Work

I work at both Noodles and Company and an after school program called PLUS Time.
I work at Noodles on Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
I work at PLUS Time on most Tuesdays and Fridays.
So yes, Thursday is my night off from work. Why Thursday? Because I have a night class on Thursdays from 6 to 8:50.

This week at Noodles I am scheduled 24.5 hours. At PLUS Time I signed up for 6 hours.
I am absolutely exhausted!

I am currently writing this during my break at Noodles, in an attempt to sort of de-stress. Is that even possible?!
Today I work here from 12-2, 3-8:30.
Tomorrow I'll be here from 11-4, 4:30-7.

It's just a rough week.

At least my bank account will look a little nicer...

Lots of Thoughts

School always makes me look at things in a whole new way.
I guess I think about different things more philosophically perhaps.

Right now it feels like I have a lot thrown at me.
I want to be an adult. But at the same time, I wish being a little kid and being carefree.
Planning for the wedding has not been as tedious as it was earlier on while choosing date and location and whatnot.
Last night Trevor and I were grabbing sodas from the vending machine. He mentioned how the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra was starting their new set of symphonies they would be playing. He said that he would love to again. The Ordway is a beautiful place to listen to amazing, high class music. I said I would like that as well. Being at the Ordway and listening to such fine classical music really makes you feel like an adult. Not old, but sophisticated and like you have your lives together.
With everything Trevor and I are handling right now, I certainly do not feel like we have our lives together or figured out at all.
We don't have an apartment figured out for next year. We have no clue where we will live at all.
We have basically no furniture for next year. I am not staying with a twin bed for two people!
We are both still in school and neither of us have schedules figured out.
I will have the option to student teach wherever I will like, so potentially out of state if Trevor and I would like to move from Saint Paul earlier than me graduating. That is something that will need to get decided on sooner rather than later for budget reasons.
We both are unsure of what our job situations will be like next semester. We only have one car so we will need to get new jobs closer to our nonexistent apartment.

It just feels like everything is compounding quickly.

Don't get me wrong, I am beyond excited to get married to Trevor.
I do not want to push off the wedding or move in together before marriage or anything that may be suggested.
I am content with our decisions because I do feel they will be the best for us.

      | 196 days until we finally get married. |

Now to stop stressing and get some homework done!

Oatmeal

I fear for my life that I have become a coffee snob.
The big city is fabulous, but also spendy. My chai tea latte habit has taken to a whole new level. I can barely survive without some form of chai in my system! I have resorted to keeping two boxes of chai tea in my room (one caffeinated, one non-caffeinated). New low? Possibly.
Anywho,
I am sitting here with the love of my life at the Eagan Starbucks.
I, of course, ordered a grande chai tea latte & a blueberry whole grain oatmeal. He ordered a white chocolate mocha.
As much as used to be a heavily caffeinated Starbucks gold member, I am now more of the liking of Caribou. *hold your chin up, young one. i know it's shocking.*
Don't get me wrong, chai and oatmeal from any coffee shop will be forever cherished in my heart. However, Caribou does it right.

The 1975

If you're snapchat friends with me, I apologize for the tremendously long my story from last night.
I just couldn't help it! I got to see The 1975 at the Myth in Maplewood!

Easily the best concert I have been to ever--no doubt.
Granted, I was sweaty, getting smushed, and hot the entire time, it was a blast.

If you ever get the chance to see them live-do it!
You won't be disappointed.
Their lights were spot on.
Their music, was even better live.

Matty is amazing. Drinking wine on stage. Looking fine as can be. Mmm.
He's a class act.

I am so glad they played 'Robbers'. It's my favorite of their songs! If you haven't heard it, go take a listen.
Also, highlights from the night:
-The encore chant of choice from the crowd, "WE WANT SEX!"
-Bitchy, hat girl as we called her.
-Not being able to understand anything Matty said due to a combination of his British accent and slurred speech (he was wasted).

Me with my handsome man.
Thanks for keeping me safe from all the freaks at the show!

Joel, Christian, Trevor, and me in line before going in!

Matty

Nikon Adventure: KATRINA

Yesterday my roommate, Katrina, and I had some free time. It's been a while since I shot with my DSLR, so I thought it'd be fun for the two of us to go take some quick shots.

She was an awesome model!
So natural!
Also, the lighting was prime. It reflected her personality so well, and the pictures turned out fantastically in my opinion..

Here are my favorites...
To find the rest, click here: KATRINA

My Halloween

Well I sadly did not go trick-or-treating last night. Or to any parties. I did not dress up at all.
Instead, I enjoyed a delicious dinner with my fiance. We went to the Mall of America to try to work out phone plans and then headed to Bride to Be Consignment.
At Bride to Be Consignment we found the perfect lanterns to be a part of our centerpieces. Sadly, due to misadvertising on their Facebook page, we paid more for them than I was hoping. But they were still an awesome deal! After that, we came back to my apartment and watched our current Netflix addiction: Bob's Burgers.


I am so excited to start working on our centerpieces.
I think we are going to be going for this look (minus the wood slabs):

 

It's exciting seeing everything fall together.

Especially now that the venue is officially booked! Which means the date is set in stone.

Wow.

These next months are going to be fantastic!

Only 274 days until I marry the love of my life! I cannot wait!

So that was my halloween. My treat: spending time with my fiance. My trick: spending more money than I had hoped.

Deuce & Pearl

Today Katie and I took the MetroTransit to CVS so I could pick up my prescription. We had made plans to then head to Wal-Mart afterward, but decided to explore the Green Line more before doing so.
This took us to Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis.
Talk about breathtaking!
I love the city!
I'm so glad I transferred here, just for days like today!

We walked around Nicollet Mall for a while and found a thousand books we wanted to purchase at the beautiful Barnes and Noble they have. We then headed to Caribou. I got an iced Pumpkin Chai Latte, delicious, and a toffee crunch blondie!

Then we headed back to the Green Line since she had bought her ticket and it expired soon.
The trip back to Hamline Ave station seemed much shorter than heading to Nicollet Mall.

Following this, we headed to the world's sketchiest Wal-Mart. Also. They didn't have any cacti. I am so disappointed.
We found the fish section and bought our babies.

Deuce Hashtag Dhalordonimssonic and Pearl Marianna Dhalordonimssonic

Labor Day Ramblings

Ah, yes. The first holiday of the school year.
So no classes for me today.
I slept in until about 9:30, after being awoken by the alarm I forgot to switch off. Hated myself for that.

What better thing to do today than explore the city!
I feel a lot more comfortable on the metro now that I've taken it multiple times.
First I headed to the Capitol. It's beautiful, except for the fact that it's under construction.. That's rather unfortunate.
However, I did still get some cool shots from around there.

 In the above photo, you see leaves. Yes it is an edited picture, but not those colors.. Sir, Ma'am. THOSE are leaves beginning to change!
It is September 1st, but I didn't expect to see changing leaves already!
I was so flabbergasted that I had to take a photo to show you all!

Anywho, then I walked around a bit and got back on the metro. This time I headed toward Minneapolis. I had yet to venture over yonder, but I did a little today. I didn't make it too far though because my phone was beginning to die.

In Minneapolis I stopped for some Caribou Coffee! I ordered an iced pumpkin chai latte. It was delightful!
One of my favorite parts of fall is all of the assorted pumpkin-flavored items!
Also, I loved Caribou's cups. "Life is a blank canvas."
What better way to start September than with that in mind!

I hope you all have enjoyed your holiday thus far.
Tootles from Saint Paul :)

In Love

I've been in Saint Paul a little over a week now, and it's simply amazing!

I wish I had chosen CSP originally instead of Mequon. 

There's something about being in the city that blows my mind.

So much busyness. Life. 

I feel as though I'm thriving here in such a different way than last year. 

It certainly helps being in the same city as Trevor.

He moved into his apartment on Wednesday.

So after my 12:40 class, I hopped onto the Metro and got to see his apartment.

It's on the 29th floor! It also has a beautiful pool and grill area on the 3rd floor.

Last night I spent the night there (shhh, don't tell my mom). We went swimming with two of his friends from school that also live in his building. 

Then today we headed to the Mall of America to get my engagement ring (and the wedding ring) resized. I have to go without it for 2 WEEKS! It feels so wrong having it off right now.

Anyway, back on point.

The start of my school year has been great. 

I'm in love with the city (and a pretty cool guy too!)