Raven's Diary

It’s finally over! That sounds terrible but it was a rather traumatic and stressful time for me and I was very sick on top of it all most of the time probably because I was stressing so much.

Well, all bad things aside, Friday the 13th, our wedding day, was fantastically beautiful. The weather was fabulous, warm winters day, blue sky, no wind!!! My day went according to plan, everything fell into place. Poor Chris had to run around, without his own car as well as that was in the shop and wasn’t ready in time. I arrived at the venue on time, had to wait for guests who arrived fashionably late. The rest of the evening was calm and fun. And I loved the decor.

The honeymoon was amazing. We had such fun and relaxing and ate alot! I packed back the kilo’s I lost stressing. Ag, it was just really great being away from it all. No cellphone, no office phone, no problems, no responsibilities.

But we are back, all responsibilities back, working again and our bodies already feel we need some sleep…actually we are just lazy… but it sucks when it becomes 10pm at night and you have just finished HALF of the ironing…’tis married life…

wow, 22 days left! I cannot believe it! Things are stressful and I am anxious and nervous and excited all in one. All the plans are falling in place, which is great! I just got off the phone with the team which is catering. And wow wow wow, what great service. They just cannot thank ME enough for using them. Where in the world do you get that?

I still have a long list of things to do, but it’s all finishing touches and quick 1 day jobs.

Today I treated myself with a massage and facial. Feel like a new person… 

My first fitting went well. The dress is looking like a wedding dress. The bead work has begun now and in 2 weeks time I will go for another fitting. I am still worried about my arms being so exposed. Brought my weights to the tv lounge hoping I would be able to fit in a few reps of arm exercises in between dinner and washing…

Our respective prewed parties are stressing me out. My personality puts so much stress on myself with high expectations, I feel quite overwhelmed. It’s difficult to let go of control and let others take over. I am hoping for the best but in the back of my mind I fear disappointment. But like all things, it’s a wait and see. I tested the table decorations today, that turned out so much better than I had hoped, so that in itself gives me hope. All other things are falling into place nicely… 

Today I got a call from the dress maker, my first fitting is Thursday. How exciting!

Also I have taken opportunities when I drive around with Chris to make calls while I wait, it’s proved to be so helpful. No distractions, just me in the car in silence. Anyway, managed to tick off quite a few things more but being trapped in the car with nothing else to do.

I have also found that going on to a forum helps alot. www.bridesdiary.co.za this is where other ladies like myself is preparing for their wedding day and then you can ask or just read their posts with their lessons and planning tips.

Furthermore, the guests rsvp’d yesterday, cut off day, just waiting for a handful more that seemed to have forgotten and I don’t want to assume they aren’t coming.

I am so happy I found a great photographer! We are so fortunate. And most of the other service providers are people we know or people we know, know them, or referrals. So that is a great help as well. So far so good…

we documented the day we made the invitations…