Wedding Distractions

Distractions are easy for me. I find that it's hard to foc...ooh look! Squirrel! Isn't he so cute?! His fuzzy little tail and cute little paws!...I'm sorry, what were we talking about? Pizza? The stock market...oh yeah! Wedding stress!

Yeah, that's me. :-)

So when I decided to take on planning our entire wedding, I was feeling a bit too ambitious. Fast forward a few months, a state of sleep deprivation, and much less hair on my head, I'd decided paying the few thousand dollars to have someone set up, clean up, coordinate, and alleviate eighty percent of the stress I was feeling was a great idea. Not only has it saved me countless hours of my mind reeling with all the things I still needed to do, but it's also making it possible for me to enjoy the most important day of my life. Instead of stressing about getting decorations up in time, then stressing about making sure they are taken down before the next morning, I can focus on sleeping in, making myself beautiful, having a good lunch, enjoy the party, and going home and crashing. I cannot stress (pun intended) how awesome that's going to be!

However, even though I've alleviated most of my stress, there are still many things I have to do on my own. Dress fittings, attendants gifts, welcome baskets, tux rentals...the list seems to never end. Not only has our wedding consumed our free time, it's also dipped into the time I allot for creating my handmade cards, tags, and original photographs. I love my crafting, and it's been frustrating not having time for my usual stress outlet. So, as you can imagine, I am looking forward to the next three weeks rushing by so I can get to the fun parts of being married and we can get some free time back in our lives. I know my fiancee would love a day of doing nothing but lounging around watching TV and eating popcorn and junk food. And I wouldn't mind shutting myself away in my craft room for the day and create all the lovely cards I've been holding in my mind, waiting for the time when they can come to fruition. *sigh*

But, I must look on the bright side: I am marrying the love of my life, and our mothers get the once in a lifetime opportunity to watch their children marry someone they adore as much as their own child. It's wonderful when your families get along so excellent, and for this I am thankful.

I am also thankful that we are able to afford someone to take care of a lot of this wedding stress, allowing us to enjoy the day to its fullest. I know a lot of people who could never dream of a wedding like ours will be, or they have family members that will be absent (much like my grandmother and uncle will be <3 ). For my life, I am thankful.

So, ending on a positive note, as stressful as this whole wedding debacle is, in the end, it will all be worth it, and I will look back on the day with fond memories and be grateful for everything that led up to it.

 

~ Jen