Engaged :)

So on Friday night Brian proposed to me!!!! It was really unexpected but 100% welcome. Its a new chapter in our life as a couple, and I cannot really begin to express my happiness, excitement and feeling of peaceful calm. My ring is beautiful...see below.

Yesterday was spent breaking the news to my parents, cousin and her fiance, Brian's dad and then Brian's grandparents. We will slowly be telling other friends and family, but for now I just wanted to put something happy here :)

Gone in 2 Weeks

The changes that have occurred this week have been quite big and small. There was the arrival of the puppies, followed by barking, panicking and, my personal un-favorite, fleas. There were the job interviews. There were more job interviews. Then report cards from my clinic placement that were very very good. Then of course there are other happy thoughts to be shared at a later date. Needless to say, I was happy before 6:10 pm and now I'm not sure what to do with all my joy :)

Hodgepodge

So this has been my new favorite word. Hodgepodge. If you have ever seen the Honda Element commericals, you would know what I think of when I think of this word. The punch line is something like "Where does a platapus learn a word like hodgepodge?"

But really, this word appeals to me lately because it means a little bit of this and a little bit of that, but in a more positive way that mess, crazy, insane or ridiculous could describe. So instead of saying my life is a mess, I can say its a hodgepodge. A bunch of weird occurances and feelings all in once place.