Making progress

Nick has done a great job posting to the site, now it's my turn! We have been making a lot of progress with wedding stuff each week and I have found great relief in checking things off my to-do list. Nick is a great help to make my load feel lighter and to help me make an action plan when I don't know where to start. With everything going on in the next 50 days, I needed an organized action plan :) thank you for that, babe!

Nick is moving up to our new home next week and I couldn't be more excited. We have learned a lot in this past year with Nick in Texas and we are stronger because of it. With that said, I am so excited to have him closer and to be able to spend each day together very soon. I am also excited to unpack our wedding shower gifts (thank you everyone!) and make our apartment our home. It will be fun to decorate our new space.

I am trying to be mindful of spending time with friends and family while I am still living here. I will not be too far after the wedding, but I want to spend quality time with everyone here as I can. It will be bittersweet leaving DSM. I am so very excited to start life with Nick in MN, but DSM is my stomping grounds where most of my friends and family are, so it will be an adjustment to leave. I know everything is well laid out for us though and thank you to phones, webcams and I-35, we can all stay close!

Completing My Lasts Before Doing All My Firsts

Tonight as I walked off the softball field after our final spring game (we won, by the way), I couldn't help but reminisce about all the great memories I have had here. I took it all in as I walked- the humidity, the gentle breeze, the big, dark Texas sky. It really has been a great year for me to grow and develop as an individual. But it is so bittersweet at the same time as I know the life that awaits me in Minnesota will be full of change, excitement, and adventure. Despite all that, I can't help but feel like I just got here either. It feels like there are so many things to do here, so many people to meet, so many stones to turn up, that I simply haven't had the time to do. I am saying goodbyes and wrapping up things without even fully getting a chance to experience them. But I've made the most of what I have done here, and that's life. I am moving on. I have learned a lot here, and the one thing I hope to never have to do again is complete my lasts before doing all my firsts.