Leslie just posed this Question of the Week on her blog (Side note: I'm very happy to see the Question of the Week return!):
If you unexpectedly found out that you had tomorrow off of work to do whatever you wanted, how would you spend your day?Oh, if only this were a reality! I started writing a long, winded answer, but then thought it might be better to write my long, winded answer on my own blog, and give the Reader's Digest version on hers.
Short Answer: I would be productive and get lots of last minute wedding projects wrapped up.
Long Answer: I could SO use an unexpected day off of work! Isn't it funny how the longer you have to plan something, the more you put off until the last minute? We have been planning this day for 14 months. It has felt like an eternity away, but now that we are literally only weeks away, I suddenly have a million things on my plate. My vision for the details of the day is becoming more and more clear, which means more projects are being started (and hopefully finished!). Perhaps I work best under pressure. Or maybe I don't get great ideas until the final hour. Any way you look at it, the list of things that need to be finished, crafted, arranged, planned, organized, toned, tightened, prettied, etc...is growing as the days leading up to THE day are dwindling.
There are certain things that are out of my control so I have to be patient and trust that they will get done when they get done. Like trusting that our priest has not, in fact, forgotten about us and is just too busy to meet with us for the time being. I'm hoping this will change now that the holidays are over. An MIA priest does not help my anxiety/high blood pressure. So hopefully he gets in touch with us soon. Not being able to meet with our priest means we can't finalize readings, ceremony order, etc...which means our wedding programs are on hold for now. But hey, nothing a last minute trip to Kinko's can't fix, right? They're open for 24 hours for a reason!
And really, it doesn't matter that I may be up late working on projects, because I just don't sleep well anymore, anyway. My mind races non-stop, all night. What I wouldn't give to have an off switch for my brain. But then again, some of my best ideas come in the wee hours of the morning, when I should be sound asleep. So maybe that's something. I feel like a zombie some days. But even as tired as I am, I haven't had a restful night's sleep in so long. Thank goodness we're taking a honeymoon. We're going to need some time to unwind and remember what it feels like to have time to relax!!
Then there are the details. This is where Will and I drastically differ in opinions about being "ready" for our wedding. He thinks that if we can check off the following items, then we're bound to have fun and we're all set:
- Ceremony venue (check)
- Transportation (check)
- Awesome reception venue (check)
- Open Bar (check)
- Music (check)
- Food (semi-check...still need to finalize the menu. Again, anxiety/HBP for me.)
Perfect example:
Will is sick right now, so he has been cooped up in bed for the past 48 hours. But with only 20-some days until the wedding, the show must go on, so I ditched him (I know, what a bad wife I'll be to leave my husband when he's dying in bed to go to Hobby Lobby) and enlisted the help of Cari and Curtis to work on a couple projects with me. We started what I thought would be a 2 hour project yesterday afternoon. Several more hours later, I left Cari's house with zero projects in hand, and a couple homework assignments for them to continue working on in their wedding-confiscated garage. What a nice sister-in-law I am. I don't want to give away too much...but if any of these projects turn out and are used at the reception...they look FAR simpler than they actually are to craft! So be impressed!!
Having said (read: complained about) all that, I am getting so excited for the big day that I have difficulty focusing on anything else. It is going to be such a fun day, and I am so looking forward to having all our family in friends here in Nashville to celebrate! One of our favorite things to do the past several weeks has been to check the mail for RSVPs. It's pretty amazing to us to see how many people are coming from literally all over the world to celebrate with us. Makes you feel pretty special. And although I am NOT looking forward to being the center of attention (I get sweaty just thinking about people watching me walk down the aisle), I am very much looking forward to becoming Mrs. Mason.
Happy New Year!!
