“We were thinking about starting a blog.” Mike and I uttered these words several times well over a year ago, before we both headed across the Pacific Ocean to come and live in Japan. We had originally thought that it would be a good way from friends and family to stay in touch and up to date with us. However it didn’t’ happen, what with it taking 3 months for us to get the internet in our house. Yet life continued and we did our best to keep in touch.
However, now that we are ENGAGED (and if you are reading this then you should already know that wonderful fact) I decided that I wanted to start a blog. My wonderful friend Jen started one after she got engaged and I completely enjoyed reading it.
So here is my attempt to reach out to people, keep everyone up to date, and retain whatever measure of sanity I can while attempting to organize all this from another continent. Should this blog complete even HALF of that I will thoroughly be impressed (and perhaps half crazy). It just all seems like a lot right now.
But enough about the challenges yet to come, let me do as I said I would and “...keep everyone up to date...”.
First Mike and I will be returning to Canada soon, and only briefly. We have 11 days and 2 weddings to attend (sounds like a bad movie). We are thrilled to see our families and celebrate in person our wonderful news together. Talking, laughing, shopping, long car rides, and perhaps some wine is all on the list of things we hope to do with our families. So that’s super exciting!
Yet I really must admit that I also see this trip as a wonderful research opportunity. Seeing as the last wedding I was at was two years ago; Mike was the best man and I the attending date. The only wedding I was ever in, excluding my debut as a 5 year old flower girl, was my older sister’s wedding three years ago. I know little about the actual organization of a wedding, and the unfortunate part is that Mike had no hidden secret desire to be a wedding planner (alas) and thus knows less than I do about it all.
So while we are attending these weddings, one of Mike’s cousin and the other of my above mentioned friend, I will be indeed taking notes and probably asking a lot of questions. So if you see me inspecting flower arrangements, feeling table clothes, asking guest questions, or jotting down notes about the DJ, please ignore me. I swear I’m not crazy, just a little nervous about organizing my own wedding. Fortunately I get to be a guest, and a member of a bridal party, so I get to see both views.
All in all it should be a great trip home; honestly I’m already having trouble sleeping at night because I am so excited. So we will be seeing a lot of you soon!
"So we should make a blog.." I remember when you told me that BEFORE you left the country. *cackles*
ReplyDeleteThis is gonna be interesting. :)
And here I thought Mike wanted to be a wedding planner extraordinare... you sure he's not fibbing? ;)
I promise to try and follow this as much as I can. I won't make you promise to visit me in Ottawa when you're here.... cause you sound like you have a shitload to do already let alone deviate my way. Unless you can make it cause that would be sweet and I will smoosh the heck outta both of you. :)
Take care and I'll talk to you soon.
*smooshes* Much love,
H