A lot has been going on in my life! On the day to day, not too much has changed, but in overall lifeyness... there has been one wonderfully earthshattering development... I'm engaged to the most wonderful man! Yes ladies and gents, he finally proposed after 5 long and awesome years! And of course I said yes. In fact, I couldn't have forced myself to say anything but yes! So needless to say, my life has become filled with wedding planning. We haven't nailed down too much. We've got the wedding party set, the guest list, the over-all theme, ideas for lots of things, but the one thing that I am having trouble with is nailing down a venue in Savannah that's not going to cost me all of my shoestring budget. Don't get me wrong, I am perfectly content with my budget. I'm less than content with the fact that Savannah is EXPENSIVE. Sorry Forsyth Mansion, this bride is not made of money. In fact, most brides aren't! So get over your fancy self.
I've been meaning to post but every time I get online I end up drowning in wedding research. I get sidetracked easily.
In other news, I have aquired an orphaned kitten thanks to my Brother Bear.
On his way over one day, he heard a bebe keekee meowing so loud that he could hear it inside of his car. So naturally the so-called "Cat Whisperer" got out and grabbed the kitten. I mean, he's got to be 4 weeks old, max. He said he looked for the mom or any other babies and didn't find anything, so he brought the kitten over. And since he's in school and working full time, he didn't have the time or money to keep him, so I ended up with sweet little Snack Pack.
I thought about re-naming him after an Autobot since we have Optimus Prime already. Then I would teach Optimus to say "Autobots, ROLL OUT!". He's not picking it up very well.
I have also noticed something about myself over the past couple of weeks. I am running out of patience for negativity. It makes my skin crawl. And maybe that's because I have been known to get in a negative rut. I know life sucks. But EVERYTHING in life doesn't suck. If it did, there would be no point. Yeah, maybe you don't have all the gadgets you want, but you wanna know what? Those gadgets you want will break or be obsolete within a year, which will give you something else to complain about. Maybe you feel out of place. I have felt out of place quite often. It was up to me to do something about it. I found a way to make myself feel at ease, to feel in place. I'm tired of hearing people complain about things that are in their power to change. I know I'm as guilty of it as the next person, and like I said, I think that's why it bothers me so much. There is so much about life that we have no control over whatsoever. But we do have control of finding Joy in our lives. Yeah, there are things going on in my life that break my heart but I have a family who loves me and accepts the weird crap I do, I have friends who are pretty awesome, I have someone who loves me no matter how crazy I get, I have little creatures who make me laugh, the sun is shining, the weather feels amazing, I got to see a saweet grasshopper today, and at the end of it all, I know I'm loved and blessed. Everybody has their crap. Believe me, I know. But you have to find the good in it all or else you're going to be miserable. I'm not going to say "Think about people who have it worse off than you" because comparing your pain to someone else's doesn't do anyone any good, but instead look for the little things that make life awesome. Need some help? Check out http://www.1000awesomethings.com/ . When I'm finding it hard to see the good in things, this does the trick. I would say I'm sorry for venting, but I'm not sorry. We get so comfortable in our negativity and we need someone to tell it to us straight so we can get out of our rut. Make the choice to stop being negative and to start enjoying life.
