People keep telling me to slow down, that it'll all come together, that 6 months is plenty of time and I don't have to have the wedding planned by Christmas. The truth is, though, that I kind of do.
Next semester I start a 600-hour internship. That's 40+ hours split between the high school and the elementary school, complemented by hours of lesson planning outside of school. Oh, and then there's that whole find-a-job deal. And did I mention comps? And the NCE? There's always that drive to-and-from Tuscaloosa once a week, too, where I have 4-hours of unlimited think time... just four more hours that I can think about what needs to get done but won't be able to do any of it.
Wedding season is always crazy, and that's exactly why we wanted to get married a little before traditional wedding season hits on June 1. Any time we entertained the thought of marriage, we talked about the last weekend in May. People would be out of school, we'd be back in time for our friends weddings... Family complications, alas, had us change the date. At that point, I should've known how stressful this whole scenario was going to be. Our options were to knock it back a week and schedule on top of another Guntersville wedding, or knock it forward a month as to avoid three other Guntersville weddings. Like I said, we've always wanted to avoid the wedding rush of June/July (and the oppressive heat), so May 19 it is. So after the initial stress of changing the date we had our hearts set on, then comes the stress of trying to plan a rather large wedding in a rather small town already hosting a rather large wedding. Even outside of Guntersville, there's a string of vendors who have, one by one, said they were already booked. Through July.
I've never wanted to be engaged for much longer than 6 months. To me, that's getting engaged for the sake of being engaged, and having my status on Facebook change from "In a Relationship" to "Engaged" was just not that important. I wanted to get engaged to get married, not to "take it to the next level." As it turns out though, you need to be engaged for a year just to book vendors.
At last, though, it seems that the pieces are falling into place. The caterer is chosen, the reception band is booked, the photog has been in touch, bridesmaids dresses are picked, cake testing led to cake choosing (and hopefully will lead to more cake tasting), wedding dress shopping is booked, the bachelorette weekend is in the works, and the honeymoon is booked and official.
Now, the task at hand is to find a reception venue large enough for the cities of Guntersville and Sheffield to collide without alarming the fire marshal. Our guest list seems to be in excess of 60 billion, with a new person every day saying, "Tell me the date so I can put it on the calendar!" Errr... 60 billion and one. And the truth is, I love it. I love the idea of spending the biggest day of my life with people that care enough to care when my wedding is. I've just got to find a place that can hold everybody.... and start the prayer vigil to hold off the rain immediately (join me in that, would you?).
So that's today's mission: reception site. Well, that and manicures and pedicures with my recently-engaged bestie, Erica. I can't help feeling like a proud mama when it comes to Erica and Dee since I introduced them once upon a time. And this engaged business is an awfully good reason to keep the hands in manicures... and I would just feel mean leaving my feet out. And come on, I've been under a lot of stress lately...
Hey, I don't have to explain myself to you. I'm getting a manicure AND a pedicure, and that's that.
xoxo-- Bridezilla
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