I had a pretty good weekend. Got quite a bit accomplished with respect to the wedding stuff, even though I was not feeling well for a couple of days.
We decided on the rest of the reception music. So, for the “planned” dances, we’re doing “When I see you smile” for the first dance, “Thank you for loving me” for the mother/son and father/daughter dance, “stand by me” as the wedding party dance, “girls just wanna have fun” as the boquet toss, and the mission impossible theme for the garter toss. We listened to a lot of songs, and these are our favorites. So, we sent this off to the dj and will set up a meeting with them in the next few weeks. We also have to provide a list of any songs that we definitely want played during the dance. I have a running list going. Anybody have any songs they would like played during the dance?
We also booked our flights for the honeymoon, so we’re all set! We leave Toronto at 9:30am on Wednesday, September 12, so we would need to be at the airport at around 6:30am or 7:00am. So, if we were driving that morning, we would need to leave our house around 5:00am. The other option is to stay in one of the airport hotels the night before, some of them offer free parking for up to 2 weeks when you stay there. It would be about the same price as if we were to drive up that morning and do the park n fly for 12 days. I guess I’ll have to think about which I would prefer. We get back to Toronto on Sunday, September 23 around 7:30pm, which means we’ll be home around 10pm, so that’s nice, not too late. I have the following day off work too just to get back into the swing of things and have a day at home before I start back at work.
CT and I picked up our wedding bands on Saturday and they are gorgeous! We both love them! I can’t wait until I can wear mine. Of course, I tried it on a couple of times, and I think it looks really good with my engagement ring.
We also booked the back room at Kelsey’s for our rehearsal dinner. It’s a bit of a drive from the church, but not too bad, not more than 15 minutes.
We have our second appointment with the pastor booked for Thursday, May 24th.
Things are coming along well in terms of my May tasks!
On Thursday, I will have been at my job for 3 years. Hard to believe it’s been that long! If I had my act together a few years ago and submitted my pre-grad experience to PEO, I could have applied for my P.Eng. this month. But, since I haven’t submitted any of my pre-grad experience, I don’t really think I can at this point since it was from 2002 and 2003. I can submit my last co-op term though since it was for my current place of employment. And if I have some free time (ya right!) in the next few weeks, I may see about submitting my 5th co-op term as well. They may say it’s been too long, but they may still fill out the form, who knows. If that’s the case, then I could apply for my P.Eng. at the end of the summer.
I really have to decide about whether I am taking CT’s last name for work and social life, or just social life and keep my last name for work. I’m thinking I’ll take his last name for everything, that’s just a hard adjustment because I’ve had my last name my whole life and I really like it. Not that there’s anything wrong with CT’s last name, I just like mine better. It’s shorter and easier to pronounce. But, I think there’s something very bonding about once we’re married, we have the same last name. And then once we have kids, our family will all have the same last name. In terms of work, I guess it’s no big deal to change my name, and I guess in some ways it’s better if I wait until after the wedding to apply for my P.Eng. because then I can get my stamp in my married name. What do you girls think? Will you change your name when you get married? I always thought this would be an easy one for me. I thought my answer would be “yes” without hesitation. It’s just a little difficult since I’ve had my last name my whole life and it’s part of who I am. I guess it just takes a little adjustment.
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I plan on keeping my name because of doing my masters, I will have 4 publications with the last name Jones, and I don't want to change it for name recognition purposed. My Cousin's wife is a Dr. in Hamilton and she kept her maiden name because of her practice and name recognition, but all of her kids (4 of them!) have her last name as there second middle name.
As for P.Eng experience, I think we can count 1 year undergrad (you are supposed to submit this experience when you join the PEO, not sure if you submit right when you start your EIT or if you wait until the licence stage. I'm not doing the EIT program since my company won't pay for it. I will also be able to count 1 year of my masters degree.
The PEO website says that pregraduation experience should be attached when you apply for the PEO, so you might be out of luck.
I think it's totally up to you. No help, I know.
I haven't decided what I'm going to do when and if that day comes. I guess it depends on the guy's last name. Forgetful Guy that I am chatting with currently, has the last name "Smith". I kid you not. I would keep my own name in that case. Geez.
But my kids would have their father's last name. :)
So, yeah, no help am I? I'm not a fan of hyphenating last names. It's too much for me personally. But you have to decide what is right for you.
I changed my name and would have done so even if I had already achieved my PEng status - it isn't difficult to do a name change with APEGGA... not sure how user-friendly PEO is though. There just wasn't any question about it for me personally.
Thanks ladies. I guess I have to give this some thought. I am leaning towards changing my name, I just have a bit of a hard time letting go of my current name, since I love it so much.
Mrs. JB, when you changed your name, was it a real hasstle? Or was it as simple as sending copies of your marriage certificate to your banks, insurance, etc? What about passport? Did you have to apply for a new one or is it possible to have your name changed on your current passport?
The first step is the easiest. You take your marriage lisence to a registry agency and get a new drivers lisence in the new name. From there, most places just needed to take a photocopy of the new drivers lisence while some wanted that plus a copy of the marriage lisence.
I haven't gotten a new pasport yet. As you will be getting married in Canada, you have the option of using your current passport and providing your marriage lisence as proof of your name change if you need to use the passport if/when you change your name. I would just apply for a new passport if I were you - that is on my to-do list, as I don't have the option of using my current passport if I go to the US, as I got married in Cuba.
That was long... hopefully provided some useful information.
Thanks for the info, Mrs. JB. That doesn't sound too bad. I think the drivers license is the first thing I'll change and then I'll just go from there.
When we booked the honeymoon, I made sure to book it in my current name since that's the name my passport has on it. So, I will do the name change once we get back from the honeymoon.
I really want to change my name, it's just a little strange to think of myself with a different name. I'll get used to it, I'm sure.
If I marry Peter, I plan to take his last name. I like the idea of having the family all having one last name. I do think it would be hard to change my signature though.
Congrats on your 3 yr anniversary. I can't believe it has been 3 years since we graduated. Crazy!
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