I know I always seem to be saying this, but time sure does fly....and that goes for even when you are NOT having fun. Which has pretty much been my story for this past month.
I'm not sure how an entire month just slipped away but here I am at the tail end of February, staring out of my office window at the freezing drizzly crap that's falling from the grey sky and thinking that in less than 7 1/2 months, I'll be getting married. On the BEACH. Goodbye freezing drizzle - hello sand and sunny skies! I'm begging you Mother Nature - please, NO hurricanes.
There is still so much to do and now that I am in the thick of school, I feel panicked that all of the wedding stuff I know I have yet to iron out is just being sort of ignored - not deliberately - but just because I am a bad manager of time and am here blogging when I should be doing my research paper or looking for wedding invitations, or tackling a plethora of other stuff that is on my ever growing list of crap needing to be done.
If we're talking strictly about wedding stuff and you're Josh, you just say, "What stuff? Everything is taken care of and we don't need to do anymore".
If you're me, you say, "Utter bullshit."
Granted, some things are coming along.....for example the bridesmaid dress debacle has been resolved (do you believe in miracles?) and they are finally ordered and should be in sometime between June and August. I also got good news from Dawn at Salero that they are now providing a beach chair service for the wedding ceremony which is at least $100.00 cheaper than the quote I received from Grand Rental Station, so cheers of happy happy joy joy for that little unexpected bonus!
But of course with each bit of good fortune, there is a monkey wrench lurking around the corner just waiting to smack me in the face. Enter Bayberry Florist with their less than professional e-mail to me letting me know that they now have a family wedding on 10/9/10 and will no longer be able to do the flowers for our wedding. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck.
I suppose as God's twisted answers to my prayers, I recently received an e-mail from the other florist Josh and I met with over the summer, asking me if I have anyone to do my flowers yet. (Actually, no, but thanks for rubbing it in). The problem was that he was kind of a gigantic asshole when we met with him. I don't think he cared for my unhomofabulous Home Depot paint swatches as color inspiration and general lack of organization of any kind. Plus, I kept telling him that I wasn't crazy about pink and yellow flowers, yet he kept showing me pictures of - you guessed it - freaking pink and yellow flowers!!! Time for a cochlear implant there, buddy! To make a long story short - we just weren't feeling each other.
At the end of the day, he's not really who I wanted to work with, but I suppose beggar brides can't be choosy. Besides I decided I may drive myself even more crazy by DIYing my centerpieces, so I really only need him for beach arrangements and bouquets, boutineers and corsages. I found some great glass containers at TJ Maxx and now all I need to do is commit to those Manzanita branches I have been eyeing up online and it's centerpiece making and pulling out my hair on the agenda for October!
To top off the stress, Josh and I have committed to doing Weight Watchers online. Sheryl is ecstatic that I FINALLY saw the light here.....really, it was Josh's doing. Less than kind comments from my sister provoked it. Yes, she's my sister, and my matron of honor and I love her - but when it comes to criticizing , she can be Biotch of the Year. Trust me.
So, Josh signed me up on Saturday and he created a spread sheet for himself and we are counting points like good little WW drones.....(we are also hungry).
I have dropped 3 1/2 pounds since Saturday so who am I to complain?(Oh that's right - I'm me - complaining is what I do).
Right now I am hovering at 222.5 lbs......so that actually puts me a pound behind schedule if I am looking at my pound per week loss (dammit), but I think I can make up for it down the road. We've been working out too and Josh is a fantastic motivator. Overall, I feel very good about this and am trying to be realistic about my goal and be positive about this experience. I've been on WW for what seems like a million times, so I know the drill. I think once I get into a little bit more, I'll be able to forget about chocolate and just be happy with looser pants.
That's it for now - I really do need to get that research paper done so I can maybe do a little wedding research before class tonight. Until next time....(and really, who knows when that will be???)
