I picked up my pre-ordered Twilight dvd on Saturday. I've already watched it twice and I'm about to watch it again in a little bit. haha. And Keenan got me all this memorabilia, like film clips and pictures...he even spotted a magazine with R.Patz & Kristen Stewart on the cover, so he got that for me too. Last night he apologized to me for not being Edward. haha What a man to put up with my sick, sick obsession. <3

Keenan and I are going to visit the wedding venue next week and I'm kind of getting excited. We are going to do another rough guest list this week and figure out a budget. And you never know...we may have a date set my next week. It's nice b/c his parents are going to help us put down 25% of the venue cost to lock in our date. I'll keep you updated!

Can I just go get married at the courthouse and have a big after-party at my parents house?!

...ha. Just kidding. I was just looking at the venue we are going to visit in a couple weeks. They have great packages that take a lot of the stress OFF of me, which me likey a lot! And I'm looking at centerpiece ideas right now. I want something pretty, but different than what I've seen before. There are a lot of people getting married this year, and I just want ours to stand out. But most importantly, I want people leaving and saying "That was TOTALLY Tricia & Keenan." :)

SO Kee always hated the brown & green colors I chose for our wedding. He said everyone would look like shit...literally. So after going through what seemed to be endless amounts of color palettes, we finally agreed on something. Aqua/Turquoise/Tiffany Blue, Green, & White. And my mom loves the combo too! (She was also on the "what the hell are you thinking with brown" team). So yes we have that done. And I found a really cool cake idea. I will post pics of my ideas next week. And we are meeting with the event planner for Wedgewood in a couple of weeks to see what we can work out.

Look at me go. I'm actually doing something for this wedding. yaaaaaay. (sarcastic yay. haha).

I'm going to go sit out by my pool now (I'm in Tracy). The weather is just too gorgeous to be sitting indoors.

As you can see, I got bangs. I already knew I was going to ditch the highlights and go one dark color. I just wanted something easy to maintain, especially since I don't know how busy I'll be during these next few months of orientation. So I'm sitting at the salon waiting for Jeannie to finish up with her client. I'm flipping through mags and see bangs all over the place! So I run it by Joc. She said do it. I call Kee. He says ask Jeannie and if she says yes, go for it. (He's known Jeannie for years, so he trusts her). Then I ask Jeannie. She said it would look cute. So as I'm sitting in the chair, I say "Let's do it!"

I'm pretty happy with the look. They took a little bit getting used to. Everyone says I look more Asian now. haha I just feel all saucy and diva-licious...well, more so than usual. Haha I just wanted to change it up a bit. Change is good. :)

The HR specialist from the VA just gave me call. "Hi Tricia...you got the RN position." (Duh, I already knew that haha) So she asked me if my VetPro was done. Yes. (see previous post) Asked if I had done a physical before (yes last year)

So she said she was going to check my security/background clearances again but I don't think I need to do those again since I did them like 3 times before already. So then she says that she's not exactly sure when I'll be starting, but we are shooting for an end-of-the-month start date! Soo happy about that! I can't wait to start working already!!

She's going to get back to me hopefully by the end of the day, so if I get an update I'll be sure to post something! :)

The nurse recruiter finally called me yesterday and got me going on the VetPro process. VetPro is the VA's online credentialing process to see your education and past experience and references, which it turns helps the boarding/determing your salary process. I'm just happy because my application isn't sitting in limbo anymore! VetPro will take 2-3 weeks to process, so I'm hoping for an April start date. Keep your fingers crossed for me!

Keenan's bday was last weekend so we planned a fun-filled Saturday. Him and I and one of our friend-couples are all on the same diet, so we all set our free day for Saturday. We started off at Mimi's Cafe for breakfast. OMG bacon was soo delish when you've been eating nothing but chicken breasts. haha. After we headed into SF to go to the Academy of Sciences. Check out my myspace for the pics. I really don't wanna go through the uploading process right now. But anyways that was fun. My favorite part was the aquarium. We got there too late for the Planetarium show and the albino alligator was on medical leave.

After we headed towards the Japanese Tea Garden. I love tea gardens and everything Japanese. Gorgeous! If I had unlimited amounts of cash, I would totally have our wedding in one.

Then we went to Pier 39, walked around, ATE...a LOT! Like I said it was my free day! :)

On Sunday Kee picked up his nephew and niece from Lodi. We all hadn't seen them in over a year. Loooong story which I know some of you know about so I'm not going to get into it. But anyways, it was a trip to see how much they've grown. His nephews voice is all deep and everything. It was definitely bittersweet...great to see them but sad to see how much we've all missed out. And now because of more drama, Kee doesn't know if he'll ever be able to see them again. He's definitely hurting and all I do is get mad.

Well tomorrow's my mom's bday and we're heading to Cache Creek! Hopefully I can hit the jackpot and not be worried about my financial status for a while! WISH ME LUCK!!

Oh and Saturday I'm getting my hair did. I'm thinking of coloring it all one color! *GASP!* We'll see. I want to be less high-maintenance b/c once I finally start working, I don't know how long it will be before I can pay Jeannie a visit. I'll post pics of what I decide to do!!

I get to see Kee's nephew and niece today! It's been soo soo long! I can't wait! :)