Did you know...

that in just 112 short days I am getting MARRIED!?  To say that I am excited would be the understatement of the year.  My future Hubby & I have been together for nearly 5 and a half years.  We met in college at the University of Nebraska, where we were both members of the Track & Field team.  What started out as friends gradually evolved into something more.  After both of us had graduated, we decided that whoever got a job offer first should take it, and we would move to wherever that was together.  In 2008, I was offered a coaching gig at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.  This was a HUGE move for both of us.  But we did it, we embarked on a 24hour, cross-country road trip in his mom's suburban with a U-haul trailer tagging along, with the two of us and our 110lb mastiff crammed up front.  We drove it straight through, and let me tell you, driving with a very large trailer through the mountains of West Virginia is S-C-A-R-Y! But we made it, and moved into our tiny little 1-bedroom apartment.  Fast forward 2.5 years, and we're still in that same tiny hell hole apartment.  Its January 31st and we're getting ready to go to one of the local sports bars for beer & fried pickles (God Bless the South for their fried pickles!) and he stops me on the way to the bathroom as I'm getting ready.  He asked if I would like what was inside of this little white box in his hand.  While resisting the urge to yell "ITS ABOUT TIME!" I said yes.  It was a day I'll never forget.  Nothing mushy, nothing frilly, just a simple question.  Just his style.