I decided to start this blog to document this time in my life which is NUTS! I am currently working full-time at BAMC (Brooke Army Medical Center) as a certified surgical tech, going to school full-time for Nursing and now trying to plan a wedding for March 2009!
(note to the reader)****Its been about 2 months since I've started this entry! Sad, huh? I've been so busy with work, school, and planning our crazy wedding! So I thought that I'd finally get this blog up and running***
My employer has FINALLY granted me my wish of dropping one day of work...but stay at a full time 36 hour...yep, which means that I'm working 9 hours a day for 4 days and have one day off a week. Whew...boy did I need that one extra day off....especially to do laundry...what a sad day when my laundry bin floweth over!
This is the second 8 weeks of school and boy am I brain dead. There was actually one point where I had to talk to my doctor about what I need to do to concentrate more...I honestly felt like I recently got ADD! I can't concentrate at work or school and I'm finding that my memory is starting to slide downhill....well come to find out...I'm too stressed out (surprise surprise) and so the lack of memory is not because i"m getting older, just that I have too much on my plate. So needless to say, I am trying to take one day at a time and take the time to actually breath and take things slowly, well at least for 5 minutes and then I'm back to running!
So the past couple of weeks have been running around to different wedding appointments...venues, flowers, caterers, etc...I never realized how much crap goes into a wedding. Also, how commercialized it is. Its nuts! So I've decided that we're not gonna have flower centerpieces, but edible ones...granny smith apples to be exact! The guest can look and then eat! The next couple of weeks I need to get off my booty and get out the invitations! We finally have our venue...but we're still waiting for the stupid caterers to give us a price and a menu option so I can send out the invitations and the guests can choose chicken or beef. So tick tock tick tock....always waiting for someone else.
Daniel and I decided to hire a planner...who works for 10% of our planned budget....but daniel is getting more and more upset with her because I'm finding the better deals. I've been setting up the appointments...shouldn't she be doing all this crap? So we're on the teeter totter right now whether or not we should just ditch her and complete this ourselves. Time will tell...if she keeps slacking, we're gonna hafta let her go! Today daniel made the comment that I should become a wedding planner because I find the less expensive deals.....always there to save money somewhere! Besides I don't see the reasoning behind putting my parents or ourselves in debt for a joyous occasion!
Well I"m off to get some studying in and then off to bed. Gotta work again tomorrow and then another florist appointment afterwards. Who would of known it costs so much for a bunch of flowers with ribbons on it. I'll be sure to update my appointment experience tomorrow evening and let you know the damage! Good night and I finally finished my first blog! Yippee for me!
3 comments:
Planning your own wedding is fun but exhausting and it's all the goofy little things that will bog you down. Good luck with it, I'm sure it will be a beautiful event for the both of you.
Hey girlie,
Hope you are able to find some time for yourself! Try and do something relaxing on your day off (even if it's just doing a facial or pedicure on yourself), it will help energize you for the rest of the week. That's what I do when I'm feeling a little overwhelmed with the girls. You have a lot on your plate, but you can do it!
Hey girl...I am so happy for your engagement. I wish the best for both of you. I hope that I would be able to come to the wedding and get an invite. You can talk to your dad and get my number.Miss ya and relax...u are awesome in everything you do! Love ya EJ
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