if you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it...

AND HE DID!!! well friends, it's official. i'm engaged!!! and for those of you who like to be silly (like my dear ol' daddy) or actually need clarification, i'm engaged to be MARRIED!! wow, that's just crazy to even think about. and it was wonderful too...i was totally and completely surprised. there was no suspicion or questioning going on in my brain at all. AT ALL!! that's how good he is at keeping secrets AND making others keep secrets too...aka the entire school!!! for real though. i'm not joking. practically the entire school knew before me. it's crazy. and i'd go into detail explaining how exactly he did it, but i've already had to tell the story so many times and i feel silly saying it again. besides, there's gonna be a video! so i'll post it when that happens. but basically, he proposed on the same bench his dad proposed to his mom to (which i knew about beforehand), but the reason why i wasn't suspicious is cuz even though i knew it'd always been his dream to propose at that spot, i figured since i knew of his plan before we were even interested in each other that he'd change it so i wouldn't know. but he didn't :) he got me...by asking if he could pretend to propose there "just to see what it feels like". haha and i fell for it. and got engaged :) YESTERDAY!! well...the day before technically. on friday.

well, i'm happy. i didn't think this day would come so soon. but it has. and it makes me excited. YAY WEDDING PLANNING!!! hahaha
and that's life through the eyes of a very excited, overjoyed, overwhelmed, ecstatic banana munchkin

 

Christmas time is here!

well...not quite. there's still thanksgiving. and the rest of the school year. but then it's christmas! i'm very much looking forward to it. i only have 23 days left until i graduate! and i'm moving at the end of november...which is frightening cuz i haven't even started packing, but seeing as how i don't have that much stuff anyways, i'll get it done fast. it's weird to be at this point already. i finished the two papers i have due, now i just gotta study for my test on thursday and then i've got nothing til december 8th, which is my final and my capstone presentation. and then i'm freeeee!!!!! dang, i can't wait. i'm excited. to start a full-time job. to not have to worry about school work. to not have to go to classes where i feel like my time is wasted. to not have to drive places just to go there. i'll be driving somewhere that will pay me!

i've been wanting to go to Disneyland for the longest time, and especially now that they have their christmas decorations up! i think i've been to disneyland at christmas time when i was like 3 or 4, but i'm not sure. it could've been just a parade of some sort. but i would like to go now that it'd be something i could actually remember haha...hopefully! and my half-marathon is in 2 months and then some...and i'm already ready to run it! i can run 13 miles no problem...so now i guess i just need to keep going and work on my speed...oh my life. is not very interesting. it is what it is i guess haha.

that's life through the eyes of a banana munchkin.

Today

I choose joy. The saying I keep telling myself every day. Life has been going by pretty fast so far. Stuff was finally getting piled up and keeping me busy, but having written my 10-15 page research paper already, I don't know what to do now besides start working on the next one that's due in a few weeks. I get discouraged easily, I've noticed. And I've decided that I often forget all the good things in my life. How blessed I am compared to many people around the world? SO blessed!!! Seriously...I have food, a car, money in my savings account that will help pay for rent and gas over the next couple months, I have a family that loves and supports me, a loving boyfriend whose family is willing to take me in when I'm done with classes and not charge me rent. I am so blessed. And I do have a job. It's part-time, but it pays really well. And i love it! How many people can honestly say that they love their job?? Not very many. But I sure can. I've been so blessed throughout my entire life, yet I still get discouraged and sad, thinking I need more. that's when Sean slaps me upside the head and says "GET A GRIP HANNAH!!!" Okay, not really. But he'd have every right to. He keeps me going, not just cuz i love him and he loves me, but because he has so much wisdom and so many encouraging things to say. My best friend. he rocks :) Oh, I'm looking into private schools in the area to see if they need PE or music teachers...part-time or just subs :) it'd be fun.


That's life through the eyes of a banana munchkin.

my screensaver. always to remind me.