it was a little exhausting.
but this weekend, i kept thinking that it was a year ago when The Big Meet happened—the event at which our families finally came face to face. this also required a lot of preparation, but it was also a really wonderful day. and the more i thought about it, the more i started feeling pangs. a year ago i had so much to look forward to, i had no idea. this year—well, i'm sure good things will happen but at the moment it's a little daunting. (a house? how do we buy a house?)
anyway, i thought i would be immune to any post-wedding letdown. i was sure i wasn't the kind of girl who would feel remotely disappointed when it was all over—the marriage is the thing, not the wedding! and i made it through december still relieved that i was done with the planning. but, hell, who was i kidding? the minute the holidays were over, i felt like pltttthhhhhhpppppp [that's the sound a balloon makes when you blow it up and let it go deflating around the room]. turns out i'm just like every other girl. planning a wedding is fun! planning a wedding is easy! (not that i would have been able to say that in, say, October.)
planning a life, by comparison, is...overwhelming.
but i'm determined to dive in head-first, same as i did a year ago when theknot.com became my most-visited site. that's why i'm watching HouseHunters on HGTV right now, why i set our DVR to record all episodes of Property Virgins, why i made enough brown rice risotto last night to pack for lunch all week (as opposed to blowing $12 a day at Pret a Manger).
anyway, it was hard to admit that i missed last year. but now that i have, i feel less blue than i did a week ago. and i guess i'd be a little screwy if i didn't miss the wedding a little. and, hey, one of the best things about life is that it keeps going.
onto the next adventure...
mbm
but i'm determined to dive in head-first, same as i did a year ago when theknot.com became my most-visited site. that's why i'm watching HouseHunters on HGTV right now, why i set our DVR to record all episodes of Property Virgins, why i made enough brown rice risotto last night to pack for lunch all week (as opposed to blowing $12 a day at Pret a Manger).
anyway, it was hard to admit that i missed last year. but now that i have, i feel less blue than i did a week ago. and i guess i'd be a little screwy if i didn't miss the wedding a little. and, hey, one of the best things about life is that it keeps going.
onto the next adventure...
mbm
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