We walked in silence for a few minutes before I asked: “So,
what do we do now?”
Other than calling people—many of who already knew what was
in the works—Ryan and I didn’t know what to do.
So, we held a short and small debate about our wedding date located a mere 5 yards from
a major highway…
This is what was originally proposed: 2 May’s from now. What? Two Years? What? So, I made a
counter offer: next Fall (the year of 2012). It was an offer he couldn’t refuse
(winky face). I think Ryan’s goal was to
make me wait and wait and wait (by my calculations, waiting and waiting and
waiting would mean 8 years of waiting all together). By then, I could be the
first lady president of the United States twice. I could be the potential savior or destroyer of America’s
people.
Man, who wouldn’t want to marry that right away?
So, after our phone calls were made, and I announced my
engagement to the world of Facebook, I started to prioritize what I
needed/wanted to do.
This is what the functional bride has established so far:
- My best lady
- The ladies of my wedding party (you will have to wait patiently for the revealing)
- Who I am going to/want to invite
- The time of year (which is the fall)
- That like the fall things are going to be rustic.
- That my ladies are going to look haut
- That Ryan should have x amount of guys to my x amount of girls for continuity. We will see what happens with this…
- That we are going to dance like hipity hopity bunnies
- That Napa/Sonoma County is looking really inviting
- What my wedding dress isn’t going to look like
This is what Ryan has established so far:
- That he has submitted to a fall wedding
- That he has a best guy
- That he is the best guy
- And that all his men will either be dressed in powder blue or powder orange tuxedos (cough, cough)…
- There has even been mention of a European trip for his bachelor party and the purchase of a shed to replace the barn I want to get married at (har har har)
Needless to say, we have our work cut out for us. While that’s
cool and stuff--all that work coming up--what I am truly excited for is the
love and support we will get to absorb through this process. Family and friends
have already given us a plethora of knowledge to store up in honor of the
upcoming nuptials. So it will make it even more exciting for that big day!
