Building a Life

It's amazing to finally be in the position I have always, always dreamed of. It's so close I can taste it, but far enough away I am scared to jump to fast...

I found out last Wednesday that I am eligible to go to MEPS. It was the most exciting news I had heard in months. Not only am I eligible, my test score was high enough for me to obtain any job, including the available medic position.
I am currently waiting on my "dirty prescreen" which means I went and got every document ever written on my elbow from the last year and a very detailed letter from my doctor saying my elbow has no issues and will not have any future hinderance. After my dirty prescreen comes back on Wednesday I will be eligible to go to MEPS Thursday/Friday. I will have a orthopedist look at my elbow while I am there and if he is unsure whether I am fit for service or not I will then go to a "consult" and speak to an Army hired civilian doctor, he will then decide whether I am disqualified or eligible for service.

So, hopefully by this time next week I will be sworn into the Army as a medic, leaving for BCT (basic combat training) August 30th, 2010.

Now, more news. Depending on what the Army says (whether or not I am ready) Cole and I are planning the wedding. If I get sworn in we will be gettieng married May 9th. Yes, MAY 9TH!! Which would make it 3 weeks from the time we know for sure. If I am not accepting and I am temporarily disqualified from enlisting we will wait until he returns from BCT in early August.

Is this a dream or what?? Military, Medic, Mariage... it really is. I just hope things continue working out for us.

The Davids Bridal $99 dress sale ends tomorrow and since I worked everday this weekend Misty, my dad and Lindsey took my there Friday night. I had a VERY hard time deciding between two dresses. It's really hard to pick a dress that doesn't fit. It killed me, but at the same time, it may have been the only reason I liked it. I don't think it mattered either way, I am definitley happy with my choice, but I think I would have been happy either the way. So I DO need to get it altered to fit. The other dress I was looking at was $399, but it didn't need to be altered or changed in anyway. The dress I bought only cost $99, but it does need to be taken in a little. So it was a toss up either way, I'm sure the price will end up being the same either way.

Other than my dress, I haven't gotten anything! I have been speaking with the cake decorator the past two days trying to find something in my "western, american, army" theme I am going for, but I am sure I will go with something very traditional.

My plan for the wedding:

4pm- Guest arrive for a pre-ceremony outdoor bbq with Cole and I before preparing ourselves for the ceremony (guests are welcome to arrive even earlier to play with horses in the arena and trail course at the Napa Valley Horsemans)
7:30pm- As the sun begins to set we will begin our outdoor ceremony
8:00pm- Guests will go inside after ceremony the hall at the Horsemans and enjoy coffee, dessert, cake, karaoke, music, alcohol, etc.
The End!

So, I am hoping I can do this all VERY low budget. Right now Cole and I can't even afford to get rings, so instead of asking for wedding gifts, we are going to ask for people to help us set up for the wedding! If your good with flowers, sound systems, setting up chairs, organizing a food line for a bbq or even cooking hotdogs and hamburgers let me know!

We have no honeymoon planned. We figure the money is better spent on our guests experience at our wedding and making sure we are able to afford what we already have planned.

I have ALWAYS wanted to have a "Lion Dance" at my wedding. It is Chinese tradition. I understand I am not Chinese... I know I know, but it something that I have always watched and I have always wanted to be a part of my life. I found a group in S.F. that will do the dance for $1000, so my next months pay checks will go towards saving for the dance. Maybe they give military discounts...?