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Hi all!

One of the things that I realized about, well, life, in the past month is that as things get difficult, its important to prioritize.  The project started as something I'm doing for me and its going to end that way.  So, when it came time to figure myself out and potentially miss days for the sake of getting an entry done the night before, I chose to get the extra sleep, do the school reading and then do my new thing.

I have a feeling that things will be mostly catch up entries for the next month because of how busy life is.  My primary focus is on completing the project, which I'm ever more certain I will do.  In the meantime, here are entries to let y'all know what I did over the course of the last couple weeks.

Day 270 - Get a Couple's Numerology Reading
Date: October 3rd, 2010
Justin and I decided to see what things the universe has in store for us.  For me, I wanted to see what the difference was between getting a reading myself and getting one as part of a couple.  While there was some overlap (she talked a bit about my numbers for his benefit and his numbers for my benefit), the discussion of compatibility was really interesting.  As for me telling you if we're compatible... well, I think I'll leave the surprise for the rest of y'all.

Day 271 - Redact a Document
Date: October 4th, 2010
Working at Legal Services gave me the opportunity to work on some incredibly interesting cases.  As a result, I wrote briefs and memos for those cases and found myself looking at things that would make great writing samples for later jobs and opportunities.  Unfortunately, there are a bunch of details in those briefs and memos that violate that whole... confidentiality... thing.  So I sat down and took what was actually a shockingly long amount of time to redact the documents.

Day 272 - Help Someone Move
Date: October 5th, 2010
I've moved a lot and I've gotten a lot of help doing so.  I have not been on the other side of the equation until recently.  Justin and I decided to move in together a bit later in the year, but we went ahead and took some of his stuff out of his place and brought it over to mine.  I didn't realize how difficult it was to help someone else move.  I spent most of the time looking around and wondering what I could be helping with.  Until I got instructions, it was really impossible to tell what needed to be done.

Day 273 - MacGiver Something
Date: October 6th, 2010
I came to the distinct realization that I needed measuring tape and didn't have any.  So I took a piece paper and folded it into eight sections (seeing as it is eight inches across and all) and then I marked the folds.  Then I took a piece of string, placed it on the paper and marked off the inches on it.  Voila, measuring tape.  That's about the time I realized that my solution not being "go to the store and buy some" was an utterly new experience for me.  Huzzah!

Day 274 - Convince Someone to Try a New Look
Date: October 7th, 2010
This one was pretty straightforward.  I was excited at how much my opinion counted.  It was a lovely day.

Day 275 - Cook Dinner for my Parents at my House
Date: October 8th, 2010
Justin and I decided it was time for our parents to meet each other so we set up a nice dinner at my place to introduce them to each other.  We spent the whole afternoon cleaning and cooking so we could serve an awesomely delicious dinner.  I'm officially calling the night a success.  It was especially nice to feel like I was able to host a night for my parents instead of continually mooching from them.

Day 276 - Watch a GameCast on an iPad
Date: October 9th, 2010
Since football season started, Justin and I have watched every game together.  We have either gone over to his dad's house, gone to a bar or stayed at my place.  But this weekend, we were on the road down to Indiana.  So we used mobile internet to watch the GameCast on my iPad.  Its similar to the MacGiver-ing I did earlier in the week, but a lot more high tech. 

Day 277 - Go to a Country Wedding
Date: October 10th, 2010
This year, I've been to four weddings.  Justin and I went to his friend Sarah's wedding in May and then we were both in our friends Ben and Lisa's wedding in August.  After that was my friend Nick's wedding, which we drove out to Grand Rapids for.  Last, but certainly not least, was Kyleigh and Matt's wedding in Indiana.  They had a beautiful fall ceremony on 10-10-10 out on a farm.  The crunch of the leaves, the gorgeous flower and table arrangements, the rolling hills of the farm - they all created a lovely ambiance.  But the most wonderful part was the look of joy on the faces of the bride and groom.  It was delightful.

Another catch up entry to follow.  As soon as I get time.  And in the meantime, I'm counting down the days until I've finished this amazing project.