a new phase

How good is it when you break into small groups at the end of a Bible study and spend some time praying with and for the other girls? Now, those who know me know that I’m not normally a fan of girl time and have traditionally much preferred hanging out with the boys. Maybe it’s getting married, maybe it’s growing up. I don’t know. Whatever the reason it just feels good to share and pray with other girls. It is true that I do have some significant female friends but they are few and far between and very special! Am I entering a new phase?!? Watch this space…

cheese

I’m developing quite a love for cheese. When J suggested we had oat cakes and cheese mid-way through the evening reception I was not in any way moved or excited. However, last night we went cheese tasting and it was delicious!! We chose a gruyere, smoked, brie and blue cheese and they were all delicious except for the blue cheese which was nasty – I’ve not quite got that well-developed taste buds! Maybe once I start to like olives I’ll start liking blue cheese?

a little pleasure

curled up in bed on a saturday morning reading a novel which is entertaining but doesn’t require too much thought, a cup of peppermint tea to hand and the knowledge that there is nothing else vitally important that should be done right at that moment – bliss!!

Graduation

Jonathan graduated yesterday – he is now Dr Jonathan Wraight MBchB, MSc. Technically I was meant to graduate today but I went to his yesterday instead. It’s bizarre how I don’t feel any different. I guess you’d expect to feel a sense of achievement or something. It’s been a great year studying , though, I do love it! I reckon it won’t be too long before I take some class or other.

Today was wedding planning day. J and I sat down with several pieces of paper and made some lists! It’s all shaping up. Three weeks today…

We had friends round for dinner tonight and one asked whether J and I knew everything about each other – I laughed and said ‘I doubted that very much’ J looked shocked and asked me what he didn’t know about me. Surely you can’t know everything about someone, certainly not this early in our life together?!

me, J and Nathan in NYC

 

Settlers

Last night we ’settled’ as Jonathan’s mum likes to put it. Me, J and the in-laws sat down after a delicious dinner to continue indulging our love of the game. J won with three points gained in the last round (partly by capturing the longest road from me!) It’s a fun game which I think we’ll look back on in years to come and say ‘remember that game Settlers?’ Maybe not, maybe we’ll still be playing it in the nursing home!

It still sometimes hits me with a shock that I’m getting married in three and a half weeks. I look at Jonathan with amazement that this is the boy I’m going to marry and be with for the rest of my life. What a surreal feeling. Very good though!

Parents evening tonight. It’s always so interesting to meet the parents and say ‘oh, now I understand why your child is the way they are!’ All you parents out there take note!!

checked out

I’m afraid to say this is what I’ve done regarding school – sorry Mark!! We had an in-service today and I had a fairly productive time but my brain just isn’t at school and so when Mark asked me perfectly sensible questions I just couldn’t answer!! The joke now is that I’m spending my mental energy thinking about what colour dressing gown I’ll wear as a lady of leisure!! I do have three more weeks of teaching and so must focus.

It’s another dreich Scottish day but it is so nice to be inside and dry and warming myself with a cup of peppermint tea (thanks KJ for the Celestial Seasons!!) I’ll have to brave the weather soon though – I’m off to Jonathan’s for dinner…

inchmarlo

So, here we are – me and my parents – sitting in these gorgeous cosy villas watching Friends on the TV. The exciting thing is that these are the villas we have booked to stay in before my wedding; they are just luxury. (KJ and Cory – you’ve got a bedroom in the villa too!!)

And, we went to the chapel tonight to arrange the rehearsal and I just love it!

Also, we went out to an Italian restaurant for dinner tonight – me, my parents and Jonathan – and the restuarant we went to is where my parents got engaged and the food was delicious.

I also had my first x-ray today (we need one for our Australian visa). The radiographer came back after the first one and said I needed another one because my heart was pushed over to one side or something! Anyway, after the second x-ray she said it was just because my sternum is a funny shape. I am informed by my personal doctor that this isn’t serious!

Well, it’s proving too difficult to write this and watch Friends…

tables

This blog will really come into its own when I move to the Southern hemisphere – I promise!!

I don’t want it to become just a wedding update blog but that’s basically what my life is about at the moment – that and sorting out the move to Oz and teaching.

 J and I started trying to work out table arrangements last night which was a little tricky. I suggested that we did pot luck table arrangements in keeping with the food and just picked names out a hat; this suggestion was veto’d by Jonathan! The problem for me is that I want to be at most of the tables!!

 Last day of teaching today for this week – part-time work is the best!!

soup

We have just had a soup tasting with the lady who is making soup for our wedding – oh my friends you are in for a treat!! Unbelievably tasty!! So much so that we have decided to have soup with the meal and then again later in the evening – that way we could choose four types of soup to have!

I’m getting excited!!!