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Hello beautiful ones! At work and hiding LitNet from the boss (shame on me)!

Wanted to apologize to those buddies out there to whom I have not sent PM's, posts, emails, or chatted with in a while. Real life is enduring many changes right now...both the unwanted and wanted kind.

Starting August 1st, I should be in my new apartment yay for me!!!! I am very excited about it as it will be my first time away from home. I think this will be the time where I really begin to appreciate how much my family has done for me, all the twenty one years of my life.

For crying out loud I am thinking of all the things I will have to buy...blankets, food, a lamp, a toaster, a vacuum, a broom (hahaha), dishes...etc. etc. and to think I whine when all I have to do living with my parents is buy sodas and catfood.

But I will have bookshelves finally. Amen. Textbooks will be flooding the majority of the shelves however.

The wedding is still February 8th, and my pastor is going to have us start premarriage counseling the first weekend in August. It is going to be a lot smaller; I am going to invite more people to the ceremony and feed probably only family and wedding party at a restaraunt nearby...nothing too fancy...I am trying to keep what really matters about a wedding in the forefront.

I forgot to mention though, that what makes the wedding planning and the moving out of my parents' house more difficult is that my parents are moving out of state in September. Mom's work is moving to Texas, my future husband and my schooling is out here so far. My little sister is taking it kind of hard...sometimes she hates me for the fact I am staying in CA, other times, she is pushing me out the door.

Although things will not change completely and I always have a plane ticket home to future Texas, it is hard not to start reminiscing about the past and how much things will change. I will have to drive thirty miles to church on the weekends, my friends are in my current city, and it will now take an hour and a half to get to Newport Beach.

But God is great and I have my eyes and my heart open to whatever he is going to be doing.

I've got plenty more to tell you guys...but time is running out for long blogs right now.
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  1. applepie's Avatar
    Good luck with remembering everything you need to buy. I've been moved out for five years and I still find things I need to buy that I've forgotten about. My advice, buy cleaning supplies before you move. Otherwise you will have sticker shock when you make your first shopping trip and spend a hundred dollars on cleaning stuff;)
  2. Virgil's Avatar
    Oh best of luck Gracey. I know you'll do fine. You have a very good level head on your shoulders.
  3. mtpspur's Avatar
    Ah our little LitNetter is growing up and out on her own. A strange blend of the That Girl and Mary Tyler Moore Show themes are doing a medly in the brain cells at the thought. You'll do fine.
  4. grace86's Avatar
    aww I love you guys!

    mkhockenberry, I had completely forgot about starting up the utilities!
  5. Countess's Avatar
    Hey Grace - so young and so together. I have to confess, I'm jealous: you're living the blessed life of normalcy I crave. I wish you all the best - may God continue to grant you happiness and long life.
  6. Niamh's Avatar
    good luck with the apt Grace! I miss living away from home. The euphoria i use to feel from my independence is well missed. (back at home. Moved home on a tempory basis. Still here three years later.)
  7. applepie's Avatar
    :lol: Utilities are always a good thing. Good luck with the move. I know it can be quite a headache, but it is worth it when you are on your own and in your own place.
  8. andave_ya's Avatar
    congrats grace! I'll admit, I'm looking forward to being on my own. I love my family dearly but I want to try living on my own, sooner or later.