100 days and counting

Posted Friday, July 13, 2007 7:16 PM

Today I feel a sense of accomplishment. Getting anything done at the "100-day" mark is a big deal for a bride-to-be. And considering today is Friday the 13th, I’ve been doing a remarkably good job, if I do say so myself. I’m right on top of my checklist on the Knot (thank goodness, because when you are behind, it gives you these annoying exclamation marks).

•I confirmed my make-up trial appointment for next weekend.

•I checked in with the hotel where the out-of-towners are staying to make sure the room situation is still all right (it is).

•I arranged a meeting with the rabbi who is co-officiating the wedding (we meet with the other rabbi once a month for premarital counseling).

•I called the stationery lady and our invites are in (so excited!).

•I updated our guest list with addresses – and have the contact info for my future mother-in-law’s friend who offered to handle the calligraphy for us.

•I have a check made out to the venue coordinator.

Phew! That is all in addition to the work I do for my day-to-day job, my freelance copyediting and as vice president of membership for my temple’s Sisterhood. Of course, sometimes one has to multitask.

Last weekend I managed to send out all 30 thank you notes from my shower. I wrote some Friday while Adam watched a movie; I wrote some more Saturday afternoon after we came back from selecting our rings; I finished the rest during a Sisterhood mini-convention on Sunday.

I told Adam we couldn’t touch any of the gifts until the thank you notes were written and mailed. Now that they are, we can spend this weekend playing with our new kitchen gadgets.

Everyone says getting married is like giving birth – it’s a pain on the way there, but after it is over you can only think of the good things. One day I won’t even be able to remember all the running around I did in the days leading up to the wedding. But I’ll always have the end result planted firmly in my memory (along with the remnants of a beat-up checklist).