Et voilà: Miss Chevy Chase

Hi everyone! It’s time to introduce yet another new DC nearlywed.

A quick about-me: I am 27, grew up in Arlington, went to college in Boston, took time off to travel in South East Asia, China, Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji, then started a MD/PhD joint degree program at UNC-Chapel Hill. I’m 4 years into my program and have 4 to go (yikes!). I’m currently doing psychopharmacology research to get my PhD in pharmacology.  I speak French and love everything french; play on several soccer teams; and love food, wine, and travel (especially to France).

My fiancé and I met in the fall of 2005 when we started medical school at UNC together.  Although we were in the same small social medicine class, neither of us had any interest in the other, and apparently he actually thought I was “kind of awful.”  By chance, in January 2006 we sat next to each other at a UNC men’s basketball game against Davidson, his alma mater.  Since we were rooting for different teams, we started a little friendly banter, chatted throughout the whole game, and arranged to attend the next game together.  He must have decided I wasn’t so bad after all, because within a week we were inseparable.

He proposed this past February, after three years together. We had picked out the diamond and chosen the setting together, so it wasn’t a surprise at all (I had figured out the exact day he was going to propose), but it was sweet. He bought me flowers (which our cats ate before he could give them to me) and made me dinner, importantly followed by Godiva chocolate cheesecake!

Our wedding will be May 22, 2010 at Woodend Sanctuary in Chevy Chase (hence the pseudonym).  That’s 348 days from now! We are planning the wedding with the help of my mom and sister/MOH/corporate event planner, both of whom are in the DC area.  Since we have plenty of time to pull it all together, it’s been fun … so far.  I’m sure the stress will come later!  To date, we’ve booked venue, caterer, photographer, and band. We’ve also met with a few florists. I found my dress in North Carolina, which will make fittings much easier than having them done in DC. And that’s as far as we’ve gotten. Up next is a wedding website and STDs. I’ve been teaching myself to use Adobe Illustrator so that I can design these. I had thought I’d be a very hands-off bride and would let my mom and sister take the reins, but that’s definitely not been the case.  Planning is much more fun that I had thought! I’ve become blog-obsessed (and I never read blogs before the engagement) so I’m happy to be able to start contributing to one!