March Madness

This has nothing to do with sports...more to do with me and my state of mind. haha The closer the wedding gets the more my brain wants to dissolve into mush with all there is to do.

A week after that phone call from the band I called the church to inquire about Tom and I figuring out where everyone in the wedding party would stand so that we could have that all sorted out by the time the rehearsal came around. The lady on the other end of the line...I don't know if I caught her on a bad day or if she doesn't like that I'm not a member of their church, but she was MEAN to me. Seriously, I got off the phone and cried because I was so surprised at being treated the way she was towards me. I had to make Tom promise not to call and talk to her because she was so nasty to me.

But everyone has pointed out to me that I keep running into obstacles while planning the wedding because I'm in a bible study on James, and Satan wants to see if I've learned anything or am going to not count it all joy when encountering various trials. I'm determined to not give in and to continue giving God the glory, so it's been a constant source of prayer for me, Mom, Tom, and my bible study members. I'd be lying though if I didn't tell you this: I am ready to be done planning, to be married, and to go to Jamaica! =) I keep telling myself that if I can just get through this, I get to go to the beach with Tom as his wife. That's the light at the end of the tunnel.

As for the band, we've pretty much switched. The contract should arrive this week for the new band, and Will from Pseudo is going to pay the difference because his bandmates refuse to pay it but insist on playing for the sorority. I feel bad for him and respect him paying it all, but I also need the money because we budgeted only a certain amount for the band and shouldn't have to pay more because of a mistake they made. So anyway, instead of pseudo, we are planning to have The Tony Howard Show play. They sound AWESOME, and I'm really excited to have them.

I've also been going to the tanning bed, or (as Ben calls it) the fake'n'bake, because I am as white as my dress, and I need to have a little color to look better. Also, I'd like to have a little bit of a base tan for the honeymoon so I don't burn as easily when I'm on the beach. YAY I can't wait to go the beach. I hope and pray it's beautiful weather for the wedding day/night since it's a 6PM wedding with pictures beforehand and that it's beautiful weather for the honeymoon! =)

I got my wedding day jewelry last week with mom as well as most of the bridesmaids presents. I am still waiting on part of their presents to come in. My final dress fitting is this week on Wednesday at 1pm, and my hair and makeup trial run is next week on Wednesday. I'm so excited to have all this done, because when I put on the dress and it fits me (read:doesn't drag the ground since I'm not tall), and when I try out my hair and jewelry, it just feels like the wedding is close. Actually, it feels like I'm 5 and playing dress up with Esther again, only this time I get to be the bride. =) But it's really fun and exciting.

Ok, well I have tons of thank you notes to write for people at my church, Tom's church, and for some of our college friends! We've really been blessed with showers, and it's been so fun to get to have an excuse to catch up with people we haven't seen in a while. =)

~M