11 Days and Counting...

Well at the repeated request of my blog-mate I am finally putting on a new post. I apologize to those of you who check this often hoping to find a new post and have been disappointed (Happy Acres Manager). While there are many topics I could cover, and probably will, let's hit the big one first - as of the time of this sentence there are 11 days, 6 hours, and 55 minutes until the big event and I couldn't be more excited! This is the last week that I have to spend in Birmingham by myself so to me I am only counting down until Fri. Ann will be driving down then to bring her car leave here and then we will be going back up to Nashville at some point that weekend to make the last final push for the wedding.

I started packing last night for the honeymoon and by started packing I mean I'm pretty much done. I only have to get a few more little things before I can call it done - sunscreen, aloe for sunburns, etc. So I think its a bit of an understatement to say I am ready to be relaxing on the beach in Jamaica! Which brings me to my next point - please everyone be praying for good weather during the week we are there. Ann is a little worried because it is hurricane season that we will get rained on but we both agree it'll be fun no matter what the weather. In fact I wouldn't mind a shower an afternoon or two - then I wouldn't feel guilty about staying inside to take a nap and "wasting" the sunshine. The name of the resort we are going to is Sandal's Whitehouse. Some friends of our just went there about a month and a half ago for their honeymoon and they loved it. I called Stephen when he and Jill got back (you can read about their wedding in a previous blog) and grilled him on what to expect and what not to miss, etc. so that Ann and I would be able to get all we could out of our week.

So that is all the excitement of the future, but what about the excitement of the recent past...The Olympics!!! I love the olympics and I have been blessed with a fiance who is as much in love with them as I am. I has been so great to get to watch most of the big events with her usually I was in Nashville but she was down here last week and we got to see some big volleyball games together). I love almost all the sports but my favorites are swimming and gymnastics. Clearly the big stories this year were Phelps (who may be the greatest athlete of all time in my opinion) and the six 3-year-olds that comprised the Chinese women's gymnastics team. I mean come on, there is no way those girls were anywhere close to 16! Anyway, I think we can all agree that there was no more exciting performance than watching the 20k speed-walking medal, right? I know that when I'm watching people run extremely long distances for hours on end I'm constantly thinking to myself "If only they were going a whole lot slower and looked like those people that go to the mall at 4 in the morning!" Seriously, IOC, I think it's time to trim some of the fat, I know you are getting rid of softball and baseball but why not cut out some of the more ridiculous event and add back something cool like tug-of-war or motorcycle jousting?

Anyway one of the real highlights for me of this year's olympics was like I said, getting to watch most of it with Andrea. I am so looking forward to being married and her being here in Birmingham I spent an hour last night hanging up her clothes and arranging closet space for her in the house...and loved every minute of it. Well, that is it for me for this post, if we're really ambitious we might get one more in before the wedding but we'll be sure to do a joint, long one upon our return!