Blurbs From Eunee's Mind (and Life)

I've been immersed in wedding stuff since my fiance proposed last November. It's like everything I am interested in, besides my studies, is related to weddings. I watch My Fair Wedding on the Wedding Channel, Say Yes to the Dress on TLC, and avidly read posts on wedding forums. I mean, since my late 20s I have thought about my own "someday" wedding but not every day; I had other things I had to deal with. But now I wonder about flowers, about aisle decorations, about ceremony issues, Sometimes I think I need a break from all of it because I begin to swim in a sea of flowers, dresses, colors, choices, that all blur together. Argh! My fiance sweetly reminds me that this is not supposed to be something stressful nor is it supposed to be like what we see on TV. He's right. I should be having fun looking forward to a wedding. It should be a happy occasion. Who cares if it's not a production? And I'm certainly not trying to win a contest. Then I begin to wonde...

Today is Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. I'm not Catholic so I don't go to Ash Wednesday mass. But I do like to participate in Lent as I know that it's not a solely Catholic thing. For me it's a God-thing and a personal thing: a time to think about what takes up a lot of my time - things I could do without and learn to be less addicted to. It's like a sort-of spring cleaning in your life. It's also a time, for me, to think about good habits I want to develop. I could use a ton of good habits right now: more discipline in my dissertation, more prayer, less Farmville (on Facebook). I think those are my top three. Why is that a God-thing? Because I believe that God would want me to improve upon myself instead of being complacent. Don't you think so?