It's all set and booked! Wedding will be held at the UWA Sunken Gardens and the reception to follow at Villa Pourzand. Really happy to have it all booked and starting to work on the small things. This weekend is a bridal expo and I am looking forward to going to that to get some ideas and such. And with some very special friends that I am soooo lucky to have to share in the planning and fun with!
It still all seems like a dream. Yes, we have had our share of ups and downs over the years, and our miles (or kilometers) didn't help. But in the end, together, we overcame them. But to actually be in love and plan to marry your best friend is just so amazing. I'm still on top of the world!
Wayne is currently in Sydney on his path to America. I hope he has a really nice time. He loves America and has a lot of friends. I'm really glad that he has been able to squeeze in some vacation time as well. It would be a shame to travel THAT far to only be able to participate in the work conference and come straight home. In the meantime, I am enjoying not having to double check the toilet seat to make sure it's down, and if my bladder decides to awake me at 4am (as it tends to do for the past year now...grrr) I won't even have to think twice. Of course, what this DOES mean is that when he returns, I will no doubt be far too comfortable and...well, you know where this is going! haha.
In addition to the wedding, I've had quite an emotional week. My older sister and I lost contact when I was 19. It was her choice. Long story short she had a massive fallout with our biological father. Neither of us have anything to do with him and were both lucky enough to have a step dad that we are fortunate enough to consider our "real" dad and have as an awesome father figure. Well, not father figure, but as our fathers. In the past when she cut dies with our biological father, she cut ties with anyone related to him... even if we didn't speak. Almost 9 years ago, she gave birth to a daughter. When I found out, I went straight to the hospital. I had hoped that it would lead to us rebuilding our relationship. (side note, there are more details to this, but it's not appropriate for a blog). I left hopeful, but once calls, letters, cards, etc were unanswered, after a few years I slowly gave up hope. Yesterday, I had a friend request on facebook and a message from her. Needless to say I was in tears. I called Wayne and he thought something was wrong. They were tears of overwhelming joy. I still get a little teary eyed even thinking about it! We are working on rebuilding our relationship and she mentioned possibly coming to the wedding pending finances. That would be so awesome. She also sent me a picture of my GORGEOUS neice, Ashley. Which also put me in massive tears. She has changed from the last time I saw and held her, at the ripe age of 2 days old.
I have had a negative encounter with a friend, but right now I'm happy and having some really good things going with the above, work is going great, and life is just too good right now to allow someone to interfere with this! People and things can only negatively impact us if we ALLOW them to.
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