"Just Keep Kicking"

Posted Wednesday, April 15, 2009 1:08 PM

Words of encouragement from our priest, Father Michael.

Wedding preparations have been taking their toll on us. In truth it's not the wedding so much as what else life has thrown our way so close to the wedding date.

Buying (or trying to anyway) a house: I would NEVER recommend trying to buy a house (and close) the week before the wedding itself. My stress multiplied by what I was not accomplishing while house hunting, paper gathering, packing and moving instead. Wedding planning essentially went on hold for a over a month and the final week of wedding prep now has me a bit overwhelmed.

Work: It just so happens that this time of year is very unpredictable in my position. You never know when it will be a busy day or when it will be a slow one. And so far 95% of them have been between 'busy' and 'very busy'. On top of that there have been monthly reports, year end reviews for those who report to me as well as my own self review and a myriad of other issues to suck up every ounce of my time there - in addition to our nightly needs. Under normal circumstances I would have sucked it up and done some of my paperwork from home but there is no time at home either, between houses and wedding. THANK HEAVENS I took this past week off.

Then there is the wedding planning itself: Our hall vendor who is spending weekends in working in Panama City and never answers his phone. Two groomsman had to drop out in these last two weeks prior to the big day. A secondary photographer whose camera irreparably broke and wont be able to shoot the wedding. Plus the expected last minute details.

Sleep is but a memory and time is running out to complete everything that is left - confirming all wedding details, completing our DIY projects, closing and moving into the new house (or not moving ... ), finishing up loose ends ...

Tempting as it is to say "it will all be over soon" it won't be. And I don't want it to be. The wedding is a start, not a end. And philosophy aside, we will still be dealing with securing a home to move into once when we return from Negril. And there will be a whole new crop of month end reports due when I go back to work. And there will be wedding follow up to take care of as well. But by that time, I should be able to pepper in a little more sleep. Sweet, blissful sleep.

So until then, I'll remember to "keep kicking."

- Bride