When It Rains, It Pours ...

Ooooh boy. So much is happening in my life right now.

First things first ... the wedding. We managed to figure out a date for the family engagement party that suits almost everyone (except for my maid of honour and one of my 3 bridesmaids, boo), so I'm happy to be able to stop worrying about scheduling that shit. But I'm bummed that 2 of my dearest gals, who are like sisters to me, can't be there. Oh well. They're coming to my fun, FRIEND engagement party in two weeks, haha.

Speaking of that ... so, the fiance and I put our condo on the market, and have been waiting to move into our new place that we bought out in the burbs ... well, further out in the burbs. Anyway, we got an offer yesterday, so we thought we'd call up our new place and find out our completion date. December fucking 6th. Yeah, thanks for the notice, people. So I'm going to try to start packing tonight, because we have less than 2 weeks to move, are planning 2 engagement parties, have my birthday, and a shitload of other things going on.

But I've been saving my best news for last, because I think I'm just being too crabby, when in reality I'm super happy about all the awesome things in my life, it's just that it's stressful when you have so many life-changing events happening at the same time. Anyway, I think we've found out a location and date for the wedding. The place is GORGEOUS. It's affordable (well, as much as wedding venues are, haha). It's literally in our new backyard. No, really, it is. I'm so happy. I'm taking the fiance to look at it tomorrow, after our inspection at the new place, and then we'll put down our deposit, and officially have a wedding date.

Holy crap, this has been an insane eight days.

Blerg

Well, the honeymoon's over. No, everything's still great with my fiance. The real problem is my family. They are making it virtually impossible to plan anything. I can't have my wedding in July, because one of my brothers is going on vacation with his family. I can't get married in September, because my sisters live out east, and they want to come out in the summer, and combine my wedding with their annual/bi-annual family visits. Basically, when everything is said and done, I'm left with three dates in August, and the odds of finding a venue I like at a price I can afford on those days is dwindling...

The more pressing issue at the moment is the engagement party. I'd like to have it in December, because one of my bridesmaids lives in the States at the moment, and will be back for a month to visit. And of course I want her to be around for as much of the big stuff as possible. But, of course, my family is just so busy with their all-important lives that my engagement party takes a back seat to everything else. The party should, ideally, be on a Saturday, but it can't be on the 1st or the 8th due to my brothers. I can't do it on the 15th due to a good friend's birthday party that night. So I'm crossing my fingers that everyone in my family, and everyone in my fiance's family, is free on the 22nd. Otherwise I'm shit outta luck.

People fucking suck sometimes. It'd be nice if my family put me first for once. Especially right now.

I need a vacation. *sigh*

Mission Accomplished!

So, it's finally happened. And it's everything I hoped it would be. I am now, finally, OFFICIALLY, engaged! And it's fucking wonderful. I cannot wipe the goofy grin off my face. I feel like a 6 year old who has magically managed to combine Christmas Eve with Groundhog's Day, and like every day is going to be super awesome. Though that might have something to do with the face that I'm utterly in love with my ring. Like, to the point where I stare at IT lovingly, instead of my fiance (but I dig him, too). It's a blissful place to be.

So, even though that should be an adequate excuse for not visiting my own damn blog in over 2 weeks, I actually do have another explanation. Our computer died (RIP, 4 year old Toshiba; you lived a good life). It was awful. It just .... went dark. Like, while I was using it. So not only were we computerless (which is every bit as horrifying as it sounds!), but my fiance not-so-secretly thought I might have done something. But I didn't. I'm sure of it. Almost one hundred percent sure ...

We have now got a new computer, also a Toshiba. It's kinda of like buying a new puppy when your old dog dies. It's cuter, for sure, but the old one just knew what to do. I have to train this baby all over again.

And that is why my blog has been utterly neglected. Oh, and my dog ate my homework (I feel that is a universally acceptable excuse for just about anything).