sleep…oh, how I love thee…

I’m getting really bad at this updating thing. My classes this term – Psychology of Religion and Global Media & Culture – are wonderful but a LOT of work. It’s great to know that I enjoy my classes, because I spent a good amount of time during the summer term wondering why I was back in school studying things that didn’t really interest me.

Tomorrow I have a paper due and a multimedia group presentation and I just got back today from a whirlwind four-day road trip to Michigan to pick up my stuff (you should have seen the grin on my mom’s face as I emptied the closet!) and have a bridal shower. It’s a little strange and not at all comfortable for me to be the center of attention and open piles of gifts with twenty-five people watching…especially when Kirk and I are asking for no gifts. There’s really nothing we need, and so we’re telling people to donate to a few favorite places (including CRWRC) if they feel so inclined. About half of the gifts from the shower are going to a safe-haven for women in Michigan. The other half of the gifts were things that people really wanted to give me and I understand that, but it is strange receiving all those things.

Kirk has a well-established house, and the nature of his life is such that there are sometimes up to thirty people staying for a night or two. He has plenty of all the necessary things. I was reading through a list of things that every bride apparently “needs” for her house and had to laugh at the “4-8 towels” (Kirk has at least 40), “4 pillows” (he has 22), “set of dishes” (he has 3 sets), etc. The ONLY thing that he might not have on the two lists that I looked at are the “napkin rings”…which I said very clearly that we don’t really need. Does anyone actually ever use napkin rings?!

The road trip was nice. We left at 6 am on Thursday and drove nineteen hours straight to arrive in Michigan just before 1 am Friday. Then we left to come back to New Hampshire at 4 pm Saturday and pulled into the driveway just after 11 am this morning. I slept for a few hours before meeting with my group to work on our presentation for tomorrow.

It was really fun getting to see my parents and brothers in Michigan (Kirk gets along great with them!), and the shower was a success. I really wonder where the tradition of odd shower games came from. Not only did we play the infamous “Toilet Paper Bride” game, but I also had the rare opportunity to play “Plant a lipstick kiss on Mr. Knightley.” Mr. Knightley, is the hero from Jane Austin’s “Emma,” of course. The game was obviously inspired by “Pin the Tail on the Donkey” but I have to say that Mr. Knightley is much better looking. I might be biased, but I think Mr. Kirk is even better looking than Mr. Knightley! He’s certainly a greater catch and more chivalrous. Jane Austin has nothing on Kirk! My kiss ended up on Mr. Knightley’s eyebrow, which won some votes for “most creative” placement.

Things are becoming less crazy as far as wedding planning goes, and more crazy as far as school goes. My books (besides the ones for homework) are already comingling with Kirk’s, much to the chagrin of some of my friends. I have broadened his collection quite a bit, as most of his are of the fishing, poetry, and mountain variety. He had virtually no fiction (besides the aforementioned categories), and no children’s books, so his shelves look much more well-rounded now.

I think I’m a gonna go home and read something that has nothing to do with homework or weddings and then go to bed. Te pup!

~ by bemis on 19 October 2009.