The Dreaded Crunch

I am now understanding very well why people hire wedding planners.

Even with as simple as James and I have kept things, it's still way more work than I would have imagined. I'm tired of dealing with all these people. I'm ready for it to be over with and have my free time back already.

Without going into specifics, several things have not gone according to plan this past week. It's taken all my strength not to throw something at someone. And I am not one to anger easily. I have a VERY long fuse.

Thank God for my fiance who is great at talking me down when pushed to that point. And thank God for my dad and mom who are great at putting things into perspective. I had great conversations with them both this past week.

I have a bad habit of setting expectations. And when a person doesn't behave like I originally expected or events don't unfold how I had imagined in my head, I flip out.

But as my dad pointed out during our conversation, things will ALWAYS go wrong while putting together a wedding. That is the norm. So if you EXPECT things to go wrong at some point during the process, it won't catch you off guard when it does. And if nothing DOES go wrong, then, well... that's a blessing. :)

So I'm working hard to step back, calm myself, and let the wedding be what it's going to be. There WILL be surprises. There WILL be stuff that goes wrong. But people will love the wedding no matter what.

And most importantly, WE will love the wedding no matter what. It's our day, dammit! Nothing else matters! 


**Louisa**