Whew! We're baaaaaaaaaack!!
After a few amazing weeks, I'm sitting here at 11:15PM wide awake. Our bodies are still on Hawaiian time (6 hrs in the past). I have got to figure this out by Monday (how to get my body back to EST)
So let's see, Sunday before we left, 4/30. I talk to my mom and she mentions she is driving my sister to the airport (Josh and I, my mom, my sister, her husband and my nephew as well as Josh's sister, husband and their 2 girls are all on the same flight Weds morning). The original plan was for Josh and I to bring Goonie over to my parents Weds morning, drop him off and have my dad bring us and my mom to the airport. There is not room for my sister, her husband and my nephew too. I tell my mom my sister will need to get there another way and disregard it. I'm slightly snappy to my mom, so this is nothing new. Our photographers had a mixer on Sunday night, wine and chocolate at a winery here in CT. I was really excited to go and Josh decided about two hours before it started that he wasn't going. It was an event for couples, I couldn't go without him. I even went and bought them chocolates to bring, etc. My stress got the best of me, I threw a fit, started crying and went up to bed (at like 5PM.. lol). I didn't come back down.
Monday I talk to my mom again and she tells me they were unaware my dad was watching Goonie. She basically told me I needed to find somewhere else for him to go, AND they weren't going to drive josh and I to the airport. 2 days before we were leaving. I am so upset I don't know what to do. I call Josh sobbing, he hangs up and calls my mom directly. We're both panicking that we can't even go at this point. My dad was supposed to watch him Weds-Fri, then when we came to FL Fri, one of my friends who couldnt come to the wedding was taking him Fri-Monday. My dad was supposed to take him back on Monday. My mom claims she thought my friend was taking him Weds-Monday. I hate being a burden to anyone, but I had no one else to turn to. I begged her to take him Tuesday night (our flight was 6AM wednesday) and thankfully she agreed. One crisis averted. I also called and booked Josh and I a towncar. At this point I was so livid with my mom, I did not want to see her at 4AM. I was pretty much able to work the whole day Monday and get a lot done, so I felt good about that.
Tuesday I was working from home again. I signed on at 6:30AM, knowing I had a lot of non-work things to do this day. Sure enough, I left around 9:30AM for my hair appointment at 10 and didn't end up getting home til around 3:30PM. After my hair I headed to Josh's office, they threw us the cutest party and it was so awesome. Then I had to go pick up my dress! The time got away from my by then so I sped back home and signed back on. I worked til about 5, returning all my calls, admitted defeat and shut my computer down. I was SO stressed. I wanted to get a pedicure before we left, that didn't happen.
Josh came home around 4, earlier than I wanted him there. I had been debating for awhile what to get him for the wedding. Clearly we were a day before leaving and any of the personalized gifts I wanted to get were not going to happen. I decided I was getting him an iPad. I knew he'd be completely surprised and love it. I told him I was going out to get my nails done and do a few more errands and off I went. I had to hurry because we had to bring Goonie to my friends' house when I get back. I went first to
Best Buy to check their prices, then I went to buy it at Sam's Club. I havent done nearly enough research so standing in the store trying to decide was stressing me out more. I called one of my bridesmaids and decided to get him the iPad 2 with the middle storage, 32 whatever I think? haha I stand in line, behind someone re-stocking his mini-mart I swear, with my one item, for 25 minutes. While in line, I'm on the phone with my sister trying to figure out how to get this thing to her so Josh doesnt see it. I'm not checking it in my luggage, and I can't bring it in my carryon. Security will make me take it out and my surprise will be ruined. Finally I decide I'm going to drive to my sister's and give it to her to bring. (she lives 30 min in the opposite direction of where I am)
I get to the checkout and she hands the slip to someone else to get it from the back. That person comes back and tells me theyre sold out ................. I pretty much have a breakdown. One of my bridesmaids in DC is trying to call me while this is going on, I snap at the woman "forget it" and decide I'll go back to Best Buy. I call my BM back and she says she'll get in in DC, and bring it with her. Angel from above, thank you!!
I feel relieved and head back home. At about 7PM I get back home and we pack up my car with Goonie's stuff. I'm already tearing up at the thought of leaving him and Josh is being very quiet. We get there and stay about an hour making sure he is happy and going to be okay. We feel comfortable, can tell he is happy (she has two other dogs), and I tell Josh- we need to leave, NOW! I can tell I'm about to start crying at any second. We tell her we're going, hug and kiss him and walk out to the car. his little face is in the storm door watching us leave him and we both lose it. Weeping like two grown babies. I have only ever seen Josh cry one other time, and that was a tear. He was full on weeping. It made me cry even more. I felt terrible leaving him.
We got back home and it was so odd being home without him, but I needed to pack us. Back to business! I think Josh saw the stress in my face and actually did his own thankfully! I had packed all of our wedding stuff previously, but none of my clothes. Then I realize I never got white shoes for rehearsal. Too late at that point. I finish packing my suitcase around 12:30AM, complete with sticky-notes all over the place, on the stair railing, on the front door, on the bathroom mirror, so I don't forget things we need in the morning. Josh passed out around 11. I lay in bed trying to fall asleep and I can't, my mind is racing a mile a minute. Last I remember seeing 1:30AM, with our alarm going off at 3:15. The towncar was coming to get us at 4:45.
The alarm went off and I woke right up. Showered, crossed off all my sticky notes and the towncar came around 4:30AM. It felt odd leaving the house with all our stuff and no pup in the window, but paying $100 for that towncar was a great choice. We both sat in silence for 35 minutes before we met everyone at the airport. We're going to Disney World today!!!!
Hope you are having a wonderful time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And that ring is gorgeous. Programs are also lovely. Wendy from Etsy made them (the design)? So pretty. Can't believe you will be there and married SO soon. Happy for you Tricia!
HAPPY WEDDING DAY!!!
Really looking forward to reading all about it!
HAPPY WEDDING DAY!!!
Happy Wedding Day!!!
soo I'm wearing a hoodie one of my BM's gave me that says bride on the back. Holding Tiffany, wheeling my suitcase, my carryon, in my fleece lined hoodie in FL, you'd think I would slow down. Nope. I'm sweating bullets but I just keep going. J&M are keeping up with us, not saying a word. We can see the ME ahead of us, I look over at Mary and she's sweating too. She asked me what I do for work and tells me they want to steal me away. I get all excited inside, because like I said, I'm obsessed. We get to the ME, we go to our bus line, they go to theirs and we say we'll see them later. (They stayed at CBR). 
(And it's the usual nightly routine, just normally by that point, I'm already in bed. But when I saw that you posted, I had to come and read!)
Just can't wait to hear all the details. 
home!! You're off to a great TR start!
