Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Crunch Time

Things are piling up fast for the wedding. My dad and stepmom are booking a local country-cookin' restaurant to cater the rehearsal dinner. I'm in the process of finalizing my half of the guest list, and I just booked the honeymoon as well.

The more pressing matter, of course, is our purchase of a new house in the Dallas, NC, area. We got a call last night indicating that we are closing on the house next Monday. While this is exciting, it also means we have to get cracking with painting, moving my stuff in (and some of Emily's stuff), and buying furniture. And lemme tell you, furniture is expensive. I mean come on...$300 for a freaking Ottoman?! It's a stool with a fabric-covered cushion, for crying out loud. So, once again, I'm draining the savings account, except this time it's for furniture and appliances, not tuition and textbooks.

My Friday nights won't be as interesting and fun-filled, as Battlestar Galactica just finished its third season. So, no more new episodes of BSG until the fall. Guess I'll have to go out and buy the second season on DVD to give me my BSG fix until then. I already have the first season, and I watched pretty much every episode of the third, but I didn't actually start watching BSG until some time during the second season.

Then again, I should probably put off such purchases and save toward a lawnmover or larger television or something else we'll want or need for the new house.