My Epiphany of the Week

I just wanted to post one more time before the week of craziness starts and share my thoughts on this whole "love" thing :)

This time next week, I will be getting ready to marry the love of my life. I never ever thought that I would want to get married, especially at such a young age! I guess I do believe in fate though- there are just so many factors that had to be perfect in order for this day to be possible for E and me.

I guess what I am trying to say is that I absolutely, 100% believe that we were meant to be together and that God is the reason that I have found so much happiness. I have always believed in Him and I know now that nothing in my life would be the way it is is without His intervention. I am very thankful for everything that has happened and that will be happening in the very near future :)

I probably won't be posting until after we get back from our honeymoon, so I hope everyone has a great week and I'm looking forward to posting as an old married person!

Wow! I Own a Lot of Junk!

So today I am dedicating myself to finally finishing the packing that I started last week. Friday is the big move in day for me, so I think it might be best if the things that are supposed to be moved were actually IN boxes rather than scattered around my parents' house like they are now(I know the people who are helping me move will appreciate this). :)

I actually don't mind packing because it means that I am going somewhere and I am that much closer to living with my soon-to-be husband. It's the sorting out part that I'm not so fond of. I am a notorious pack rat and it's hard for me to get rid of things that have or had an emotional attachment for me. HOWEVER, this week I have realized that since we are combining two lives in a matter of a few days, I absolutely CAN NOT move all of the crap that I've accumulated over the past 24 years.

I am now proud to say that I have filled not one, not two, but FIVE boxes full of things to either be donated or sold at a garage sale. I have also thrown away almost three trash bags of things that I (at some point) had some connection with, but I've had them for so long that I don't remember what the connection was!

I think I've finally broken the pack rat curse!

Patience is a Virtue

I never realized just how stressful these last two weeks of May were going to be. E and I are now only TWO WEEKS  away from our wedding, I am meeting with my new manager this coming Monday to talk about my transferring to a new store, I am trying to get everything packed and ready to move by next Friday, and there's that pesky final that I should be studying for, but have not yet begun to do so. Phew!

I have never and will never be mistaken for a patient person. I am the girl who expects a response to my text message within 2-3 minutes of me sending it. I hate waiting in lines, I absolutely can not stand waiting for people at restaurants, and I want to kill whoever coined the term "fashionably late".

However, I feel as if I am getting better at this whole patience thing... mostly because I have been forced to. Things do not always get taken care of right away in the world of wedding planning. I have been trying not to get too stressed out over the tiny details of every single aspect of the wedding, mostly because I am not usually so OCD and I don't like that I have become this way. I like to be laid back, but only as long as things are getting done. I know, I contradict myself. I can't help it.

So now I have decided that this is the weekend of taking it easy... partially because I have an upper respiratory infection (for which I blame this dang wedding) and partially because I need to relax and not be such a crazy person for a few days. Ahhhhhhhhh. It does feel better already! :)

Wedding Planning... It's Almost Over!

So I have been a complete blogging slacker lately... with everything that's been going on I basically just forgot about this thing!  However, I am making a new resolution to pick back up my blogging schedule and be a better updater :)

I am now 20 days away from our wedding! It seems so crazy to think that E and I have been engaged for nearly a full year and we are about to be husband and wife in less than three weeks! We have been talking about this day and planning it for what seems like FOREVER so I must say that I am anxious for it to be here so we can relax and celebrate and get on with our lives.

It seems like the check list keeps growing though. I finally get to check one thing off (like, hiring a  hair stylist for the big day) but then I get to add 3 or 4 new things to the list (like, figuring out how I want to do my hair, setting up a trial appointment, and letting all the bridesmaids know the day-of plan). I am not the most organized person in the world, but I have been trying to keep on top of all things wedding related so that the stress is at a minimum level. E has been wonderful the past few weeks with everything... he continuously asks me if there is anything he can do off the list, has been helping me set up appointments with the various vendors, and even voluntarily put away ALL of the shower gifts that we recently received. I definitely picked a good guy to marry :) I just keep telling myself that all of the work and stress and driving time will be worth it on June 4th when we finally get to say "I Do"