It's been almost a month since I posted, but it doesn't feel that long. Since then, Kevin and I spent an entire afternoon/evening stamping return addresses on envelopes and sticking on stamps for our Save The Date magnets, which went out in the mail today. WOO! It's official, we're getting married and we're telling a whole lot of people at once.
One benefit of finally sending out Save The Dates (it just sounds so wrong to call them STDs) is that everyone who will be invited more or less knows now. Another is that people can find our website! Yay! Which also means they'll see this blog and know that I don't post in it very often at all. No pressure. :-D
Kevin has been meeting with and emailing caterers left and right. I'm so glad I gave him this task, because I'm not even doing it and it's stressful for me. He is very calm and sweet about it. At a certain point, I'm going to be tempted to say let's order pizza. Hopefully before that happens, we'll get a caterer nailed down, entrees and sides picked out, and maybe even figure out what we want for the appetizers. (I tried to spell it the fancy way, and it was too difficult. Feel free to insert the french word in while you read it.)
One thing that HAS been nailed down (though I need to email my merry maids about it) is the bridesmaid dress! Last weekend, my mom and I made a road trip down to Madison and did some super shopping. I was picky and choosy, but when Christi came out of the dressing room in this dress, I knew it was the right one. It will be in plum. I know that no one who knows me at all is surprised that there will be purple at my wedding.
On a side note, I wanted to give Kevin a really big compliment the other day, so I told him that I love him more than purple. He was touched. Yay!
I've been doing a lot of research on centerpieces, hoping to include most of (if not all of) the pieces that Kevin's mom gave me over labor day. This mental arranging of ideas hasn't been too fruitful, but I have a few ideas. The decorations are totally my thing and Kevin has given me carte blanche (spelled right on the first try!). Within reason, at least.
Kevin and I got to hang out with his friends Justin and Jamie a while back, which was REALLY FUN! Also that day, we went to Bed Bath and Beyond to flesh out our registry a bit more. At this point, I'm saying that our registry is more or less finished. We aren't picky, we just want our friends and family to celebrate our marriage with us. We aren't in it for the gifts, but the fellowship. Much like we got to have with Justin and Jamie. By the way guys, if we have John Hardy's for our rehearsal dinner, totally your fault. :-)
Meeting with the travel agents a few weeks back went really well. Kevin and I talked a lot about it and did a lot of research and we came up with a lovely destination for our honeymoon. We're going to spend a week on a warm beach, which sounds like just what we'll need after all this stress!
Right now I am having a crazy week and Kevin is trying to help me through it from a long distance, which I know is hard on him. My knee has been acting up and he gets almost lost when I'm hurting, wanting to make the pain go away but not knowing how. It's really sweet, though. Very endearing. There was a mouse in the house, too, and I know that Kevin would have been more than happy to protect me from it, but again, distance. He can't kill my scary spiders, either. My car wouldn't start last night and I wasn't sure what was wrong. I could almost see his gears going back and forth "Do I come down and help? Can I come down and help? Would it be fixed by then?" Thankfully Caitlyn and my dad were around and it's more or less sorted. Ok, so my car is in the shop but I'm not stranded anywhere.
Ultimately, it's really hard to be so far apart most of the time. But we love each other and we make it work. I was thinking today, though, that I'm really glad we still live our own lives. We haven't dropped everything in our lives, just because our fiancee an hour away needs something. We still have obligations and friends. I think it is a good thing, to lament the distance but not drop our own lives for it. I think it shows respect for each other and our relationship. Like, I don't expect him to come down, just because my car is broken, when he has obligations at the same time to do other things. If I were having emergency surgery, yes. Come down immediately. Broken car? Not so much.
Even so, I am excited for after we're married and we'll get to bother each other every day. Only 164 days to go!
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