Return to Real Life

The cake has been cut. The bouquet was tossed. I danced all night and slept for nearly an entire day.

I guess its time to go back to real life. You know - work, school, obligations.

I'm sitting in bed right now (late day today) and I'm trying to figure out an outfit. We've got a special guest in town today - a manager five levels above me. My boss' boss' boss' boss. Whew.

I really have no idea what to wear. Ordinarily I'd think "duh, wear a suit!". However, since I'm working on a college campus, we have been expressly told NOT to wear a suit, so as not to alienate ourselves from the students ("who is that girl in the suit, she must be important, I shouldn't bother her" - not so good for business).

So far, I've got a dress that might be too short with leggings and boots. I'm thinking too casual.

I've got a pair of black pants, a navy blue tee and a pink scarf tied really cute and a pair of black heels.

Can you wear black and navy together these days? Serious question. I'm always a little nervous to mix neutrals like that.

I definitely can't wear just a dress with bare legs, because I have a tattoo on my ankle that's technically forbidden. 

Oh, did I mention the forecast is calling for 80 degrees today? So I'll want to bring a cardigan for the AC in the office but I don't want to wear anything heavy.

Also since I haven't put unpacking as a priority, my room is a hot mess and I can't find anything.

I'd better get cracking.

Yikes.

~Megan

Here's A Tip

When you decide to get married, don't plan your wedding for the week before finals.

If that's unavoidable, at least don't move three weeks before the wedding.

"Frazzled" doesn't even begin to cover my mood.

Especially since not only am I doing all of that, I'm coming down with something on top of it. Sore throat, fatigue, swollen glands, body aches - the works.

Five days and counting...

~Megan

Okay, That's Enough

I know I made a post about how great the rain is for the grass and blah, blah, blah.

I'm sick of it.

It's 71 and sunny in Columbus today, and 44 and raining in Milwaukee.

Any day now, I'd like to see the sunlight.

Oh, and if it snows on my wedding day, I swear I'm moving.

Sun on my wedding day would be nice too.

And warm weather so I can get married outside.

But I guess that's asking too much, Wisconsin. I mean, the last two years you had an early spring but my wedding year? Noooo

The grass had better be really green, or else!

~Megan

Derailed

Sometimes you have a great idea for a post, but then you get a terrible headache and the rest of your day is just kind of...off.

So here's a picture of my cats instead

They, like myself, are very organized.

Moon's at the bottom, and that's Puck above her.

Okay, time to call it an early night (7:30...what is my life?).

~Megan

Road Trip!

Happy Monday!

It feels good to be back home - even though the weather was way better in Ohio. I'm talking 70+ degrees all weekend.

The trip was actually really nice. It was the farthest I've ever driven on my own, so I was a little nervous, especially since the first part of the trip was at night. Chicago traffic was awful (of course) but there was no real way to avoid that, so I ended up not getting to Columbus until 2 am (that darn time difference).

It was so, so, so great to spend time with my friend though. I haven't seen her in what feels like forever and it was amazing to just sit around and watch movies and eat (vegan!) chocolate mint cake:

So good with a nice tall glass of almond milk.  That's a pistachio rosewater cupcake behind it. And there were cookies involved- aka the best chocolate chip cookie I've ever tasted.

We also went and got vegan potstickers, spring rolls, pho, and something called golden nuggets which blew my mind. I wish I had remembered to take pictures before I devoured everything.

I miss Ohio already, though I didn't have to wear a jacket today, at the very least. I'm counting down until I can make another trip to visit!

And now, back to our regularly scheduled Monday.

~Megan

We Out

Well, not we. Just me.

(Set to the tune of No Diggity, by the way).

Today, I'm leaving Wisconsin behind and setting my sights on sunnier skies. That's right - Ohio!

No, really, Ohio's weather is much milder than Wisconsin's. Which is sort of surprising because I figured the midwest was the midwest. However, in our travels to Cincinnatti we've discovered that Ohio is usually about 10 degrees closer to freezing (either a bit warmer than here or a bit cooler). The snow doesn't stick around much either, not like it does here.

Anyways! I'm super psyched to spend the weekend with one of my very best friends in the whole world - seriously, we've been friends for almost half of our lives. Which is really weird to me, considering I'm only 23. 

I'm looking forward to a weekend of girl time. I haven't seen her in forever! I'm so excited!!

~Megan

Legally Binding

Okay. It's starting to hit me: I'm getting married in 16 days!

We went down to the courthouse today to get our license. After an adventure in security and getting lost in the many buildings in the complex, we finally found the county clerk's office.

Then we had another adventure in paperwork, of course.

But we got to raise our right hands, and swear that we were legally allowed to marry and that the information on our application was correct to the best of our knowledge.

We even got to say our first "I do".

There might have been a small kiss involved.

Next week, I get to pick up the actual license. I would be lying if I said I wasn't immensely excited at this point. I just can't believe it's all happening so fast!

~Megan