Just an update

Man, I think as we age time speeds up, we enter some sort of time warp where times just passes and we don't even realize it. Being back in college makes me feel old...not that I actually think I'm old, I just really see the difference the past 6 years has made in my life. Sometimes I still think I'm that 18 year old off to university...but I'm really not, at all.
School is good, college is so different from university. Much more practical that the theory of academics in university. For the first time in years, close to 10, I'm getting straight A's! I'm so much more motivated to do the work and do it well(even if class isn't all that fun). To go along with school, I've got myself a part time job at the aerospace museum, cataloguing in their library. I haven't actually started yet, but I'm excited about it! It'll be great experience for the future.
I counted the other day...I know 30 women that have either had a baby in the last 6 months or will be having one in the next 6 months...can we say Baby BOOM! hehe so exciting. And for those that may wonder...I'm not included in that 30, nor will I be for a least a few years. A job and a house are needed before I can join in populating this planet. For now I'll just have to live vicariously through friends and family. I can't wait til November when Mary is due, yay for a new niece or nephew!
Ok...off to sleep, another reason I don't feel like a teen or a student anymore...I need to go to bed early to get up early...no more late nights for me!

Far too Long

I'm not sure if people even read my blog anymore...its been so long since I regularly posted. Married life has definitely changed my life, I don't have the time I used to, to blog. Facebook has also taken over from the whole blogging thing. I don't have to post pics on my blog or say whats going on because I can just post it on facebook. But since I'm currently bored, I thought I'd give a quick update on life since marriage.
1. I quit my job and went back to school. I'm studying to become a Library Technician and will be graduating in May. It's an accelerated program and my summer has been filled with classes. I've had 35 hours of class all summer and then homework, test and assignments to deal with. Its a lot, and I can't believe I did it. Right now is exam week and then I get two weeks of vacation!
2. I have a husband...weird. I'm Mrs. Volpe now...weird.
3. Mary is pregnant with her third child, I'm so excited! She told us shortly after the wedding that she was expecting, but we all suspected since Brooke was telling us that she had a secret about mommy but that she couldn't tell us yet.
4. My best friend from back home is about to have her baby...like she could be having her baby boy right now!
5. My mom had a heart attack...she's doing really well now, but it was still very scary!
6. My husband is a fisherman...so we fish a lot...he caught a 27' inch pike and an 18'inch bass this past weekend.
Hopefully i'll blog more, but i promise nothing!

Mr and Mrs Volpe

I got MARRIED!!! March 29, 2008.

:(

As my wedding quickly approaches I have many dreams regarding the big day. Some are good, some are bad...some just don't make any sense at all. A week after helping my mom and future mom-in-law pick out their outfits I had one dream that kind of threw me for a loop. I had this elaborate dream of helping Aunt Betty pick out her outfit. She was really excited to pick out something new because she had lost some weight. The dream was really detailed and long. I awoke realizing it was a dream, but then continued to wonder about what Aunt Betty would be wearing. She always did a great job of picking out things for her neices and nephew's weddings....after about 10 minutes of thinking about it I remembered...she wouldn't be there. I was so shocked with myself that I would forget she was gone. I really miss her and I'm really sad she won't be there to see me walk down the isle.

Coming to a blog near you!

So its been months...for that I'm sorry. Its not that I have nothing going on in my life to share, its that there is too much. So, I promise that by the end of this week I will post some pics to show you what's been going on since August.

Betty

Wow, summers almost over! It makes me sad. I only realized it was summer in like July! I'm not really sure what to write right now. My last post was happy and exciting, but what happened only days after my engagement was really quite hard. My Aunt Betty passed away. Cancer. She had battled tongue and one even tho she was left with scars from it. Due to later complications she was hospitalized again, and in the months that it took the doctors to help her improve the cancer returned much worse than before and it invaded her bones and lungs. This news we partially expected as she was experiencing unexplained pain in her legs. Non the less we thought she was getting better. On July 18th Chris and I were on our way to eat dinner with Chris' siblings when I got a call from Uncle Bill. The doctors had just informed him of the cancer spread and gave her 48hrs to a month to live. I needed to call my parents as they were up at camp with Mary and Richard. I called Dad right away and since it was already 7pm there was no point in coming down because it was a 7 hour drive. He planned to come the next morning. Chris and I sped off to the hospital to see Aunt Betty because we didn't know how long she'd last and we hadn't gotten to tell her about our engagement yet. It was one of the hardest things I've ever done. I was nervous and so glad I had Chris with me. She acknowledged us and when I told her we were engaged a huge smile crossed her face and she said "Oh, I thought I'd be dead." She knew she was near the end...its just hard to hear the reality. I was so glad we went to see her when we did.
When I woke up Thursday morning Uncle Bill informed me that she was gone...I was in shock, even tho I had seen how low she was it still hit me hard. Now came another one of the hardest things I"ve had to do...call my dad. How do you tell your Dad that his sister is gone, when she was suppose to be on the mend, when the last time he saw her(less than a week before) she was doing so much better. I did my best to compose myself and called..."Daddy Chris and I went to see Aunt Betty last night. We got to tell her that we were engaged and she was able to acknowledge it. I'm sorry Daddy but she passed away at 5am." He replied "What a blessing, what a blessing for her." The funeral took place a week later as my Uncle Don needed to fly in from Zambia and things needed to be arranged. Sometimes I almost forget she's gone and then it all comes flooding back. The other day I had a dream she'd come to stay with us as the cottage because she had sold hers. I'm so thankful I got to see her, I'm so thankful we brought her happy news. It's kind of weird being the last visitors, but cool too. Now she's with the Lord, her maker. There is no better place. I miss her.

Engaged

So as some as you have already heard..Chris and I are ENGAGED!!! Would you like to hear the story?! Of course your do.
We had spent the weekend in Smith Falls visiting Gloria and her fiancé Josh. It was a fun weekend and on the way home we stopped of at Lime Lake where his grandparents have a cottage. We spent the afternoon with his great uncle and family, skiing and chatting. Then in the evening we took the paddle boat out onto the lake. We fished for a bit but then wedged the boat against a log and to watch the sunset. We started reminiscing about out relationship we had first "noticed" each other and then when love came. The whole time I was like is he going to propose? But I kept telling myself he wasn't, cause if he didn't I'd be disappointed. He played with my true love waits ring and asked what I'd do with it when it came time for another ring to take its place. Then he told me that he loved me, and loved that I was a nice girl and that I could just hang out with his family even though I'd never met them before. Then he placed my hand on his chest and asked if I could feel his heart, I couldn't so I put my ear to his chest. "You make my heart beat fast" he said, then asked me what I was thinking...I was thinking about the huge dock spider behind us, so I asked him what he was thinking. He said "I'm thinking that I've decided I want to spent the rest of my life with you, but we can't continue our relationship until you get something." Then with a beautiful sunset behind him, he proceeded to get down on one knee(not easy in a paddle boat) and pulled out a ring box. Inside was this gorgeous ring just for me. I started to cry and said yes. We hugged, he said I love you and I managed to sob out I love you too.
I'm still kind of in "I can't believe this is real" mode, but loving it! We're planning for March 29, 2008 right now, woohoo eight months! YAY!