Today has just been a mess. There has been so much drama it seems. My mom's friend and old co-worker was murdered last night... the #1 suspect is her husband, and the worst part is she was STABBED to death. Mostly on her knees, as she was clearly balled up trying to protect herself. That was the first news of the morning and it's hard to shake that.
Tomorrow we have a meeting with our 'coordinator' at Glendalough. Someone pointed out that it's actually called our "60 day meeting" and therefore we have 60 days left. I nearly hyperventilated. So tomorrow I have to hand in two work sheets... one with all of the things checked off that we want to do -- cake cutting/garter toss/ first dance, etc. etc. etc. Easy enough. Then we have to hand in our music sheet, so Ben and I have been trying to pick out our last minute music things and that's been a PITA.
Mom is determined to have my invitations mailed tomorrow and apparently I don't have any say in this. I haven't even given her MY guest list, but everything else is addressed and ready to go. I had a major bridezilla moment because she was putting friggin' liberty bell regular stamps on the RSVP cards and I was (well I'm still not) happy about this... but whatever, too late now. I know it's just a stamp, but lately it feels like I'm "caving" on all these little things that really add up.
My cousin just got engaged today -- they're getting married in Sept or October and she asked me to be her Matron of Honor. Super nice, totally excited, but don't have time to think about that just yet.
I shouldn't have signed up for school this semester. I'll be glad I did... but I have 8 tests for PE that are online that I have to take within the next 4 weeks and I have a paper due Thursday I haven't started on, plus I need to talk to my professor about what MY itenerary includes since I'll be missing the last month of the semester for the wedding.
Oh we picked out tuxes today too. The guys need to have measurements and $ in by the end of the week. *bangs head against wall* Someone remind me to make sure Ben has called them tomorrow, PLEASE. On the up side, Ben's tux was free since we're ordering enough.
What else? Hmm. Still working on registry stuff. I didn't update yesterday, I don't think. But yeah we registered ALL DAY yesterday. I don't feel like posting about that now, but I still need to go online and browse through that, especially before people get the invitations. SO MUCH TO DO!
The last few nights I have been waking up multiple times in the night ready to jump up to go work on some wedding something. Ben says I am kind of turning into a crazy person in just the last week. I was thinking it was my period, but it hasn't gone away... the mood swings have gotten better but the wedding stress has gotten worse. I hope this simmers down. I need another vacation. Forks, anyone? :)
Tomorrow we have our 60 day meeting from 9-4:30... I don't even know what we'll be doing so I have no idea how it could possibly last that long! I feel so unprepared! THEN, I have PE from 5-6:15 and that's like a 45 minute drive both ways. I have two free tickets to a screening of a movie that doesn't come out until March 20th, but we can pre-screen it for free at 7:30. I don't see any way I can do all of that... I'm thinking of skipping on PE, but I can only miss two & I already missed one when we got trapped in Seattle. Plus I WANT the exercise. I'm just gonna play it by ear tomorrow, but it's gonna be a long day I think.
Oh I need to do something about shoes. I HAVE to have my dress altered. I was there today and they wanted me to set up a time, but I can't b/c I don't friggin' have shoes. I told my mom to just order the $50 ones. I don't know if she did, I should ask tomorrow. I had planned on getting my good shoes once I found out what my tax return would be, but all those documents are at my mom's house and I keep forgeting to grab them. I guess if she hasn't ordered the $50 shoes then maybe tomorrow I'll have time. Besides, we just saved like $120 by getting Ben's tux free so that makes my shoes only like $65 to me, right? Riiiight?! haha
I miss my dad. I was just listening to the song I'd picked for me and my step-dad to dance to... (Heartland's I loved her First) and it makes me freaking BAWL and it's probably a bad idea. But it's just SUCH a sweet song. Any song I dance to for a father/daughter dance is gonna make me cry, so might as well put on some waterproof mascara and go out with a bang. Sitting here crying while that song played on youtube is what reminded me to 'take a break' and blog... but I guess crying isn't getting wedding stuff accomplished now, is it?
... weigh in day is tomorrow! Weight Less! WAYYYY LESS! haha, I'm lame.
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Ok I think Forks, or any trip is in order.. you might need it to even recover after the wedding so let me know! I'll fly or drive anywhere
ReplyDeleteI hate that your dad wont be there. Mine wasnt, because I didnt want him to be, but I still missed having the father/daughter moment that I think most little girls think about when they are younger, and plan for when they are older. I really do hate that pain for you and that its something you have to experience
How are you taking care of you in all this.. and how did you eat today?
You definitely deserve another break. I am very sorry that your Dad can't be there for you Shannon. Did you give any thought to my idea of you and Ben putting an invite in a helium balloon and letting it go up to "Heaven" to invite your dad? I threw an invitation into the river where my grandparents ashes were spread and it just started pouring rain like whoa and to me, it just seemed like a "sign" that they got it. {hugss}
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