Lots to Do
After a minor freakout on my part when we hit T-89 days, we’re back on track with all the wedding to-dos. I’ve sent checks to the band and the location coordinator. I’m ready to write another one to the florist on his cue. I’ve had my dress fitted, and it looks like it’ll be ready on the 17th; Fiancé has his shirt and bowtie, finally managed to order a tux (sizng issues, rather than procrastination, caused the delay), and has succeded on his shoe-hunt. I’m going with the “something old” (or at least, something I already own) option for shoes and accessories myself. We have a reception menu set, and one tent is arranged for (Note to self–send check) and as soon as we get measurements on the location, we can arrange for the second tent. As soon as our officiant is over her penumonia, I hope we’ll be able to meet with her in person (and if not, we’ll do it by phone) to talk about the most important part—the ceremony.
We’re collecting postal addresses, and I think we’re at about 75% on that. We’ve got a new printer cartidge so we can get a good print run on the invitations. (That should have happened last this weekend.) Note to anyone who owns an HP printer; according to a very knowledgable source, the print heads are actually inside the cartridges, which means if they get clogged, there is no self-cleaning cycle and no matter how much ink there is left in the cartridge, you have to replace it if you want to print something that doesn’t have that “overspray” look to it.
Amusingly enough, a couple of our biggest tasks are actually legal work. Fiancé is helping the photographers with their contract, and he will be writing one for the caterer/cake baker.
And then there’s the non-wedding stuff. One of the cars is no longer weatherproof. It hasn’t been its best for some time, so I have already done research not only into what we’re going to replace it with, but which dealer I want to deal with. We were planning to replace it this fall anyway, and I got our taxes done just in time to get our refunds to put towards this expense…if the IRS would kindly get around to disbursing one of them. I’m starting a new assignment at work that will probably result in me putting some overtime in the next couple of weeks, so finding the time to replace the car will be interesting…because we’re going to Louisville to see Fiancé’s family next weekend (note to self—find someone to feed cats on Sunday morning), and we need the weather to clear up so we can rent a chipper and dispose of a truly impressive amount of landscaping detrius from the chainsaw rental a couple of weeks ago. Also, for the new work assignment, I had to find a couple of new suits in a hurry, which will necessitate some express alterations.
I’ve also managed to come down with some sort of spring cleaning bug that has me cleaning out closets, spontaneously scrubbing the odd bit of tile, procelain, linoleum, or grout, and wanting to steam-clean carpets. So far I’ve emptied the pantry, cleaned it from ceiling to floor, gotten rid of all the packages that had expiration dates that started in “19″ (which is really bad when you consider that I moved into the house in October of 2000), gotten new bins and containers, and sorted everything out. It’s clean, organized, and I need to make a trip to Goodwill to get rid of a few small appliances.
And somewhere, in the midst of it all, I’m occasionally managing to fit in trips to the gym, keep us in clean laundry and dishes, relax to get the contnuing work drama off my back, have evenings out with friends and the like. You know, having a life. I was just starting to get used to it.
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