Um, Speaking of Weddings...

So the news is: Cat and I are engaged! I popped the question Friday night after a romantic dinner in front of the fireplace here at my house. For those of you who got to meet her at Anthony and Hannah's wedding, it's probably not too hard to see why. I think she'll be a welcome addition to the group at get-togethers from here on out. 

Yep, another one bites the dust. Who's next? 

In other news, I secured a full-time job for after graduation with the firm for which I've been putting in some pretty heavy hours during the course of this school year (about 4 full days a week). Some of you may remember me securing the internship over the course of Sundy's wedding weekend. The firm is about 10 attorneys, does exclusively plaintiffs' work, has a couple of offices (all in SC), and I'll be in the Columbia office, which is great because I get to stay in the house (with the added benefit of paying the mortgage - woohoo!). Cat is excited about being in Columbia long-term, so now we just have to get her a job (she'll be completing her MBA in May - and while it's not the best time to be looking for a job with a law firm, there couldn't be many worse times to try looking for jobs as an MBA - yikes). 

Oh, as far as pre-pre-preliminary information, the wedding will be in Charleston (where Cat is from) sometime between Feb. 13 and May 1, 2010. Yep, that's a lot of time for wedding planning, but I didn't sign up for this thinking that I was going to be the boss. So save up some airfare and get excited about coming to South Carolina while either 1) those of you in the north and midwest will do anything to see springtime 6-8 weeks earlier or 2) you'll be able to go for a swim in the Atlantic, if you haven't done that in a while. 

So whoever is responsible and can spearhead the effort, and whoever else is interested, we need to book rooms for Sam's wedding, because it would be really sweet to get our own "Casita", or Chalet for you francophiles. That would just give us a ton or room to party without leaving the grounds - a lot of kitchen/den area. Who is interested? As far as John's wedding, looks like I'll be driving (too much a hassle to drive, then fly, then drive), so I'm just hoping that I'll have the company of Cat and/or Anthony and Hannah - though none of them know where they will be or what they will be doing in June. I need to look into tickets to Sarah and Tim's wedding - that'll probably be my ND trip for the year, and it'll be nice to show Cat our beloved Mater. 

Well, I hope everybody's doing well, and look forward to seeing y'all this summer!

Pat