Absenteeism

I realize I have been gone. I was on a self-induced hiatus as I struggled with wedding decisions.

This blog, while fun, has been deleted several times over the last few weeks. I've contemplated the life of this blog, and why it's here. It started with a plan to apply for a larger group blog, and then I started to hate the idea. I thought about why it existed, why it needed to be in my life and in my planning process. It shouldn't have existed merely for others. I should have this blog because I want to have a keepsake of the planning process, and see how this evolves into a wedding and into a marriage.

I kept it going for others, and now I've finally realized to do it for myself.

Big Band

Woah there, finals. You've really gotten in the way of my wedding planning. And thus, resulting in my absence for the last few days. I mean, let's get real. It's been over a week. With all of my final papers, last projects, assignments and final preparations, wedding planning and blogging have taken a back seat.

Remember these invitations? They are still sitting in the exact. same. spot. I haven't gotten anything done with them, except to print out the response card post cards. And, those haven't even been cut. They're still sitting four to a page with no sign in sight that they will be separated soon. They will get done. They will get done. [Repeat until one truly believes.]

However, let's talk wedding bands! As in, ours came in! I ordered them about a week ago and they got here really fast. It was an online shopping experience and it did me well. I got both of our bands for a really good price, and they're terribly high quality. I know, I know. Stop blabbering and get to the pictures.

I was a bad little cricket and tried mine on. I needed to make sure it fit!

His wedding band, still in the box. It doesn't fit on my hands.

I really love them. Trenton likes his band, he got to see a preview before I ordered it. My band, I got to pick out myself. It made the entire thing feel more real. I mean, I know we're only a month away (read: 27 days) from being legally married, and a mere 63 days away from our wedding, but something about having the bands really solidified the entire thing.

I knew it was real, but it never felt real until I held his band in my hand. Saw my band next to his band. Then it was real.