Wedding fast approaching... Everything is under control, but I wish I could be cooler about all of this. I'm a little stressed in spite of myself. And when I try to rationalize it, I find no specific reason... It's just the way I am I guess. Another good reason for not having a very large and elaborate wedding: I think I would have had a heart attack. The thought of doing this in New York (which was our original plan) now seems ludicrous to me, because how could I have handled everything from afar? I barely noticed that it was Mother's Day, shame on me...
I received my first wedding gift, and I thought it was a fantastically clever idea: a bridal emergency kit. A little metal cosmetics case just like the pros have, stocked with everything you can imagine to handle any mishap with total brio, from personal hygiene items, to pain reliever, stain remover, nail glue, double-sided tape, etc. There are even fake plastic rings in there in case you forget them (at first I laughed, but then I thought it probably happens all the time).
My worrying about the trees (it has been confirmed full blossoming will not happen before the 20th, but we may still have a few flowers here and there) has mostly shifted to bad weather now. I always said I was OK with not having a gorgeous day, but the last weekend has been so crappy I realized that there's a world of difference between a so-so day with perhaps a few rain drops and a totally miserable day of non-stop wind and pouring cold rain!
Other than that, I am not forgetting that the real purpose of all this is actually marrying that great guy. Carpe diem!
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
The home stretch
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Thinking of you :)
Easy to say, but I think you will have a fab day regardless. You are marrying the man of your dreams. Wind, rain, lack of blossom, I don't think any of this will matter to you on the day.
Anyway, you need something to not work out perfectly so you can bore all your children with stories of disasters but it all worked out in the end. not that I think rain is a disaster.
My Aunt, her wedding car didn't turn up. So her neighbour rushed out, threw a white sheet on the back seat of his, a ribbon on the front and drove my aunt and her father to the church. She has remembered the occasion much more fondly than if her car had turned up. :)
xx
Thanks Rachel. And you're absolutely right. It's up to me to face it with stress or with bliss, to handle what does not go according to plan with tears or with genuine carefree laughter.
The most important thing is getting married! And I'm doing that in 5 days! Yay!
Sending you good vibes to keep the wind calm and the sky blue for you and your guy on your big day. I am really excited for you :) Can't wait to see the pictures.
Deep breaths. And ditto everything Rachel said. We'll all be thinking of you.
Great gift - the plastic rings are funny, but you're right, they've probably come in handy many times. Wishing lots of luck in the final days.
Chère Marie-Ève,
« En date du 4 mai, les pommiers étaient au stade du prébouton rose dans la grande majorité du sud-ouest du Québec, et au stade du débourrement dans le région de Québec. Le stade du bouton rose est toutefois atteint dans les sites chauds de la Montérégie-Est et Montérégie-Ouest. Selon les prévisions météo, le bouton rose avancé devrait être atteint le 10 mai et la pleine floraison le 14 mai dans les vergers pilotes du réseau en Montérégie-Est et Montérégie-Ouest.»
Ce n'est pas moi qui le dit, c'est le site Réseau-pommier du Québec (http://www.agrireseau.qc.ca/reseaupommier/
Moi, ça me donne envie d'y croire!
Je te souhaite de savourer chaque instant de cette journée, de les vivre vraiment. Ça ne peut qu'être mémorable et magnifique, avec ou sans les fleurs. Je penserai à toi :)
Maude xxx
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