Planning update (cuz you invited them ...
):
Wow, the last month has been crazy!!! My head is still kinda spinning ...
In the course of a week, problems developed with both our ceremony
and reception venues, and what we thought would be a simple consultation with a jeweler turned into a massive case of sticker-shock. The bright spot of that week is that we finally found a amazing photographer at a price we could afford. Aaaaaaand then early the next week got an email from her that she had an unresolvable conflict come up for our wedding date. Three months and a few days out from our wedding, and we have questionable venues, no photographer, and one (or both) of us are gonna have to sell a kidney if we want rings.
Well ... God is so good: things have slowly come back together. Our caterer's banquet hall is available for our reception at no additional cost (a minor miracle, because they usually are booked up a year, or at least 6 months in advance), we've reserved a beautiful turn-of-the-century church for the ceremony (about 10 min. from the reception site), and I just sent a confirmation email to our new photographer -- who is matching the previous one's package, and including a 2nd shooter. I am so, so incredibly thankful.
Oh, and we found a (good) online source for our rings! FI really likes his, and I
love mine ... and no one loses any body parts.
Thank you for letting me unload a bit! Now the question:
About a week before this all happened, I got my first acute attack of "bride brain" -- you know, when your neurons start doing "Flight of the Bumblebee", emotions increase, logic decreases, and even though you're aware that you aren't being your normal, rational self, you can't quite snap out of it, especially when minor details of wedding planning are concerned? And after thinking I'd come through all the above issues reasonably well, then today at lunch, I dissolve into tears at a mild disagreement about whether or not we should split a sandwich. Poor FI -- I'm not a crier, this is very unlike me, and he was pretty bewildered. (And no, according to the calendar, it's not a monthly issue.)
How do "y'all" deal with bride brain? I've enjoyed planning so far, and I'd really like to get to our wedding day (end of April) wihtout driving my dear FI crazy or going crackers myself.
Thoughts? Ideas? Suggestions?