My name is Holly. I've been debating on writing a blog specifically about engaged/ married life for a while, and haven't done it until now. I really wanted to record the whole process of the planning, but as you can imagine, that's a little difficult to do in addition to the actual planning, which takes a lot of energy. Plus I'm currently taking online classes from CSULB and working part-time at PetSmart. Phew!
So I'll give you a little intro, a couple months into the game. My lovely fiance's name is Max. Well, his real first name is Jeremy, but I've always known him by his middle name. Actually Max isn't even his real middle name, it's a nickname for Maxwell. Sheesh. And here I am just plain old Holly. Max and I have been together since November 2, 2009, our senior year of high school. But we didn't go to the same high school, so I don't know if that makes us real high school sweethearts (what's the criteria?). Max is now a senior at UCR in Riverside, California. I am in my 4th year of school, but still stuck somewhere between a sophomore and a junior. I attended my community college while living at home for 2 years, and then transferred in Fall 2012 to CSULB in Long Beach, California, and was admitted as a sophomore into my program, because music programs are pretentious and complicated. If I would have stayed in the music program there this Fall, I'd be a junior. But guess what? Getting married and being with my love was deemed more important in my mind. Plus I had a horrible time at CSULB. I mentioned I was taking online classes through the school though, this is because I didn't want my student status taken away, and I could still reap the benefits of grants and loans while being a part-time student. I'm paying for a wedding, I need all the help I can get.
So that's a confusing bit of info, but here's something pretty concrete. We got engaged on June 23, 2013, and our wedding date is set for November 2, 2013. I have bolded those dates for your convenience, so you can say "Aww". I know, cute. Also convenient, since the wedding "off-season" starts in November, and comes with venue rentals at half-off.
So I'll give you a little intro, a couple months into the game. My lovely fiance's name is Max. Well, his real first name is Jeremy, but I've always known him by his middle name. Actually Max isn't even his real middle name, it's a nickname for Maxwell. Sheesh. And here I am just plain old Holly. Max and I have been together since November 2, 2009, our senior year of high school. But we didn't go to the same high school, so I don't know if that makes us real high school sweethearts (what's the criteria?). Max is now a senior at UCR in Riverside, California. I am in my 4th year of school, but still stuck somewhere between a sophomore and a junior. I attended my community college while living at home for 2 years, and then transferred in Fall 2012 to CSULB in Long Beach, California, and was admitted as a sophomore into my program, because music programs are pretentious and complicated. If I would have stayed in the music program there this Fall, I'd be a junior. But guess what? Getting married and being with my love was deemed more important in my mind. Plus I had a horrible time at CSULB. I mentioned I was taking online classes through the school though, this is because I didn't want my student status taken away, and I could still reap the benefits of grants and loans while being a part-time student. I'm paying for a wedding, I need all the help I can get.
So that's a confusing bit of info, but here's something pretty concrete. We got engaged on June 23, 2013, and our wedding date is set for November 2, 2013. I have bolded those dates for your convenience, so you can say "Aww". I know, cute. Also convenient, since the wedding "off-season" starts in November, and comes with venue rentals at half-off.
I'll probably go back and write a little about the big events that have happened in the wedding planning process, maybe a single post with a brief overview. For now, I'll include some of my engagement photos. After all, this is my engaged, and eventually married blog!
These photos are from our engagement photo session done on July 26, 2013 in Corriganville Park in Simi Valley. Credit to our photographer Daryl Schmidt, also known as Unlost Photography.
I'll make that overview post as soon as I can. I have work tonight, and a test in social psychology that I haven't really studied for at all. I can give you one pretty big decision right now in real time. My fiance and I just decided on our first dance song. "Unforgettable" by Nat King Cole. We had already decided that we wanted a classic jazz song, but hadn't nailed it until about 20 minutes ago. I'm also trying to put together my definite music choices for the other important events. I'll give you those when I decide.
-H.H.
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