Sara

The Life of Sara

I'm not even going to apologize for not posting for over a month. I'd rather not even acknowledge it and just go on from here.

Lots of stuff has been going on. Good and bad. I'll bullet it for efficiency.

- Wedding planning is almost done. We've got the flowers, the cakes, the food, the music, the photographers, the decorator (I won centerpieces at a bridal show from the very decorator I was going to use), the dress (Third one I tried on)...I'm surprised at how easy it was. I've always loved organizing though, so it makes sense that I'd enjoy every minute of it. Our colors are citrus colors (white, orange, yellow, green and pink grapefruit). I have a bouquet of 2 dozen roses in those colors. Bridesmaids carry bouquets of green carnations. Jeremy has an orange rose. It works well. The wedding cake is lemon with white buttercream frosting, three square tiers with pink grapefruit ribbon around the base of each tier and decorated with mini citrus fruits. The groom's cake is spice with a sports car skidding across the top (we have a sports car--Mustang SVT Cobra convertible and it's Jeremy's baby) with chocolate bands around the base of each tier. It's two tier and round. Centerpieces are floral (all sorts of flowers in our colors) with limes cut up in the vases to add depth. Linens are yellow and white. My uncle Preston has an army band that travels all over the world to play and we got him for the music. We're having a dessert buffet. And last but definitely not least, my dress to the right (it's a Chanel--that excites me). You can click to enlarge and see details. It has great details. The back can be seen here. It has a gorgeous train. It's shown in champagne, but I got white. I'm traditional. Second choice was a Balenciaga, but I loved the details on the Chanel more overall. The front of the Balenciaga isn't as fun. It's also not as "me" as the one I chose. I went in planning to buy a flouncy ballgown type that I liked complete with tulle. I'd been admiring this Chanel from afar but I wasn't going to try it on because I knew I'd like it and it was out of my budget since I was buying my dress myself. But I gave in. I tried it on. I had to buy it. I have no buyer's remorse, either. I'm perfectly content and happy with my decision.

- Second item. Jeremy's parents are horrible. Because I'm quiet they think Jeremy shouldn't marry me and he will pretty much be disowned (just like their first daughter--she was disowned after she got married because her husband isn't exactly like their family either) when we get married. They just don't want to let go because they have made their children their lives. They don't even date. Without their kids around, I don't see their marriage holding up. Luckily they have 4 kids to go still. They've put us through hell. Jeremy is actually hoping they disown him so he won't feel obligated to go over there anymore. So now I NEVER go over and that makes them mad (Even though they've judged me to be unfit for them and they don't want me over there. Apparently I should keep trying to be who they want me to be and keep coming over for the criticism.) but neither of us want me to go over there. So at least it's a mutual decision. Even his younger brother has been sending me e-mails telling me that this is all my fault and I'm tearing the family apart. Dude. This all started just because they got mad because I was quiet and started chewing me out for it. This isn't my fault. This isn't Jeremy's fault. His dad is narcissistic to the hilt and has never been wrong. Never. And if you think differently, he'll flat out tell you that you're wrong and that you'll go to hell for thinking that way. I'm not exaggerating. He regularly tells his children that they're on their way to hell because they don't think they way he does and they should because he has it all right. And he's always telling his wife she's a bad mother. Hmmm....Someone needs to buy him a mirror. Or beat him up, I'd be satisfied with either.

- I have some sort of unknown neurological problem. I can be standing around or walking or sitting (so really it happens randomly) and suddenly all my limbs will feel like they've fallen asleep and start tingling for hours. (15 hours for my left arm is the record--that got annoying. That's when I finally went to the doctor.) And then after that stops I'm so tired that it's painful. MS was suspected because it runs in my family and I have all the symptoms (but MS mimics tons of other diseases so I haven't been that worried) but after a 2 hour (and absolutely terrifying) MRI last week it came back clear, so that's been ruled out. They're starting to think my nerves just aren't connected very well. I don't see that anything could be done about that, but at least we'll know what it is if that is the case. I have to have nerve conduction tests next week. Fun. I love needles.

- My mom was in town last week to do all the flower shopping and wedding dress shopping. She's hilarious. We had fun. And Jeremy loves her, so that's a plus. No contention anywhere in my family. I like the lack of contention.

- One of my best friends has a band called Ashbury. He's the lead singer. He's one of the smartest people I've ever met--we have funny conversations about Oedipus (trust me, it is possible). Anyway, he gets to open for Bon Jovi in Las Vegas. I had absolutely nothing to do with it obviously, but I feel it is my duty as a friend to tout him and Ashbury.

- I had a three hour midterm in Islamic Art and Architecture on Monday. I hate midterms. And they never seem to end. They're staggered. I have at least one test every week for the rest of the semester. I'm sufficiently tired of testing and writing papers.

- Everything is falling into our laps. For free (except the LoveSac). We have two couches (one that is ugly and will be put in the spare bedroom because it has a hide-a-bed and one that isn't ugly and will go in the living room). A dining set. Four vacuums. Four. I was worried that we would have a hard time getting one. I don't think we'll take all four of them--maybe 2. Two microwaves (in case one breaks, I guess). Bookshelves. A big screen TV with an entertainment center stand, so we have three TVs now. We got ourselves a LoveSac SuperSac for $100 cheaper than we had originally planned and we even got a better cover than planned. Sheets. Comforters. Quilts. KitchenAid. Coffee table. And this is before any showers or wedding gifts. I already have pots and pans and a new dish set with glasses and flatware. We have got to be the best equipped college couple around. I love people.

posted by Sara @ 10:01 AM Comments: 9