With the start of Fall (aka the greatest season) only a few short days away, I could not be happier. The weather here has already sunk to the 60's and I can see little tips of leaves starting to turn yellow and red.  Autumn happens to be one of Ohio's only redeeming qualities...that and the hills.  I love hills.  Pretty soon, the world will look like this again:



Only a few short weeks until Andy and I get married, I really couldn't be more excited.  I'm also looking forward to traveling again.  Costa Rica should be fun...It's been a while since I've visted our Latin friends :).

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Well folks I've been married officially now for nine days and Andy has already had a chance to see if  I really meant what I said when I gave my vows.  Approximately  two hours after we left our  wedding reception, my brand new husband  found himself with a boiling temperature and unable  to breathe.  As luck would have it, he has Pneumonia. Good times.  I've been a little neurotic over the last week.  The xray tech called the day after Andy was diagnosed with Pneumonia and said there were some abnormalities that concerned them and he needed a CT scan so they could get a better look.  After the CT scan, the doctor said they couldn't see past the infection to have any sort of idea of what the abnormalities are. We'll have to wait six more weeks for any definitive news.  These happenings have prompted some real heartwarming conversations between hacking fits.

Andy:  "You know, it's pretty crazy to think I'm sick with an illness I definitely would have died from a hundred years ago."

January:  (Staving off panic attack at images of being widowed after only one week) "Yes, Andy, that is pretty crazy."

So, Andy's been house-bound for the last week and a half and we had to postpone our trip to Costa Rica by a few months, but nothing a little Battleship and far too much tv can't handle.  I wouldn't recommend watching more than two Grey's Anatomy episodes in succession.  We rented the first two seasons to watch which was a bad idea on several different levels.  First of all, EVERY patient is worst-case-scenario and needs some sort of life-threatening surgery to cure their rare and deadly illness, AND people die sad, sad deaths.

All in all, we've had a good time trying to keep each other entertained and distracted from the thought that we could be at a tropical resort walking, talking, moving around, going outside, you know, doing things that you can do when you are able to breathe in and out. Someday this will be nothing but an amusing anecdote, I'm sure *crossing fingers*.

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So...who would have thought?  With all the event planning and calendar keeping that seems to plague my life wherever I go (Oh, who am I kidding, I like it), I can't seem to motivate myself to plan my own wedding.  I'm actually having dreams of running off toVegas and I HATE Vegas! 

I think part of it is the money...why do these things have to cost your first born child?  Also, planning and thinking about the wedding makes missing my mom a million times harder.  Even though she's been gone for nearly two years, now, imagining getting married without her is so painful. 

I suppose if you're going to be a bad bride, Andy is a good groom to be marrying.  He's sweet and thoughtful and doesn't mind planning things for me.  I like him :). 

OK, well, I suppose instead of writing on this thing, I should be making important decisions on things like centerpieces.

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This whole getting married gig is starting to really hit me.  Within the space of two weeks Andy and I have signed the lease on our house (1/2 double, actually), finished up most of our essential wedding plans, and purchased the major furniture pieces for our new house.  It's hard to believe that in four months and a few days from now I'll be living with a boy. Crazy. 

The half-double is really pretty nice for a near-campus rental, and pretty cheap too.  It has three bedrooms, all hardwood floors, a decent sized kitchen, a pretty bathroom with a claw foot tub (my personal favorite attribute of our little house), a fake fireplace, and a backyard with a pretty wooden fence and some really nice trees.  The best part is, our landlord has agreed to let us get a puppy!  I'm so excited!  Andy and I have already begun the deliberation process on the breed of the dog.  I have a feeling it will probably be the first one we see.  We're supposed to get the keys to the place in the next week or so.  Andy will be moving in right away and then I'll be joining him in October.  I can't wait to get started painting and decorating.  That's my favorite part of moving.

Shopping this weekend was a bit intense.  We started on Friday night in Columbus, woke up the next morning and drove to the Pittsburgh IKEA, and then finished registering on Sunday back in Columbus.  Registering is an exhausting process!  Who knew? The favorite purchase from the weekend is our new dining room table.  It's a really nice dark wood table...and it's square.  I really like square tables for some reason. 

We stopped by the Inn where we'll be getting married on our way back from Pittsburgh to show Katie what the place looks like (www.brownsvilleschool.com).  Everything is looking so pretty!  They have all the flowers planted and the vines are starting to turn green.  It's such a cute little place. 

I promised a friend of mine that I would post our engagement photo as well as a picture of the ring, so here they are.

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