the calm AFTER the storm

It's been quite a year so far. I've made a complete career change that took just over four months, my best friend got married, we bought a trailer, and I can't seem to come up with enough examples of being busy to actually justify the ridiculous level of exhaustion I've felt so far.
I started working two jobs in January. The station from 5-12, and the health region from 1-5. That lasted until early april when I gave my notice at the station and 'put all my eggs in one basket' as a coworker put it. I was temporary full time until mid may when I applied for my job officially, had the interview and was hired full time permanent.
It's been a huge weight off my shoulders to actually have some solid job stability.
Immediately after being hired officially, I left for my week in penticton. When I came back home, it suddenly dawned on me that for the first time all year, I actually don't have a ton of commitments on the horizon. I can relax! And relax I have!

My Best Friend's Wedding

My dearest best friend, Mare is no longer a Miss, but has become a Mrs. She's officially adopted the last name McGoran as she married a good man on Saturday.

I flew to Kelowna on Friday the 15th to spend a week with Mare and Jeremy and hopefully help calm some of the stress and take care of some of the tasks that needed taking care of leading up to their wedding. While I was there, Mare's brother Sean and his wife Karin came to stay with them too and brought their little baby girl, Quinn (Quinn, you're a two-blog girl now!!). They were so much fun to spend time with and I felt like I already knew them just by what Mare had told me.
It was a busy week and I'm afraid I didn't do much to keep Mare's stress level low, I just hope I didn't add to it. We had a fantastic time at the Bridal Shower, and the Stagette was a riot.
When the wedding arrived, we had a great morning getting ready as Leanne did all our hair. The ceremony was absolutely beautiful at Linden Gardens and I was so happy to have Kleenex tucked into the strap of my dress to dab at my eyes as they recited their vows.
The reception at Pine Hills was a great time and the hall looked fantastic (as it should after we all spent Friday afternoon decorating!)
I feel like there's more to say, but I still can't process it all. So I'll post some pictures instead.
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Spa day in Summerland to help ease away some of the stress leading up to the day
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The BBQ on Friday night before the wedding. Mare was all dolled up in her fabulous pink dress, and Quinn was completely adorable in her stripy red and white sundress!
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The Bride and her Ladies at the BBQ - Me, Erin, Mare, Shan, and Leanne
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Shan, Me and Erin in the limo after the ceremony at Linden Gardens
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Brad drove up on Thursday to come and help out in anyway he could (and was a HUGE help decorating on Friday). This is us at Pine Hills where the reception was held
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Mr. and Mrs McGoran deeply in love for their first dance
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The bridesmaids rocked it out
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I'm so honoured to have been a part of the wedding, and I can't describe how touched I am still to have been her Maid of Honour.

A Campin' We Will Go!

Brad and myself (and Ollie) have become the proud new owners of a 2001 Dutchmen Folding Trailer (or tent trailer to the less couth RVer, *phah phah phah*)! We decided a while ago that rather than take a honeymoon to somewhere really hot in the middle of August (already really hot, not to mention hurricane season) we would buy a trailer and do some camping and site-seeing. We've had our eyes open for a while looking for the right model at the right price and finally a couple of weeks ago spotten this one parked in a driveway a block from our house. Next thing we knew it was posted on swiftcurrentonline's classifieds. All the pieces fell into place and it's now parked in our backyard (don't worry, we paid the guy...it's pretty big and he'd probably have noticed if we made off with in the middle of the night).This is the double bed on the back end. There's a seating area in front that also pulls down into a bed

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Looking at the Queen bed, dining area, stove, counter, and fridge. There's also a little sink next to the stove. The kitchen table also folds down into a bed.
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Stove and sink. The stove is indoor-outdoor and runs off propane
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Ollie's ready to go, and has picked his bed.

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P.S. Hooray Hooray, the First of May....