Monday, October 8, 2012

Feelings...nothing more than feelings

Today is 24 days to until the wedding.  There are still a lot of loose ends for me to tie up but as we get closer and closer I find that I'm not worried about the wedding at all.  We have an amazing wedding planner who has held our hands throughout this whole crazy process.  We're getting married in the beautiful place that we dreamed about and our kids and family will be with us.

 And the marriage itself?  Not a doubt in my mind.  These feet are toasty.  We've been living together for five years, including seven months of double unemployment and rather than wanting to kill each other, we came out the other side closer than ever.

For the wedding and the week of vacation itself, our family will be with us.  I think that's the source of most of my stress and tension.  We've never gone on vacation with all four of the kids before.  We've taken them to Disney two at a time and both of those trips had their issues.  Now we're taking them where they outnumber us and there's more pressure for the trip to be magical and happy.  The logistics of trying to work out spending our wedding night alone has been difficult but I think we have it all worked out except how we're getting the kids back to us from the family members we have watching them that night.

I am a little worried that despite shelling out for a DJ that it will be me and my sister dancing and no one else.  I want people to dance.  Can I force them?  Is that legit?  ;)  I worry that people won't like the food.  I'm fairly sure my dad will complain.  At this point though, all of that is out of my hands.

And there's the blog.  I had intended to use it to monitor my weight loss but that didn't really happen.  So what if I didn't lose 50 pounds leading up to this event?  You know what? This is who I am and while I'm not giving up, I am okay.  Happy even.  No matter how much I weigh, I get to marry my Prince Charming and live happily ever after.

I still have outstanding crafts to complete- including our cake topper.  I don't know why I am so nervous about it but I keep putting it off.  Now time is running out.  I have to finish our welcome bags and the kids goodie bags.  I have to pack all of our wedding stuff into a box to be dropped off at Franck's 3 days before the wedding.  I have to figure out how I'm getting the welcome bags to the various resorts.




3 comments:

  1. You're in the home stretch now! I'm so excited for you and can't wait to read your recap (you're gonna recap, right? right? :) )

    Don't worry about everyone else. You've already done everything you could on your end to make the wedding and the vacation special. Disney food is amazing and anyone that doesn't like it has problems with their taste buds (no offense). Just have fun and make happy memories! :)

    In regards to the DJ, see if you can ask him to speak up if he sees that the dance floor isn't getting used. Perhaps he's one of those interactive kind that will teach a dance or play a game? Even if it just ends up being you, have a great time! There were times when it was just me and my hubby dancing at our reception and we had a blast. We only get one wedding day so live it up! :)

    Good luck with the remaining "to-do's".

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  2. Of course, I'm gonna recap. In detail, at length, ad nauseum. ;)

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