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And look how cool this photographer is! He's doing our photos!! =)



- Alice

It's Not The Way You Think It Is

These days I'm having difficulty knowing which way to look when I cross the street.
In Australia, it's all reversed. We drive on the left side of the road, so this means that you need to look right, left, right before crossing the road. I had several near death incidents when I first arrived in France a year ago... And now I'm having to deal with all of this all over again. I feel like there should be signs painted onto the road here like there are in London.

Here's one I took on my trip to London in January:

It's not only the roads... But also when opening doors. You need to turn the key the opposite way to which it would be turned in France. Reverse culture shock is ok, but this is a challenge! Now, several times a day, I need to tell myself 'it's not the way you think it is!'

I wonder how long it's going to take me to get used to this before I move to America and need to do it all over again! I suppose it's good mental exercise...


In more interesting news, congratulations to Shelby and Ryan, who welcomed the newest member of their family into the world just 2 days ago, Wesley. She's beautiful and I'm so happy that I'll be hers and Maxwell's aunt after Jordan and I get married this December. I think a trip to Florida will definitely be in order next year!


I also found out the other day that Jordan is a descendent of Daniel Boone's! That's so cool. I was very excited (probably far more excited than Jordan himself). I'm marrying into a family with a very rich cultural history! Here's the Daniel Boone theme song from the 1960's TV show.

- Alice

Answers!

Those of you who keep asking me when Jordan is coming and are feeling fed up with me saying
"I don't know" - rest assured!

He arrives on October 6th and I will go back to Utah with him, as his wife - I can't wait!!!!!



- Alice




PS. Look how talented and intelligent he is (he even thought to record this in the bathroom for better acoustics)!

                                                                    I love him

Don't Try This At Home

This is what happens when you are forced to love your one and only from the other side of the world.


This is a picture of before said forcing:

And then, nearly 2 months in, some serious damage has taken its toll....

See exhibit B:

Let's hope that by the time October comes around and we never have to be apart agin, we'll be able to redeem our new, 'coping' habits.


Until then, I'm afraid we both may continue to channel Homer Simpson/extremely dorky types



- Alice

Lilly

This week has been a hard one for Jordan and I, but we're trying to stay positive and plug on through. October is getting closer now with each passing day and we're trying to be optimistic about all of the legalities and technicalities that must be dealt with before we can start our life together.

In other news...


While I was gone, my dear friends, the Ellis', got Lilly. She's big, honey-coloured and very soft. It's entertaining watching her being scolded in German and I'm learning new German vocabulary, like 'SIT!' 'STAY!' and 'GO OUT!' It's very fun with four kids around, this big, honey dog and two adults trying to train her.

- Alice

This Last Week

Last week was fun-filled with lots of reading and a few pages of translation. Because of this, I wasn't really able to blog, nor do much else - as is life in one's final semester of university (apparently).

I did get the chance to leave school one afternoon and try on wedding dresses, though. Julia came with me and the world's most elderly sales assistant pushed me in and out of about 10 different dresses (all incredibly too expensive.. But we just went for fun (well for ideas, too).

Besides that, I've been spending ample time with my yarn

On Saturday I made a trip to Gippsland for Julia's 21st birthday celebration. It was a very lovely afternoon and I enjoyed looking at the rolling green hills from the train window...

With the birthday girl!

Besides that, I'm missing Jordan very much right now and I long for more moments like this one,

- Alice