Weather looks like it will be tolerable, currently no rain is being predicted, but that may change, as always. Good thing it has cooled down a bit though. I have a small “to do” list, but they are things I can knock out pretty quickly, or things I can hand over to someone else and I’m fine with delegating.

Jason and I cleaned the house last night, and I mean cleaned. Mopped floors, shampooed carpets, emptied a bunch of trash. I even mowed our lawn that had 2 foot weeds springing up out of it. I have a few bug bites to show for it too. I *finally* cleaned out my car after many months of not having done so. It feels good to finally take care of that after saying I would for so long.

My maid-of-honor was supposed to meet me there, but she never showed up. We’ve gone a few days without talking before, but she didn’t answer her phone, her emails, etc. On Wednesday she emailed to tell me she’d been in a car accident!! She’s okay, but her car is totalled. If someone had been in the passenger side, they probably would’ve been impailed by the door frame and, at the very least, would’ve suffered horrible injuries. I still don’t know the details of the accident, but it sounds like her insurance is taking care of things, even providing a car for 30 days for free.

I don’t know what I would’ve done if she’d gotten seriously hurt. Especially right now. I don’t even want to think about it.

Again, I was amazed at the generosity of my friends and soon-to-be family. Jason’s mom and sister were there and they were a lot of fun. It was nice of them to drive down from C-ville for the party.

Last Saturday we had our final shower at our house. No, we didn’t throw a shower for ourselves, it was hosted by my maid-of-honor. She prepared the most amazing Irish menu you could possibly ask for. Soda bread, fondue, phyllo cups, 3 desserts and Irish drinks to boot! It was amazing. The turn out was pretty small, but we got to spend some quality time with close friends.

Sunday Jason’s parents came down and we ordered the tuxes for the guys and got juice for the cocktails. Jason and I are in the middle of designing the cocktail menus, so that’s fun. I have a few other display items to put together still.

This weekend I go for my hair trial and I’m so excited! We’ll do a full trial run of my hair and makeup for the wedding. I can’t wait. Then I meet with my wedding coordinator to go over the days events, etc. Sunday I have a work pool party, which seems kinda weird, but I’m going to go for a little bit. Its not with my normal work group, but some other people I worked with on a certain techie project. It was nice of them to invite me. Sunday night, Jason and I are going to see a Sounds game in a skybox with the rest of my office. Our manager arranged this for us when we reached a certain number of electronic prescriptions. That’s a bad explanation, but I’m too lazy to go into it now!

More later!

But anyway, I am very grateful that so many of our friends can attend and I know it will still be an incredible day.

The point of this is that I had another crazy wedding dream. In this one, we were at a location where weddings happen one after the other all throughout the day. I was freaking out because I hadn’t met with my florist to finalize the flowers, I hadn’t given our officiant the script for the ceremony and I hadn’t even met up with my wedding coordinator till like an hour before the wedding. The ceremony before ours was running late and by the end of it, the officiant said he couldn’t stay and that he could come back the next morning. Since most people either live in Nashville or they were there for the whole weekend, we decided it would be okay to do the wedding the next morning, but then we didn’t have the location reserved. Anyway, it was a mess.

The show went really well last weekend. We were sold out on opening night and four of my friends from work came. It was really great. Jason came too, so that made it even better. I think everyone enjoyed it, it was at least different from what they were used to as far as theatre goes.

My mom and brother came into town on Saturday, so they both got to see it as well. Sunday I got sick with something nasty and that knocked me on my butt all day Sunday and on into Monday. It was nice having my mom around though, she took care of me. :) We went to brunch at Ellendales, which was a really nice brunch, but it was hella busy. I mean, kids running around screaming, bumping into waiters with big trays full of dirty dishes, and waiting 10 minutes for a water refill. Anyway, it was a nice place, but I was already feeling crummy, so I don’t think I got the full enjoyment out of it.

Monday we went to get my dress, since its in, and I tried it on. It fit perfectly and just needs a bustle, so they’re holding it there till I get in touch with the seamstress. I didn’t know it didn’t come with a bustle, but I guess I was supposed to know that. Oh well.

My play, Metamorphoses, opens next weekend, the 12th, which is Mother’s Day weekend. My mom and brother are coming to see it and are staying with us for a few days. My brother still hasn’t seen our house, and neither of them have met Clementine. Anyway, they are both coming in on Saturday and then Sunday we can do brunch. I made reservations at one place, but I may change my mind to go somewhere closer. Monday we’re going to pick up my dress, which I haven’t seen yet since it arrived. I’m very excited.

The play itself is going really well. I’ve memorized all my lines and am not having dreams about forgetting all of them. We haven’t really seen the set yet or tried on costumes, but I think we get those this week. For those of you who don’t know, the play takes place in and around a pool of water, so we have to have comfortable, yet minimal, costumes. In fact, there is one part of the show where a guy is entirely naked. I’m not sure if my mom knows that yet. Oops. So anyway, if you want to come see it, call head for tickets at 341.0300. It’ll save you $3 to call ahead.

Soccer has been fun so far. We’re 1-1 so far and I have some fun bruises to show for it. Nothing like Jason’s nasty bruise on his NZ trip, but battle scars nonetheless. I’m having a good time. I wish my mom could see me play, but there’s no game on Mother’s Day.

Lastly, wedding stuff is coming along nicely. Today is exactly 4 months away from our wedding! I’ve decided to hand-make our invitations. I’m creating them from scratch, not using a kit, so we’ll see how they come out. I’m working on other details, like the favors, cake, and decorations, and I have a pretty good idea about all of them. The music is hard to put together, but I’ve at least found our recessional song.