October always seems to be a busy month for me. It starts a busy season for most people with four major holidays only weeks apart from each other. And they are all holidays that potentially involve a good deal of preparation. Halloween means planning for the church Fall Festival. Thanksgiving means planning for the church potluck AND a family get together AND, if you're in my family, the day after Thanksgiving shopping extravaganza. Christmas means church pageant, shopping, cooking, and celebrating. And for some people New Years means planning parties.
But in my life, summers are when I am the most busy at work. I am busy enough that it takes over most areas of my life for a couple of months. And then September is fairly calm. It brings a much needed down time where I am able to spend Saturdays with my sweetie again and go to bed at a decent hour because I got off work at a decent hour. But as soon as I feel like I can breath regularly again because the madness is over, here comes October telling me to stay on my toes!
And, to add to the Holiday Season and all that it entails, Brett and I are inching ever closer to our wedding date. We took the month of September off from wedding planning. We were at a place where there wasn't much that we could do so we agreed not to use the W word for a while. We love talking about marriage, but it was nice to not talk about the wedding for a bit. At least, not talk to each other about the wedding. I talked about it to a few sweet girlfriends who are curious and supportive. (Thanks Marie and Emily and Jennifer!)
What makes me the most jittery is knowing that at some point in the next month I will be adding to my wardrobe. The ring is almost paid off and I know that Brett has the proposal planned.
We ran into an old friend of mine Friday night and she asked us how long we have been engaged. Well that was a tough question! We have been planning the wedding for several months because we wanted to be able to take our time making decisions, but at the same time have a goal to work towards and a day in mind. But there has yet to be a proposal.
I am both excited and extremely nervous when I think about getting married. I am telling myself that is normal. I think I SHOULD be nervous! It's a BIG DEAL! I have never been a wife before. I have no way of knowing what I am getting myself into. But I think that I have been a good girlfriend for the most part, and I didn't know how to that. I had to learn along the way. My plan is to take another step of faith and say "I do" and then learn along the way how to become a wife. We are going to do everything that we can to prepare ourselves beforehand (hopefully we will start premarital counseling soon), but we both know that there will be a lot of trial and error in the beginning. Some days I feel like I have no idea what I am doing, but I know that in Brett I have found someone who I can share my life with. Who will laugh with me and cry with me and shop with me and cook with me and just BE with me. I love him so much and I feel so blessed to call him mine.
Okay, lunch is over. I have some pictures from a super fun event that our class went to this weekend. I will post them tonight!
Oh, and Brett and I both awesome weigh ins at Weight Watchers Saturday! I used a lot of flex points yesterday, but hopefully we will have good weeks again this week!
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