It's May!

Wow, the year is almost half over. It'll be my birthday soon... TWENTY SEVEN! *gasp*

I am torn between feeling ooooold, but I'm also one of the youngest at work. And I'm still in my twenties. Soo.. I'm not really sure what I feel.

On the bright side, life is pretty much as I envisioned for 27. I've always wanted to get married at 26 or 27. Check. Got my Masters degree. Check. Job that I find meaningful and not too bad paying. Check.

Marrying my American white boy wasn't quite anticipated, but 人算不如天算, right? ;)

So, what lies ahead? We definitely want to buy a house as soon as possible since we'd like to stop renting and have our own home. It will be nice to not change addresses every other year. Also, Troy is absolutely dying to have a dog. I'm looking forward to the decorating and having an awesome kitchen. :)

I always planned to have 3 kids when I'm between the ages of 30-35. However, I am now kinda worried that the older I get, the harder the weight will be to lose, and pregnancy will be more complicated. Most American women have kids really young, and I REALLY don't want to be the old chubby mommy. I guess that goal is now revised to 29-34? Maybe we'll adopt some of our kids though so I don't have to worry too much about my biological clock tick-tocking away. Who knows??

Other news.. I filed my Permanent Resident papers yesterday. With any luck, the green card should arrive in my mailbox by the end of this year. I'm still planning on keeping my Singapore citizenship though, you know, just in case I want to apply for dual citizenship for the kids or if we move to Singapore. Both seem quite unlikely at this point, but again, 人算不如天算. IF (a very big if) we move to Singapore, it probably makes more sense to get PR.

Wedding planning is coming along fabulously, especially since I'm the only one planning it. :))) Life is so much easier sometimes without everyone giving you their unsolicited advice on what should be done. We are taking our engagement pictures next Monday and I'm excited!! I'm also getting my hair/makeup trial on the same day. Both my photographer and makeup artist seem awesome at this point, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

Also, I am surprisingly allergy-free this Spring. I usually get hit BAAAAD for 2-3 days in April. Maybe I'm not allergic to the pollen in Minnesota. That's what I'm hoping anyway. Or maybe it just hasn't hit yet.....