and it begins

ring #1, originally uploaded by yenna.

it's only been a few days since andy and i decided to live in sin no longer, and i am already going batshit. typical gena you all know and moderately like.

we have a tentative date and i want to book venue[s] asap, but its so hard. i have ideas, BIG ideas. but also a very limited budget. you know, just the same problems that anyone throwing a wedding would have so i shouldn't pretend that we are special or anything. i'm already knee-deep in websites and message boards and magazines. oh, being anal retentive. so wonderful.

it's exciting! and it's going to be great, that's all i care about. it being great.

oh and see that up there?! pretty right?!!? SO PRETTY. it's my practice ring, i guess you could say and it cost $12. yup. the real ring, which i FAWN over, is not in my possession yet, so andy got this sweet fake one to trick people. it's so shiny. but i am such an oaf, i keep knocking things with it and getting it tangled in my clothes and hair. so. maybe this whole engagement will make for a more graceful gena.

though that's doubtful.

5.25.09.

in case you don't follow twitter, tumblr, facebook or got my text messages (jeez i'm nerd #1), you probably don't know this!

andy and i got engaged last night! it was adorable and simple and easy and i cried like the girl that i am. no ring yet, we will pick it out together and no plans are being made now, we are just basking! we get to bask!

i'm so happy and excited. i never though i'd meet this amazing loving perfect person and i cant wait to spend the rest of my days with him. so. thats the haps! now you know!

spring!

, originally uploaded by yenna.

this is representative of how i feel lately. SO ISOLATED. IN A BUBBLE.

JAYKAYZ.

andy and i went to art chicago (which i am a large proponent of, given that i helped bring it to back from the dead many years ago) and i took a bunch of photos of other people's art. which i usually hate HATE when other people do it. but i like my photos, so whatever! the whole thing was so inspirational and great. it was a complete, but well needed, overload to the senses. seeing THAT much art in 3 hours.

anyway. hey it's spring time. so i am transitioning into my general spring time attitude: skirts, bikes, garage sales, iced tea. also, attempting to get out of the apartment more. i was a hermit to the extreme over the winter. moreso than usual because andy didn't mind just sitting on the couch wearing jamjams and watching movies. i lost contact with lots of people and felt super alienated, which was my own doing and i shouldn't blame anyone else. so now i must make attempts at not doing that this season and in the future.

also i lost like 7 pounds in the last two weeks. so that has me feeling pretty great. here's to like 3000 more.

i'm working fairly steadily, they are still discussing maybe hiring me in the future definitely. it's very wish washy and very annoying. especially since we are about to hit my ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY freelancing here.

hmm, what else. oh! andy is going to sweden in two weeks, to cover the nordic games conference or something like that. he gets to go for free. i do not get to go. then a week alter he goes to LA for e3 - which is a huge american game conference. so i'm going to be missing him like crazy. and i worry about so much air travel. but he will be okay.. i must repeat to myself. HE WILL BE FINE! man i want to go to sweden.