Wedding Stress

August 2008 - Oh Liv, how we've changed!

I have been inspired, by an extraordinary woman, to write about life.  Olivia is one of the most brave, strong, and loving person I have ever met.  If you have the time, read her blog, #cancersucks.  We went to dinner for one of our sorority sister's birthdays and she made the comment about my lack of blogging, whoops! She told me to write about my personal life more rather than cooking! Who'da thunk it? So here it goes.

The past four days have been so unbelievably and incredibly stressful.  Aside from worrying about things like where Caleb is going to work or what Optometry schools I will get in to, we have this HUGE party to plan... our wedding!  I have been planning this day for the past 13 months, but like every other girl, it really has been my entire life!  I have an array of motions running through my mind at all hours of the day.  I'm stressed, pumped, nervous, excited, and about 100 others!  Now, I'm not nervous about the marriage part.... it's more the perfectionist in me that wants everything to go smoothly.  I have planned everything down to the T that my hopes are that on August 4 I will have to do nothing but worry about looking pretty :).

So what is there to stress about when planning for the big day? Especially two weeks before? EVERYTHING.  I almost completely changed the menu on Monday, I did change the timeline of the reception on Tuesday, and I spent yesterday calling places in Chattanooga to book things like waxing, ring cleaning and sauntering together, picking up tuxes, getting my eyebrows done, getting a MASSAGE! There, I said it, I'm doing something for me to not think about the wedding for one hour next week! Not to mention that I have changed my mind about what to get Caleb about every day the past 395 days... and now I just have no clue.

Don't get me wrong, I'm surrounded by amazing people helping me, my parents (mostly helping me not to stress...) his parents, Caleb, Kristian... the list goes on.  But man oh man, who knew it was going to be this much work! It's like having another job all together!  I don't know if it's nerves or what, but I have not been eating much this week! I'm just never hungry! Now, if you know me... you know that I AM ALWAYS hungry! Caleb said that its just being in my head too much and my mind is thinking about too many other things to worry about eating.  Don't worry though, I'm not turning anorexic or anything, I'm just down from 6 meals/snacks a day to 4... But it is less than usual! But seriously, stop worrying, I'm eating a banana as we speak! Just because I'm not hungry, doesn't  mean I'm not eating :). 

Another thing to stress about? Not stressing too much that I cause zits! Talk about running around in circles, stressing about stress? Yep, that's me.  Over and out because I'm getting married in 9 days!!!