the unfamiliar

Lately I feel as though I have been faced with a lot of prejudice and misconception.

People are scared of things they are unfamiliar with.

A few months ago I told my friend I was going to become Catholic and they said "You know that Catholics pray to Mary right? Its like a cult"

That is something I thought long and hard about and I realized yes Catholics pray to Mary; but she doesn't realize WHY they pray to Mary! Alex and I read together at night and we are reading this book that Stephanie gave me about Catholics and how they entered Catholicism. I am so glad that I am reading it with Alex because he fills in the blanks of areas that I don't understand. I didn't know what a protestant was! (and I was one for years! haha) The more I read this book the more being Catholic makes sense.

Jess is going to laugh at this, but my favorite topic in all the world might be prejudice. Give me a drink and I will go on for 20 minutes about how I don't understand prejudice. People are scared of things they are unfamiliar with. Again I say this because I think this is true to so many topics. When I first began UMES I wouldn't say that I was prejudice in a mean way but I was prejudice in certain senses. I wouldn't even say it was my fault that I was prejudice because it is just how I was brought up. My parent's don't have friends of other races and in highschool I really didn't either (except Amanda).

So there I was a freshman at a historically black college that I just went to because I was an underachiever and didn't really figure on graduating anyway. I think the first three years felt like day and night to me. "Those students were black therefore they had worse grades than myself, funky hair, and a different fashion sense." Now five years later I can honestly say God planted me at this HBU (historically black university) to show me that everybody is different (in a good way), everyone is valuable (in every sense), and everybody has a different personality and something different to bring to the table. Thank the Lord for diversity. If I learned nothing else at college let it be known that I have a true appreciation for other people and what is in their heart and who they are, not what color their skin is.

up to my ears!

I am up to my ears in marital bliss. Next week I have a wedding. Then I have a bachelorette party. Then i am in Gabis wedding in August which is in nearly West Virginia, It is a 5 hour drive. Which means a bachelorette party and a bridal shower sometime before that. Then I am going to North Carolina for Ben and Carrie's wedding! Is this an overwhelming summer or what?! I keep making all these plans with people but the truth of it is financially I am not going to be doing ANYTHING. Wedding presents cost alot and 2 of the weddings are destination weddings.

I guess this is just that time of life. I guess its better than babies and cribs and stuff. haha

dear sleep

Dear Sleep,
You were once my best friend; in fact you are still MY best friend but YOU do not love me anywhere. You never grace me with your presence. Please come back from your long long vacation and come home to me! I really need you. Tonight, tomorrow night, the next night. My eyes hang droopy with dark circles, my skin looks dry, I look all around tired...and it is all your fault! Please return, your presence would be greatly appreciated. Love -Jamie

Seriously this is how I feel. I haven't been sleeping at all. I cant fall asleep. I cant stay asleep. I wake up early. It is greatly effecting my social life. I don't like it one bit! What really pisses me off is when Alex comes over and goes right to sleep. Makes me so mad that I wake him up! If Jamie can't sleep he isn't either!!!

GOODNIGHT and sweet dreams to all of you that sleep at night.

asiago chicken sandwich

Tomorrow is my first day at Parker Place! I am very excited. I think I am excited because I am not getting paid...so if I screw something up or am late or something I won't feel like I am costing Anne money. I already know I will give 150% because thats how I am but it takes the pressure off! Anne is also a fun person to be around and it never hurts to have fun people in your life. I feel there is lots of things I can learn from her so thats what this experience is about for me...Oh yea and I get a grade at the end of the summer for it haha.

Today my sister, niece, and nephew drove home for Mother's Day weekend. Alex and I showed them 510. Mom and Dad came as well. It is kind of funny because I see a whole world of potential and all they can see is stress and work. I by no means am a dreamer but suddenly I am thinking I am. I have always been very realistic and I don't think that fixing this house up is that unrealistic!

OH I meant to say that I made an appointment to go have a tour of the Merry Sherwood. I think mom and Alex are coming. Alex didn't want to come but I informed him that its his wedding too! MEN. I really wanted to decide where the wedding was going to be by the end of the summer. Some of these places book way in advance. I know when Gabi and I went to pick out dresses we couldn't go with this one company because it took over 12 weeks to order the dresses...I mean thats 3 months. To me 3 months is ample time to order a bridesmaid dress. So needless to say I want important things done in plenty of time and nothing is more important than LOCATION.

In other news....This is what I have left of school:
2 presentations
3 exams
finishing 1 powerpoint

YESSS. :] I know the title of this post has nothing to do with anything but thats how I am haha.

venues smenues

Today I called two venues. Merry Sherwood...no answer. I will continue to pester them haha. And Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens in Richmond. I was pleasantly surprised at their reasonable rates. Looks like there I can book a place for the ceremony, reception, rehearsal dinner with catering, place to get pictures taken pre wedding, and of course wouldn't have to buy flowers for all under 4,000. That seems like a killer deal. That knocks out all the big things. There is also about 5 places to actually get married there because it is so huge and they all have different rates. Plus Lewis Ginter was rated one of 2009 ten best places to get married...because its freakin GORGEOUS!! I almost think that place is too good to get married at haha.

Regardless, I think I still want to book a tour of Merry Sherwood. The simplicity of getting married there I really like. Wouldn't have to get a hotel room for the bridesmaids or groomsmen, being that its 30 minutes away. And its very beautiful there. Plus it has an old timey feel that I like and it would go great with my milkglass flower arrangements :] Plus the reception and the wedding can both be at the same place. I hate having to go to a wedding then drive somewhere else to the reception. I think thats a good way to lose guests.

tata!!!

Teen Mom & school

I feel like I blog about this show alot...Teen Mom. Potentially the best show on MTV EVER. haha Ok so Farrah went to the doctor to get birth control and she didn't want to tell her parents because she thought they would freak out. If my daughter got pregnant at 16 and had a baby I would be THRILLED she decided to go on birth control!!!

I can practically SMELL summer vacation. Today I finished my last 10 page paper of the semester. The only thing I have left to do is do the fabric count of my garment and finish the powerpoint presentation and I am DONNNE. This has been such an overwhelming semester and I am praying next semester is easier on me.

Tomorrow I am giving a presentation on my fake business. I am really excited because I made up a dog grooming business so there is pictures of Ruby in the powerpoint :] haha.

have a great day faithful readers!!!!

week 2

All sorts of updates. Ok Alex and I thought we had set the date for October 1, 2011 which is a saturday. Then today it hit me that September 24th is actually the first time he told me he loved me so it seems fitting to get married that day four years later! So September 24, 2011 it is!!! It just so happend that was a saturday as well so its perfect. We both love that time of year cause its still warm being that its the end of summer but it is not miserably hot being that it is the beginning of fall, and since we fell in love during that time it is very fitting.

Secondly, I think I made my first actual decision that may begin the theme of the wedding (which I have been soo unsure about). I think I want all of the flower arrangements to be completely different with one uniting theme...milk glass vases. I love the simplicity of milk glass but they have that vintage retro feel that I really like. Plus after the wedding I can use them in our house and they will remind me of that day.

Jess brought something to my attention about a destination wedding...the dogs can't come :[ I really wanted them to be in the wedding because they are a big part of our lives. :[