Anatomy and Wedding Season

So it seems lately that I cannot for the life of my avoid wedding talk to and from everyone! Everywhere I turn, someone’s getting engaged, or finding THE DRESS, or sending save-the-dates. It’s like someone flipped a switch and decided that now’s the time to distract me with tales of tulle and love and something blue…

So just for grins and giggles, I looked at my facebook friends to see what percentage are actually engaged or have gotten married. Here are my findings:

Friends Engaged = 18 (11 of them since I got engaged)

Friends Married = 48 (20 under the age of 25, and 3 of them since I got engaged)

Friends Getting Asked Any Minute = 30 (28 of them under the age of 25)

Misc = 1 was married and 2 were engaged

So you can imagine how hectic my life gets when everyone starts asking me questions or bragging about their upcoming nuptuals (not a complaint…they DO have every right to). I find myself overcome with all over-the-top emotions. I start planning a little here and there, but then get thrown into a vat of unanswered questions and frustration with the fact that we do not know our official “date” yet. And then there’s the whole over-a-year-away thing. I’m so happy for those around me that get to have those short engagements when compared to mine but then I get antsy and a little jealous. I have to remind myself that the hardcore planning and excitement hasn’t even started yet. And to top all of this off, I have school to worry about and am reminded that I need to put this all on the backburner to concentrate on graduating in December.

Basically, I’ve got wedding on the brain and am desperately trying to expunge it. I wish everyone (me included) would just hold off on all of the talk for now so I can focus on Anatomy and at least get through the end of this hard semester. I need to relax and concentrate my thinking on Anatomy – not wedding plans that won’t be utilized for at least another 6 months or so.

Tonight I had an Anatomy exam, and tomorrow I have an Anatomy lab quiz. This is such a hard class and I’m trying harder than I ever have to achieve the grade I want. When I study, I pretty much lock myself inside my room with absolute quiet. This is what I need to be doing – not looking at magazine clippings or anxiously checking my calendar to see if another month has gone by yet.

The beauty of having a long engagement is being able to take a sabbatical from wedding ideas and thinking. When things get to be too crazy, I get to step back and relax. No issue is too pressing and the details will be able to come together at a slow and easy pace. Yes, a longer engagement is the way to go.

I’m going to take it easy for the next couple of months and try to enjoy learning everything I can, spending as much time as possible with the love of my life, and taking in my last spring semester at Texas A&M. :)

P.S. We found THE church! We looked at it over Spring Break, and I’ve completely fallen in love! It’ll be at the First United Methodist Church of Irving. See you there. ;)

P.P.S. One of those previously mentioned engaged friends was my first new friend at A&M. She recently got engaged and they are getting married June 11, 2011!! That’s Phillip and I’s first-choice date! I could possibly have the same anniversary as someone I know. Isn’t that kind of cool!?

Goodnight everyone!!