Pre-Cana and Ring Resizing

I dropped off my ring at Kay's about two and a half weeks ago, and I am just now getting it back. They did a terrible job the first time around resizing it, and I nearly broke down into tears. I insisted that they send it back, add more gold, and get the misshapen-ness of it OUT. Well, I'm happy to say that I have it back and everything is well. My fingers are a little small from the persistent cold of winter, but I don't feel like having to size from a 3 3/4 to a 4 every equinox, so I'll just live with it being slightly larger than I would like during winter. At least it doesn't slip off my finger anymore.

Yesterday, Matt and I met with Fr. Rick from campus ministries after my last class. He's a really nice guy, and was excited to prepare us, even though we're getting married back at CGS. He outlined the Pre-Cana process: First, we take a test known as FOCCUS which asks us a variety of questions about the other person and/or our views on things, and we discuss what we didn't answer the same way. Then, after we get back from Angers (assuming we go, that is) we have the choice of a weekend Pre-Cana retreat or a series of Pre-Cana meetings over a few weeks that the Diocese of Austin mandates. I'm cool either way, but the retreat costs $$ so, we'll probably go the more inconvenient but cheaper route. The upside is that this program is approved by Twogether in Texas and it waives the $60 state fee for a marriage license and the 3 day waiting period. Still, the certificate is only valid for a year, so getting it out of the way now means we'd have to repeat it later. Marriage licenses are only valid for 30 days, so we'd have to wait until we graduate to get our license at the county clerk or wherever.

Still, I have more information and that is how I like to be. Hate being in the dark, must know what is going on.

Now if only that program in Angers would get enough people so we could go!