So this whole post is MUCH overdue. I was meaning to post this right after I got back from Arizona but I lacked the ability to sit down and do it. xD

Lots of things have happened but let’s start with the trip to Arizona.

It was fantastic! Lauren and I ended up staying in Phoenix for just over a month. Originally our trip was going to be for a day or two over 3 weeks. However, Lauren got sick on her 20th birthday and we ended up taking her to Urgent Care…where she got 4 bags of IV fluid put into her because of being so dehydrated. She had puked her brains out all morning so it’s no wonder! We all felt really bad and she needed to recover anyway so her dad extended our trip a week and rescheduled our flight. She felt better just in time to go home.

I spent a lot of time with Jeremy and saw him every day after he got home from work. He picked me up and we’d go grab something to eat or go back to the apartment so I could cook us up something. We watched a lot of movies and played a LOT of video games. I love just spending time at the apartment with him and Salem (the kitty).

Salem, my second love:

We got to do lots of fun things while we were in AZ, not least of which was Jeremy taking me out to Fogo de Chao, an extremely expensive Brazillian grill restaurant. Jeremy considered it part of his birthday present to himself which is good… cause I wouldn’t be able to find another way to rationalize the price. It really was fantastic…and though I didn’t pay for my part, I would still say it was worth the money [Jeremy] spent… all $130 of it. x3 They serve you unlimited cuts of meat and you have your choice of 15 different types. Unlimited mashed potatoes, fried bananas, and Brazilian cheese bread are served and the fantastic salad/cold foods bar is always available. Fogos is definitely either a once-in-a-lifetime experience…or something you do for your anniversary every few years so you won’t break your bank account. (wow, I feel like a journalist…)

We also went with Lauren and Whitney (Lauren’s friend) to go see the midnight showing of Transformers 2. It was a good movie over all— I just think it could have done without all the sexual inuendos and inappropriate mating gestures, courtesy of the dogs and small robot. xD

I got to see the Grand Canyon up close and personal. It was amazing and so so much bigger than pictures can show. Now I really know what people mean when they say you just can’t capture the size.

In other news, Jeremy and I are engaged. We’re planning to tie the knot on July 18th, 2011, the month after I graduate from Houghton. The date is subject to change but that’s where we’re at right now. =)

My mom and I have totally jumped on the bandwagon already and have started looking at things and buying things for the wedding. One of the biggest parts has already been taken care of— my dress. While I’m not going to post pictures or anything (psht, you think you can see it before the wedding? Haha.) I am going to say that it was a brand new dress that we got for a fraction of the price from a lady that we’ve bought from in the past (got my prom dress from her— a brand new $250 dress for something like $75). We didn’t mean to find the dress but it’s just one of those things… it pretty much jumped out and attacked me. It’s perfect.

So anyway… that’s what’s going on in my life right now. I’m about to start my junior year of college and I couldn’t be more excited. I’m going to love my classes and I already know I love my teachers. Life is great. It just is.