So much to do.

I am going to start recapping as soon as we get the professional photos back. Maybe some other photos, but the one’s I’ve seen aren’t the best ever.

I cried last night I had such a bad day at work. Total mental breakdown. But I promise I’ll get out of the funk soon.

BTW: Who got us a rice cooker? You didn’t leave a card.

Not Quite Ready

I am still recovering. Now, looking back, I can’t believe I did it. Started a new job, did my National Board certification, was in a Masters Program (3 more months) and planned the wedding.

The Wedding:
Perfect
Tear-Jerking
Dancing
Funny
Fabulous
I loved EVERY MINUTE OF IT.

And I really have no regrets. It makes me so sad when Bridal Bloggers list their “should haves”. We got married! That’s all that matters!

I will blog about it more when I get all the pictures and finish recovering. My house is filled with wedding crap that I still need to go through, we just finished opening gifts on Saturday, I have a million thank you notes to write. Excuses, excuses. It’s only been a week, people!

Right now I am pissed because Brendan and I can’t share an Iphone plan because he has a different area code on his phone number. So I still have my jankity red razor phone.

Okay, a day of returns (extra cardstock, bone folders, wedding undies I never wore (I SWEAR)).

Hold Your Horses.

Weather! Perfect!

Sat
Oct 3

Partly Cloudy

68°
48°

20%

68°F

Weather.

Wedding Weather:

AVERAGES

Hi	70°F
Lo	51°F

RECORDS

Hi	88°F
Lo	36°F

Saving Grace

My saving graces:

1. The copy lady at my new school who periodically comes by and gives me bubble wrap to pop.

2. The boy who came back after he accidentally stole my pen and brought it back, saying “I made the baby Jesus cry” (what I tell them happens if they steal)

3. Extra prep period- HOLLA! I can do this.

Tired

I am just so tired.
I am working at this new job- this fabulous new job, but I am writing all the curriculum that I use. Most people who write curriculum get paid big bucks to sit in an office all day, and never see the inside of a classroom. I get paid like at teacher, and still teach like a teacher. But I have to make up everything that I teach.

That means all lesson plans, unit plans, handouts, homework sheets, every minute of every day I do all on my own. It’s just…………so………..much. And there is a first year teacher who is only teaching from a standardized curriculum who keeps complaining- he has everything laid out for him! Everything! When to breathe.

I need to breathe.

It just makes me want to cry. I don’t know why, I just feel so overwhelmed right now. I know I can do this, but there is just too much on my plate.

1. The wedding
2, This new job
3. Back to Grad school starting this week.

Don’t get me wrong, if I was at my old job, I would be stressed in a worse way, this feeling of helplessness and anger, at least here I know I can do what I need to do, it just seems like an enormous task. I need to count my blessings that I am starting here now, when I am still relatively young and don’t have that much to do outside of work (no family, etc).

I think I need more sleep. I was going to take just Thurs/Fri off before the wedding, but lately I am leaning towards 3 days before and 3 after.
I would love some supportive words of encouragement. Thanks Blogosphere.

The makeup situation

The girl that did my first makeup trial at the Michael Anthony Salon quit.

Then the salon told me they were already booked for my wedding date.

They were not willing to help me.

I went to a new salon, Mario Tricocci.

I did another makeup trial.

The girl just left.

They are giving me a new trial For Free! and doing my makeup on my wedding day For Free!

Great customer service.

Decisions, Decisions

20 days people.
20 days!

Vases have been dropped of at (new) florist
Seating chart has been completed
Marriage license has been purchased
Menu’s are printed and framed
Programs are printed and sliced to appropriate size
Seamless undies have been purchased.

So so so close! As Brendan said:
“By tommorow we’ll be in the teens, and by tuesday, we will be barely legal!”

Breaking Bad

The bad, bad videographer.  He kept emailing me, but he couldn’t call because, why, Anne?

because he lost my phone number!  Great business, Mr. Man.

I cannot explain to you how angry I was here.  I swear there was smoke coming out of my ears.  Brendan wouldn’t let me ream the guy out, because I just kept yelling about how I couldn’t wait to “Yelp the s— out of him”.  I was like a broken record.

When Brendan talked to him, to terminate the contract because he just RANDOMLY asked for more money, even though we had a contract, he didn’t understand why we would cancel.  I dunno, because, now that you have asked for;

1.  More money (the first time)

2.  2 Vendor meals (even after the contract!)

3.  More money (a second time!) (After the contract!)

I don’t trust you anymore.  When Brendan said he (I’m paraphrasing) thought it was unethical to try to change a signed contract, the guy said; “Ok” and hung up.

We got our deposit back.  The “company” name  is Loudbyte videography.  Don’t hire them.