Wasting time

First Thing:
I've been blogging a lot more lately, probably because I'm avoiding anything productive.  Except starting today I actually have to be productive.  But I'm going to start being productive after lunch and after this blog post.  I am in love with my new ipod that Nate got me.  I absolutely love it!!! 

Second Thing:
Nate's wedding band is ready for pick up today!  However, I can't pick it up until next week when I make it up to Omaha sometime.  And when my fiance come back from far away again.  (He has a tendency to leave me a lot.)  Speaking of him leaving.  After we get married and take our honeymoon and come back and settle in . . . he is going to leave me again for about 18 days.  He'll have to make up his guard days he missed while he was in Iraq and the only time he can do that is in July.  Oh well, story of our life.  18 days isn't really that long, and it'll be split up into 9 day periods.  The only thing that's different now is that we'll be married, and I'm sure that adds something to the whole missing each other thing.  Luckily, I think this will be the last time he leaves me for a while.  Thank goodness.  We've spent a week together.  We'll spend two weeks together before I go back to Texas.  Then we'll spend two weeks together right before the wedding.  That brings our actually being in the same place at the same time while we are engaged count to 7 weeks out of the 45 weeks that we will technically be engaged.  Interesting.  I kind of just want to feel engaged.  Is that too much to ask?  I guess it doesn't matter.  We'll be married and that will be a forever in the same place at the same time (mostly).

Third Thing:
I've been thinking about this for a while, but the other day Nate and I made another important decision.  We decided to see each other before the wedding.  I always wanted to wait until the moment I walked through the entrance of the church when Nate and I would see each other for the first time.  Seeing each other before and seeing each other in the church both have their perks and both have their drawbacks.  The more I thought about it, the more I was leaning toward seeing each other for the first time before the actual ceremony.

1. It will be a more intimate moment, just me, Nate, and the photographers.
2. It will save a lot of time (and a lot of stress) in the long run.
3. There will be more flexibility on location and I can get more of what I want in terms of pictures.
4. There are some really adorable "first look pictures".
5. I'll actually be able to see his face when he sees me for the first time up close, which is so much better than farther away.
6. We can kiss before the ceremony! (I don't care if that's silly.)

And so now, I feel more excited about having a first look than I did about sticking to tradition.  Mostly, I'm excited that we're under the two month mark in both date and days (past the 19th of April and past the 60 day count).  It's coming up fast.  I can't wait!