Coming Together

So it is officially spring break! Woohoo! All I can say is it is much needed given I feel like crap... unfortionately I work most of my days off from school as does Alex. I guess that is one way to bring in the dough though, right?
Lets see here. I am finally starting to feel better, but the pain in my belly gets worse the better I feel... I got a new doctor finally since my old one was doing absolutely nothing for me and the ER doctors got sick of seeing me in so much pain so they put in their word and got me in with an awesome doctor. This doctor ordered a couple of things for me. First, trigger point injections... yes they sound as bad as they felt. Basically, an anesthesiologist sticks a huge needle in my belly that has about 6 ounces of cortizone and lidocane. Yeah, mid-procedure I asked the doctor if he has ever gotten hit because it HURTS!!!! (His answer was yes and usually people scream because of the pain. When the lidocane wore off, I was in pain again :( It was worth a shot though... literally. I am so thankful I don't have to ever get those again since they didn't work. Next up, an emptying study. Basically, I eat oatmeal and then they time how long it takes to exit my belly. This may be why I am so nauseated after I eat and why I don't eat very much. If this is the case, it is fixable!
Now on with the good news... the wedding planning. I found THE DRESS last week and Alex's mom verified that it was THE dress. I absolutely love it and could not be happier. My consultant told me that she has never seen anyone fall more in love with a dress as I did... needless to say I asked for visitation rights as it gets altered. Pathetic I know! I am so excited because I have never felt more beautiful and I feel that Alex will be absolutely blown away... even though he doesn't like the shoes his mom bought me to go with the dress... men. We may have found a venue as well. It is in Helena and it is a restored barn that is absolutely stunning. We will hopefully go visit it this summer to see if it is the place where we will say "I do" but as of right now I am pushing for it. As far as wedding planning goes, that is all I got. I am horrible at this kind of stuff...  Alex has done more planning than I have! What a guy :) We do have a date though... July 27, 2013! Save the date!
School update- Alex is doing phenominal in his classes and even has to go bowling with sped kids for his class... I want classes like that! Pre-calc and intro to organic chemistry is kicking my butt... but kayaking class starts next week so no complaints! I am so excited to go kayaking again! I am all set for transferring to Colorado in the Spring. So far Colorado has  taking 100% of my credits (including golf) which means that I am right on track to being done with undergrad studies next fall about a month after Alex graduates! I am so happy he graduates in a year! IT is well deserved!
Other than that, nothing new! We are just going to school, working, and seeing very little of each other since I work nights and he works days... ode to joy!