Work has been great, no complaints there. Definitely a breath of fresh air to work in a positive environment. Meanwhile, over the past few weeks I've been hearing about my co-workers at my former job dropping out of the office like flies--pursuing better work environments, too! I'm really pleased to hear it, I'm glad people are looking out for themselves and telling our old boss to shove it.
I'm enjoying interacting with the clients and their families. Among other roles, social workers are often consulted to problem solve. I really love that part of the job--putting the puzzle pieces together to bring about an ideal outcome.
I've been bustin' my butt over the past week to get ahead of all my work cause I'M GOING TO ENGLAND (more on that in a moment). Of course all my clients decide to discharge at the same exact time I'm going to be out of town. How dare they! :-)
So yes, I am going to England for a week, starting tomorrow! Woot! Excited to see the fiance and his family. We're gonna be celebrating two special events over the weekend--his nan and granddad's 50th wedding anniversary (WOW) and our engagement. It's gonna be so fun, I'm looking forward to it. I haven't seen Kieran since we got engaged in June! lame! Maybe we can get some wise, sound marriage advice from them! I'm sure they can let us in on the awesome, the good, the bad, and the ugly. I can't even imagine turning 50 years old, let alone celebrating a 50th anniversary. That's heart-warming stuff.
Wedding planning hit the ground running since I booked my location but now it's stalled and I dunno what to do to jump start it again!! So far I've taken care of the following:
1) Date and Venue
2) Colors
3) Bridal party
4) THE DRESS...MY LOVERRRR
5) Designed and ordered my "Save the date" magnets
6) In the process of designing the invitations
7) Submitted my immigration crap
Now I'm stuck. I dunno what to do next. Do I do the food? Or flowers? What about room blocks and wedding registry? BLAHHHH. My head is spinning and I can't quite get my feet planted firmly. Meanwhile, TheKnot.com keeps sending me daily emails with the subject lines like: "8 disastrous things that can happen at your reception" Dudes, are you for real? Cut that shit out, you're giving me a nervous tick.
The other day Kieran said to me, "So what do you wanna do when you're over here?" thinking that I had big fun plans. Sorry, lovey, we're doing the wedding registry, the guest lists, and browsing for suits. Bwahahah!! he cannot escape when I'm there! This shit is hard and he ain't getting off so easy :-D
This past weekend, I took a much needed mental vacation at the beach with my two best girlfriends--my Maid of Honor, Erica and my bridesmaid, Rachel.
Aren't they adorable?! I love these girls. We had a fantastic and exhausting time! I feel like the richest person in the world to have love in my life and friends who know how to make me laugh. I'm not ready to talk about how much I'm gonna miss these gals when I hop the pond!! :(
Alrighty, it's already 10:15pm and I still haven't packed!!!! Gotta run for now. Will update when I get home from England.
All my love,
Amanda :-)
xXxXxXx <----that's how the English express their love via the internets
Dude! The next things you need to take care of are:
ReplyDelete1) Music... decide on live band or DJ, then book it! And see if your reception place has any preferred venders.
2) Photographer/videographer.
3) Find a florist.... you don't have to pick out flowers yet, but you want them to reserve your date and discuss pricing.
4) If you have to find a caterer, do that now. If your reception site does the food, that can wait until the end. Jon and I aren't picking our menu until 3 weeks before the big day.
5) Block rooms for hotel guests. Rooms should be blocked before you send out save the dates.
Start with that:) I can give you a total play by play of my wedding and the mistakes we made along the way. Call me anytime! xoxox And tell me about your dress! I must know....
P.s. that comment is from Kimmy. I can't figure out all this blogging stuff so I had to post as anonymous.
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