So we are down to the end of days; the countdown to the 19th is just… well, you can see the countdown. We are planning away and should have everything ready to go here soon (cross your fingers). The one piece of wedding “wisdom” I have been dispensing is along the lines of “the planning will take up all the time you have.” If you are getting married in 3 months, you will be planning and preparing for 3 months. If you are getting married in two years, you will be planning for two years. If you finish everything on your checklist, you won’t stop; you will either add more boxes or begin to rethink inane details. We I say rethink, I mean agonize. I’m so happy we decided to do this in 7 months. I don’t want to swap Elvis and Solomon’s Burke’s position in the dance playlist for the 43rd time today.

I bet Elvis listened to Elvis at his wedding. I bet.

I suppose the corollary to the above, when considering a more DIY wedding affair like ours, is that the “the planning will take up all the space you have.” There are wine cases and party favor bundles and japanese lanterns and bridesmaids gifts and bulletins and C&B boxes and clippings and whatever else. Everywhere. I am afraid that on the day, when it is time for me to walk up the aisle, I will be nowhere to found. After frantic searching, it will be disocvered that I was buried in a ton of bubble wrap and birdseed while trying to traverse the length of our front hall on my way to the church.

Luckily we have decided over this past week to dial it down a bit. We had the pleasure of attending the wedding shower of Jessie and Phil, Jessie being one of my dearest old friends from Boston. The shower was at a bowling alley, a stroke of utter genius. Great fun! It was so nice to talk to another couple in similar straits about all the wedding madness. (BTW, Steph kicked my butt in both frames.)

In other ways, we have both been trying to make some time to reconnect with out closest friends; and ask them about their lives for a change. I guess it is important to keep everyone up-to-date on the wedding planning – but we’d also like discuss other aspects of our lives. Hey, how you doing? Yes, this is one of the few times in your life when the attention is solely focused on you and your life decisions, and I have enjoyed my time in the spotlight. That said, I think I’m starting to get a tad selfish and tetchy.

More, much more, soon…

What a view!