I went with some of my favorite people to see my venues today. For those of you who may not remember, I booked these a LOOOOOONG time ago. Like last year a long time ago... and I was a bit nervous because my mother had never seen the church. So we started out with the Magnolia- the hotel where our reception will be held. We got there and it started to settle in for me.... I began to picture myself in my dress walking up the grandoise staircase, smiling at the people, gazing at my new husband, whispering "you're so hot".... when a familiar voice interrupted my happy thoughts:
"This is smaller than I remember"- says the mother of the bride with an interesting look on her face. AHHH! Mom... why? Why'd you say that. My bubble was bursted. No more happy thoughts of me and Josh. I panicked. What if I picked the wrong place? What if people wouldn't like it? What if I didn't like it now??!? Where the heck would my great grandmother sit? Oh no!
We continued to walk around; I was sweating. I tried to answer as many questions as I could that I remembered the Magnolia wedding lady telling me way back in December. I freaked. Meanwhile Jolie, my bridesmaid, is making notes, lots of them... of what I dunno, maybe that her wedding venue was a million times better than mine!!! We called up the wedding lady from the hotel. She gave my mom and everyone else the spiel that she gave me back in December, which was a good thing because I remembered nothing. After that... things started looking up. I learned that I pretty much have free reign to do what I want with tables and furniture, etc. The space is soooo lounge-like... and SWANKY. Yeah that's what I'll call it. After it was all said and done my mom was happy too... "I can see this being really beautiful"... she told me.
As we left and went to the church, which of course everyone LOVED, my mom said "You know Carla... you need to start thinking about what happens after the wedding... you know that whole marriage til death do you part thing". Hmmm... mom was right. It seems as though I'm just totally engrossed in the wedding- actually I don't know what I'll do when it ends. Maybe find a friend who's getting married and follow her to all her appointments. Nah- too stalkerish. Maybe get a quick divorce only to admit it was a huge mistake and get married all over again. Nah- no one would come. Who knows... I guess I'll have to be thinking about a solution. In the meantime- the marriage is exactly what I'm looking forward to. This is going to be the most wonderful start to the rest of our lives. I'm so glad that we had 2 years to plan this... I know this year ahead will go by fast, and I'm trying to enjoy every part!
Peace!
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