More Decisions Decisions....

I am still having a veil dilemma. I am trying to decide between 2 styles, or none at all. I don't want to say too much because I really want Jerry to have no idea what I will look like when I get to the top-o-the-aisle. BUT, I need help!!

So, first things first. My hair. The veils I like coincidentally would not look best with the same hairdo, so I first need to decide how to wear my hair. Partially down or all the way up?? I have crazy curls, so either would work. And if I decide that, then I can make my veil choice.

Or should I forgo the veil completely? Jerry doesn't seem to have a preference....Anyone? Anyone???

Here are some veils that may or may not be what I am considering....

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Back to school again...

This Thursday, we are beginning our 4 week long "marriage class" through our church Vintage21. I am both excited and apprehensive about it. We are reading Sacred Marriage, by Gary Thomas as well as some chapters in different books of the Bible. We will also have homework! Homework?! Don't get me wrong, I really think this class will be good for us and I am looking forward to learning new things and really concentrating on WHY we are doing this. But, the homework is definitely the part that gets me.

I don't do homework.

I mean I really REALLY don't do homework. I was the kid in school who just somehow absorbed things. I would do the bare minimum and still get good grades. I hardly ever read the book and I still wrote a decent report. Imagine what I could have been if I had studied!

The thing is, I really want to make the most of this class, so I am going to try my hardest to get it all done. I just have no idea when we will find the time to not only do all the reading, but also come together to answer the questions and talk about it all. It's only 4 classes in so many weeks so at least it will just be a little push for a little while.

Last week on our drive to Ohio, I read most of this weeks' chapters aloud so we have a pretty good start. We are going to finish the rest tonight for Thursday's class (we both have band practice tomorrow night). I just hope that in the coming weeks, without an 8 hour drive to sit and read, we don't get behind. But I will try not to borrow trouble.

Another interesting thing about the class is that we will be meeting with other couples. I am not sure how many, but I never thought of doing this as a group. At first, I was really put off by the idea, but the more I think about it, the more I am intrigued by the idea that many of us are going through the same life changes and I think it will be nice to relate to them.

Overall, I am more excited than apprehensive. Here's hoping we can get it all done!!

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Anxiety much???

I have been having all kinds of anxious dreams lately, some were directly wedding related and some not so much. A couple nights ago I dreamt that I was getting a promotion at work, only when I went to go meet with my boss, I was completely naked. I totally knew it in the dream, but there was nothing I could do about it. Then it switched to me being 1 hour away from my wedding and I was completely unprepared. Running around with my hair a mess and no makeup, nothing packed for the honeymoon and I forgot my shoes, etc. Seems typical enough for the planning stress. the dream I had last night however, was a little more obscure.

My friend Jessica and I are both brides-to-be, so my first clue that this is wedding related is the fact that she was in the dream. We were out to dinner with some people eating at an expensive restaurant. We each got an entree and then split some calamari (which coincidentally sounds really good right now). The bill came and ours was together when it should have been split, so the waitress split it. However, when the checks came back, there was all this extra stuff on there that we didn't order. When we asked her to correct the check yet again, she was bing a total you-know-what and we sat there for like 30 minutes or something just fuming, while she was helping all her other tables. Finally I was irate and asked to talk to the manager who wasn't much better in the service department. Ultimately, he started in saying things like like, are you sure you can afford to eat here? You don't have a good financial track record. Basically he was saying that I was lying about not having ordered the food because I didn't really have the money to pay for it. I can physically remember the anger I felt in the dream. I was SO mad. I was yelling at him and all this HOW DARE YOU, of course I can pay, etc...it was crazy....they finally fixed the bill and we paid and left.

Any ideas???

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