We are getting MARRIED

So you already knew that, but it seems so much more realistic now that we picked a date and a location.... We are getting married at the Winds in Ocean Isle, North Carolina on Aug 13th. We are so excited to rent a beach house and spend a week with our friends and some family. We can relax hangout and play on the beach! We are starting to work on Save the Dates and invitations...so hopefully you will get those soon.
Phew!
Date...check
Location...check!

Decisions

Shell Island

After visiting three resorts and a wedding planner, we have come to the ultimate decision. Chris and I have narrowed the field to two locations: The Winds and Shell Island. While both entail beach weddings followed by a reception they could not be more night and day. One wedding would be a week long relaxation period with the wedding party and our families ending with the wedding ceremony as the finish line. The other would be shorter with elegance holding a major role. I feel like we have almost decided to do the week long journey because the event would be done just the way we each have imagined (of course me starting at 6 years old and him at 22). Relaxing, fun, but still the seriousness that comes tied to a taking vows of love for the rest of our lives. We have to have a final decision by Sunday. Oh wow.
This is The Winds Resort.

Ocean Isle

No time to write but I wanted to show you all the start of our vacation.

Finals

I would like to know who invented finals. Where they crazy? Who in the world thought it was a good idea to cram tests from somewhere between 3 - 6 class finals into one week? If you are lucky you have one a day for a few days...if not you have multiple finals one right after the other. This isn't really testing how much you know. It is testing how much stress you can withstand before you keel over and die. While I appreciate tests not being cumulitive, professors should still remember that we have 2-5 other finals all at the same time. If you think we are studying as much as we have for your previous exams you are sadly mistaken. Also while I am at it- Take homes are not less stressful if you give them on a Thursday and the student has 2 finals Monday one Tuesday and you want the take home back by Tuesday at noon. When in the world do you think I'm going to have time to complete your take home?

P.S. My next week and a half is a little stressful.