A lot of people are asking why we are having a "long engagement". I think 14 months is pretty average. Some people wait years whereas others only wait a couple months. But whatever the "norm" is, to me... it totally is starting to feel like forever!
We have been engaged for a little over 6 months at this point and still have a little over 7 months to go. I keep randomly freaking out and trying to get things done. All I want to really do is curl up in a ball and take a 7 month long nap until my wedding day. I CANNOT wait to get married! I'm so excited but it's an angry excited because even though everyone (including myself) is telling me that it will be here in no time, it does not feel like no time.
But here is why I am so glad we don't actually have the option to self induce comas for unnecessary reasons.
If I had slept through last week, I would have missed:
My Mommom's 80th birthday, her 80th birthday party, and helping her and my Poppop set up their first smartphone (Lord help us all).
Spending the day with my Maid of Honor and my Goddaughter/flower girl. We did some wedding planning, shopping, and had an amazing lunch at a new restaurant that turned out to be an amazing eating experience.
Going Easter dress shopping with my big sister. Then sharing a sushi lunch. And walking around Goodwill looking at the always interesting and sometimes straight up nasty array of items.
Having lunch with my future brother who lives out of town, my fiance', and my cousin and her boyfriend who I usually only get to see on holidays.
House hunting for the very first time. we picked out a few different houses to go look at and our realtor was so nice. We had an awesome time and even though we aren't quite ready to buy a house yet, it got me really excited that the time is coming when we will be able to settle down in a place we can call our own.
Buying a house and planning a wedding means saving money. So my fiance' and I have been cutting way back on eating out. So after we looked at houses we went out, just the two of us, and were able to sit down and have a nice meal while we discussed the places we had just looked at.
This is going to sound SUPER corny, but our time is like a canvas. How can we appreciate a painting without actually taking the moments to paint it?
Our wedding day is going to be amazing. Because it is something we will have waited for (patiently or impatiently) for what seems like a lifetime.
