Love.

In the spirit of... well, life, I'd like to list some happy things.

So often we get bogged down by life. Some days it's nice to remember the things that make it wonderful. Here is a list of some of my favorite things as of late:

1. LA Times. com headlines. Trying to get a grasp on what's going on in the world.
2. Reading Jim Gaffigan's Tweets
3. Weekends with Jeremy :)
4. Registering for our new home (Target & BBB if you're interested ;))
5. Wednesday afternoon venting & laugher session with Becca & Elli.
6. Talking to Evie on the phone. Well, listening to Evie talk on the phone.
7. Hearing Chet scream at me in his "Ba bah buh bah buh ba!" voice and wondering what he's trying to tell me.
8. Eating cereal every morning.
9. Skyping with family:
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11. Planning our wedding.
12. Driving when I'm not in a hurry.
13. Buying accessories. Loving Forever 21's cheapness lately.
14. Obsessing over which comforter to choose for our new bedroom. (I've literally chosen twelve different ones as our "final decision". Here's "the one" I think I've landed on... as of last week at least)
15. Going home this weekend & remembering last Halloween:
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17. Going on WebMD to see if I'm dying. (Don't worry, I'm not... yet)
18. Contemplating what I've learned in Bible classes & figuring out how to change my life accordingly.
19. Seeing Jeremy get good gas prices & being the happiest man in the world!
20. Wondering about where life will take me & what I'll do & what I'll see along the way.
21. This picture:
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Have a happy Monday :)

With love from Chapel Programs at APU,

Paige

Beach. Poop. Segways.

Hello all :)

As I am trying to balance out the personal anecdotes/opinions with life updates, it is time for a life update! Although I hope to entertain you with an anecdote or two.

I'm a little obsessed about the wedding :) 11 weeks & 5 days! We picked our florist (a different one than we were originally going with. Her name is Allie from These Buds a Blooming and she does great work.

Oh yeah, and I'm graduating college. I keep forgetting that.

On another note...

Jeremy and I met half way and we to Cornonado Island in San Diego for a day getaway last weekend! We had so much fun! Even though a few misfortunate things happened, we still managed to keep a smile and had a BLAST together!! (and I got an odd sunburn on the left side of my body, armpit included. Odd!)

The misfortunes:

1. I got pooped on. By a bird. A monster bird. Jeremy thought it could be one of those birds in Avitar that they ride. I agreed. Although it wasn't blue poop... it as green.

Reenactment:

When I realized what had happened:

Jeremy also freaking out... attempting to clean it out with his towel:

2. Jeremy sliced his toe. Hospital avoided. (It actually wasn't that bad)

3. We were so excited about getting some appetizers at Chilis and watching the end of "the game"... (obviously the WE part went for the appetizers, not "the game" since I don't even know what game I watched) ... and we got routed to the San Diego airport. Thanks GPS! Not. (Another Chilis was found, be assured)

4. LONG misfortunate story short.

• I lost Jeremy's phone at Target.
• Someone then stole the lost phone.
• A Target security guy named Bob on his segway came to rescue. And was SERIOUS about this mission. And provided us with unintentional comical relief!
• After what I'd boast as a "convicting text message" to the thief had been sent, there was a reply and a half-admitting of the act.
• The thief felt guilty and returned the phone in person (we did not openly convict her. We actually paid her. But that's another long story).
• 4-5 hours at Target later, we left.

Now I try to keep mushy gushy stuff out of the blog in hope to keep things gender friendly, even though I am well aware 94.5% of my readership are women and a few exceptions (hi Michael!), but I must boast for a moment.

i. love. jeremy.

And good thing, right? I'm marrying the guy! But it's so nice to not have this looming feeling of obligation over me. I'm STOKED to marry him and continue life together. And I find such joy in our time together.

:)

Today I created a bucket list, as is the common practice of many people aware they're going to die and want to feel accomplished in doing so. Mine is LAME! I even asked people at work what theirs is to get inspiration and I realized I don't even care what I do before I die.

I mean, I kinda care. But my six things comprised of traveling with Jeremy to different locations. And I threw in scuba diving out of obligation to have something "adventurous" since Sky Diving is way too risky and tattoos are too permanent. But honestly, I don't even care if I scuba dive!

And I'm so happy I want to "kick" the bucket list. I would be happy with life pausing for a while (come 11 weeks and 5 days, of course). My whole life I've been on fast forward with all of these needs to accomplish... something. And now, and finally ready to slow down and LIVE.

Other highlights to make note of:

1. My beautiful freshman roommate Becca was on APU's Homecoming court!!! Loved seeing her out there and cheering her on! Elli is on the right.

2. I had a fun girls night out with friends this last Friday! It was much needed & much appreciated! Abby (on the left) is making our invitations and doing a FABULOUS job!!! I saw them last night, and just fell in love with them!

3. I had a birthday. And it was AWESOME!!! Some wonderful friends and I went out to dinner and celebrated :)

Beautiful Megan and Elli.

The crew: Katie, Lisa, Britainne, Courtney, Megan, Me, Lauren, Lily, Natalie, Hannah, Elli, Papa

With love from Chapel Programs at APU,

Paige

Humbled

I was really humbled by this video.

Reminds me to ask my self, "what in the world am I living for?"

I'm ashamed to say the answer.

I only have, at max, about 64 more years to live. What am I going to do with my time? Who will I affect?

What about you?

I Heart Procrastination

Don't you? Come on, not even a little??

I LOVE it! I love waiting for that feeling of complete panic to set in. For me to have tunnel vision on my computer screen. To be typing at 100 words per minute and frantically pressing the backspace button every 4 seconds since I'm making a million typos! I love the heart racing, may not get it printed in time, may not pass the class if this fails feeling that comes over me when I wait until the very. last. possible. moment. to. complete. a. task!

Now, there is something to be said about getting something done early. To experience liberation, get 8 hours of sleep, and turn it in actually stapled and on time to class. But what's the fun in that?

Procrastination provides STORIES! Horrible, tragic, heroic stories of mere citizens racing across town to Kinkos after Kinkos to bind their Senior Seminar paper. Stories of pink inked papers being turned in when the blue ran out (because of course, they're already out of black). Stories of flat tires, flash drives, and faulty alarm clocks.

Now will I promote this concept to my future children? Never. But will I secretly think it's the most exciting way to live? Always.

So here's to all nighters. Caffeine drinkers. A minus-ers. We're gunna get it done, unshowered, and happy as ever.

Without a doubt we will say, "next time I will start earlier" knowing in our heart of hearts, that's a fat lie.

With love from Starbucks (where I should be reading, but am waiting for more panicked pressure to set in),

Paige