Heart's in overdrive.

Ah, summertime. I suppose I don't update as much in the summer because I am for once not tied to my office chair staring at the computer screen doing research or writing or whatever for hours on end - that's when I'd always take a break to update before. Now I'm free and loving it and giving my eyes a break from the computer glare.

Oh that's me and some of the amigas at Amanda's graduation. She's coming to live and work as a teacher in Topeka! Woot.

So I'm working now at the local community mental heath center, taking care of some little kids who need all the love they can get. Of course love includes providing a consistent, orderly environment so I spend the day repeating everything I say at least twice and using the "By the count of three, you better..." technique. But I must say it's a really sweet gig. I wear comfy clothes, eat breakfast and lunch with the kiddos, and find that I get paid more than I've ever been paid before to do things I love to do. I play in the sandbox, push kids on the swings, color, play with legos, sing, and dance on a daily basis.

Otherwise it's pretty chill for me. I made a quick trip to Wichita this past weekend (sorry no hellos my Wichita friends - I had pretty much zero time) for a wedding dress fitting. I absolutely LOVE my gown now that the alterations on top are finished (no details here in the very slim chance that Jonathan's reading). It turns out I'm pretty short too. Who knew? So she was hoping that she wouldn't have to mess with the crinoline and slip and such because they were already shorter than the gown, but alas I'm so short that those will have to be taken up too. And that's with me in three inch heels! How tall are these wedding dress models anyway? Geez. I felt pretty trying it on again and every time I do I get all excited for the wedding. It's only a year and a half now! Still seems like a really long time to me. But because I can and I have no annoying papers or busy work for school eating my life, I've had plenty of time to daydream and wedding/honeymoon plan lately. I mostly try to figure out logistical stuff, like how we should travel to Estes Park (that's where I want to go for the honeymoon) and when we should open presents and such. Yay!

Oh and now I'm going to go look at some Vermont tourist stuff. Jonathan and I have decided that we'll probably move to Vermont sometime after I graduate. We want to just get out of Kansas for a while - a couple of years or so - because we're young and we can and hey why not. Vermont is a little bit random, but of the eight states where master's level psychologists have ample freedom to practice, it was the most appealing option. I'm excited. Yay Vermont.

One more thing - on Sunday I was laying out by the pool and I kinda sorda fell asleep and now I have one of those dreaded sunglasses tans. Well it's more like a burn; my whole face is lobster-red except for the bright pasty white area where my sunglasses were. Attractive. Everyone keeps looking at me funny. I've spent the evening rubbing raw tomato all over my face periodically on the advice of a girl at work... not sure if it's working or if she just wanted to see if I'd actually do it because I have wondered about the red pigment actually making it worse and I certainly smell like a tomato now. But it feels nice. Okay the end.