Hi, remember me? My name is Raven and my partner Liz and I are getting married in less than 200 days. We’ve got the caterer, the venue, the officiant and one of us has nailed down what to wear. We’re in the thick of it and now we get to do some of the creative and fun stuff like Save the Dates, picking out our ceremonial music, and registering. But somehow these things have remained in place on our to-do lists for weeks on end.
There have been some elements of our mundane lives that have been capturing our attention both for good and bad. We went on a week’s vacation to Hawaii with Liz’s family which was glorious. But Liz is at the end of yet another semester of grad school, applying for her second practicum, TAing a first year class and writing a term paper. And my workplace has turned into a tense environment — many of us may soon be let go. Sometimes it’s hard to set aside these day to day circumstances and gaze into the hazy, romantic future that is our wedding day.
Therefore we are setting aside (most of) next weekend and making it a Wedding Weekend in our house. We are nailing down our guest list, picking out our invitations and Save the Dates, traveling to San Jose so I can try on ivory tails at the fabulous Tuxedo Fashions, picking out songs and registering. I’m a little bit giddy at the thought and also relieved that we will have all of these milestones behind us in just one week.
I did find one detail of our wedding while window shopping downtown with a friend. We aren’t sure yet whether they will be our cake toppers, something we have on our couple’s table or something that we place near the guest book. But Liz calls me Birdie and I call her Bunny, so I couldn’t resist these cuties. They were cheap too! Just $2.50 each at Therapy (a store I adore, but never think of as bargain shopping).
Love the post, Raven! There so are those times when *nothing* is happening and yet things *need* to be happening. Enjoy enjoy enjoy the ‘Wedding Weekend’ and the bunny/rabbit are perfect!
I totally know this feeling, but I have this giant to do list that keeps making me feel guilty.
Thanks for the love and acceptance, Erica. And Ms. Sparrow, I’m so glad I’m not alone. But I think I just feel stressed instead of guilty. Anyway, this is the weekend and I was awake at 6:15am. Guess I’m raring to go, huh?