Weddings=crazy

Now I see how women are driven crazy when they start planning their wedding as I am quickly being drawn toward the nut-house. Fortunately for those around me, we have found a solution to the wedding crazies. Who would have thought that planning a low-key wedding could be so hard. Sometimes I think a traditional all-out wedding must be easier, no creativity, just following the 1,000 page planning books that spell out everything from embossed napkins to silverware engravings. So, we are bravely stepping into the unknown and unplanned territory of the low-key wedding. Step one: don't stress out. Step two: have a fun party. Step three: don't stress out. I think I can follow those rules...

So presently we are planning on having a strictly casual no-tie affair at Hildegaard's. Following the ceremony, we are going to have a fun and easy bbq with salads and drinks. I think my mom and I are going to make the cakes, I can't wait. This plan just sounds like the best and most relaxing yet. Kurtis seems really excited about it and I already feel so much more relieved. Moral of the story is: low-key weddings do not mean low-key planning.

I had a fieldtrip today 1.5 hours away in St. Louis but didn't go. I talked to the teacher this morning, explaining that I had another 5 hours of driving since I have a volleyball game at Lincoln Christian tonight. He said I was in a good spot in the class and not to worry about it so I can do homework and not sit in a car today which I so appreciate.

Kurtis is in the middle of figuring out all of his Finland to Mexico and back home schedule of flights for January. He has a crazy schedule that is for sure. Our lives are all over the place this next year, we will have a lot to talk about. Finland, Mexico, Prague, graduation, wedding, moving, jobs, music, grad school... I better stop before my head explodes.

Halloween is this weekend and as a stepping stone of maturity I plan on not watching a scary movie in commemoration of this terrifying holiday. Instead I will bake pumpkin pie with Christy and do homework. I want to be able to sleep next week and being in a single, I have little to chance of sleeping if I watch a movie scarier than The Labyrinth and even then those creepy little gremlins might keep me from sleeping.

Well, off to do some last minute homework before I have to leave for 2.5 hours of driving.