Bitter sweet

Ending of a semester is bitter sweet, the months and months of trying and staying on track hoping everything goes smoothly is now coming to a close. Now my own life starts into trying to figure out if coming back next semester to UW Sheboygan will continue. I’ve had my reservations if I’m on the right track to be the person I want to be when I grow up.  Maybe and maybe not. I know there are plenty of options out there.  I’ve decided to take the fall semester off and focus on my family, with the addition of our family coming in August or September, I need to prepare for a life and view what’s important.

The different paths of the future are endless and the journey seems to have just begun with my life. Yes, summer is approaching and ‘family time’ is needed with my son, my husband and me. I can always put school on hold and enjoy making memories but having a career is more important for my family’s future. We have to do what we have to to make sure everyone is getting taken care of and hopefully, I’ll get taken care of later in life.

I’ve come to a conclusion that I will not be continuing with UW Sheboygan and instead will be transferring to LTC in the Spring of 2013. I have taken a different approach to make sure I can start a career and come back for B.A. I’ve met and adored some new people I’ve met in my journey at UW Sheboygan but every good thing must end. Until I complete my Associates in Radiography through LTC, I won’t be returning to see the faces I’ve encountered here.

In life, in general, is a tough cruel world but making the best of what we have is all we can do. Or if any good would come, like a winning lottery ticket, I will have to make the best of what I have and mostly, what I don’t have. I just hope everyone takes the opportunity to think things through and really focus on what life’s all about. The hardest things are pushing your happiness aside and do what’s best for your family!

So until then, Happy Summer everyone!

Wedding

Weddings are the most amazing yet stressful thing anyone can plan! I was asked to be a brides maid in my sister-in-law’s wedding for this coming April. Deep inside, I’ve never had to really plan a wedding before.  My husband and I went to the courthouse to legalize our marriage and had a quick reception for close family at my parents’ house, so there was no dress, no DJ, or no first dance. I feel a little saddened that I never took the opportunity to just plan a wedding and make memories.  I’m also the type of person that LOVES to plan weddings, birthday parties or just even get-togethers. I love to cook so I normally prep all the appetizers and get party favors.

So when my sister-in-law asked me, I had already started to plan to hire a DJ, and get someone to do the hair for the wedding. It seems I might be over my head with the whole planning, but I love to do it!

So with the whole wedding going on, what really goes into planning a wedding? How much do decent weddings cost now-a-days? I’m glad it’s not me planning the wedding and I think that was one reason why I never had a wedding of my own.  It’s the money you must fork up to make sure you make memories and make sure your guests have a great time.

Is it really worth the stress and the headaches to plan a wedding that will only last a day? So until I start to really get into the wedding mode of helping out my sister-in-law/bride, I might have to eat my own words of seeing how easy planning a wedding might be.  We’ll see!