My sister's coming today!

I'm at the airport right now... blogging when I should be getting ahead on some reading for one of my classes, but .... there's free wi-fi at Logan and I'll be unattached from the internet most of the weekend. Why would I pass that up?



My sister Colleen (above), 24, in grad school for Psychology, engaged, and getting married JULY 25, is in the air right now.... and once she lands we're heading to South Station to catch the MegaBus to go to NYC! We'll be staying near Williamsburg (brooklyn) with our oldest brother Walter...who fits right into that hipster neighborhood. ;)

Here's Walter in the middle--


I'm excited to log some sibling time....in the big city! And I'm really looking forward to this time with Colleen. It's a rare time that we'll only get to share in once. We're both engaged and both getting married this summer, one month apart!!! Which is absolutely NUTS, yes, I know!

The poor parents.


And not 2 months after that, on Sept. 10 my other older sister Christiana gets married in Wash. DC!!! Christiana is below... 2 to the left of me, greenish dress. This picture is of me and all of my sisters!


Now THAT is nuts.

:)

I can't wait for the reactions from people who don't yet know this,.... when they get all 3 invitations....

It's a fun time though, and we're all extremely excited. Not just about our own weddings, but about our sisters' too! I'm a bridesmaid in Colleen's and she and Christiana are bridesmaids in mine. In Christiana's wedding I'm going to sing! (?) Still not sure WHAT, exactly.

It's hard to stay "grounded" and be engaged (not in the "diamond ring" sense of that word) here at GORDON when there's so much going on. I'm tired of being so busy that I can't just take the time and grab a coffee with a friend I've had since Freshman year or a friend I made this past year. Well, this coming week, I'm gonna try to see / hang out with 2 or 3 of those girl friends since it's been a really long time since I've done some HANGING OUT.

Last fall I was excited when I realized I only needed 10 more credits so I thought my life would be a lot more freed up to do a lot of this hanging out while also having time to plan my wedding and help my sisters plan theirs. Funny that I feel busier than I was last semester, though. I intern 4 days a week so that is where all that "extra time" is going. Have to pull in money from somewhere, though to pay for groceries and all that.

If anyone were to ask me later down the road what do you wish you did differently your senior year, I will probably say I wish I could have spent more time with friends I've made at Gordon.
So what's the solution if I can't cut back hours from the internship? I think trying to become someone that doesn't need 7 or 8 hours of sleep every night. That would be awesome. ;)

Well, while I keep pondering that, I have to run. Her flight is coming in now but I'll write again soon.

I'm excited for our New York / Boston adventure. We're taking the ChinaTown bus for our trip back to BOS!!! :) Usually there's a story out of that experience.

Enjoy the weekend, the warmer weather, but most of all, just enjoy life!