you get back to the States you'll have a lot of things to keep you occupied--for me, adjusting back to Yankee life took up a lot of my time for the first couple of weeks

Definitely I have a countdown ticker on my sidebar on my desktop that keeps track of the time for me until May 19th (it's around 9 weeks at the moment). It may seem a bit obsessive, but in some small way it makes the time go by faster when I can physically see it passing by. And once you get back to the States you'll have a lot of things to keep you occupied--for me, adjusting back to Yankee life took up a lot of my time for the first couple of weeks

Good lord, I have to remember how to DRIVE.  I haven't driven since before my 2 months in Canada before my trip to the UK!  eek! I think the hardest thing is going to be having to deal with my family again. Not my mom, since I've been on Skype with her, but the rest of the family.  One of my aunts is actually MAD at me over being here for so long, and I'm sure won't take the move well....and I don't know how to handle it, because she still sees me as a little girl she can "punish" and lecture and not as a going-on-30 woman. 

I don't think tickers are obsessive. I have this one in my sig here, and as the top entry on my LJ so I can always check how much time we have left.  I kind of like the counting down and celebrating when it's on an even number, and when it goes down to just weeks, and then days!  

Oh, and here's a giggle - Long story short, Tim and I don't have webcams, and we've been tossing the idea of them back and forth for a few months.  He's on limited bandwidth here, so that's a huge concern, and we figure we don't actually NEED to see each other.  Anyway.  I mentioned leaving all my lingerie here because when he visits me, we'll be at my mom's, and while we'll find a way for bedroom sports, I don't really see the opportunity to dress up in lingerie.  His reply?  "you should take it home, so if we get webcams you can wear it"!  *rolls eyes*

I mentioned leaving all my lingerie here because when he visits me, we'll be at my mom's, and while we'll find a way for bedroom sports, I don't really see the opportunity to dress up in lingerie.  His reply?  "you should take it home, so if we get webcams you can wear it"!  *rolls eyes*

hahaha. **raises hand** Guilty!

hahaha. **raises hand** Guilty!

LOL!!

I'd probably do it if he asked or to randomly surprise him, but he also tells me he likes me in no clothes best of all! 

Becca you definitley have to get a webcam and skype...Jason and I had just started using skype at the beginning of January and it helped us a lot...it was a little more comforting knowing you can see and talk to the person face to face...it is a lot of fun...and well worth it...since I have been back over here I skype with my whole family and it cuts down on homesickness for both sides...

(the lingerie thing was cute...you surprise the heck out of him lady)

DH and I always have issues with Skype for some reason. It must be something on one of our computers cuz we have always had a bad delay and the sound is crap and ecco-ey, etc. And we have the most up to date versions too. So we just use MSN video and talk on the phone at the same time. Or we just sit with the video on while we both do our own things. It does definitely help to be able to see eachother. But if his bandwidth couldn't handle it, then it might end up being more of a pain than a comfort...?

Me and my fiance, Steve, use MSN and it seems to work pretty well for us. It's able to run both the video and audio fairly decently, and we've been using it for most of our relationship. It definitely helps, sometimes if we can we'll just sit for hours and talk since it's free (well, besides internet costs but we're paying those anyway), so it's worth a thought to use that or Skype

Tim sounds like my Steve though, he doesn't see the necessity of pajamas *facepalm*

By the time I go back to the US, it'll be down to 11 weeks. WE CAN SOOOO HANDLE THAT! 

it will still feel like FOREVER