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Crazy next year

mrgreenbmrgreenb member
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I just got engaged!!
here is the whole story.  So we bought a house in july and i knew that when the time comes that i would not get a ring becuase of the house we own now.  So today he took me to the venue that i told him i wanted to get married.  I was really confused and asked him what we were doing there he said talking to someone about a wedding date and prices.  I was so confused.  He asked my mom and dad if it was ok if we got married there and if we set a date.  He planed it all.  So i am getting married in cleveland ohio september 7 2013. 

I thought we were going to have a small wedding in vegas or something. but now we are planning on inviting 200 people.  i know im crazy.  What is more crazy is that i graduate nursing school in may and take my state boards in june/july and im getting married 2 months later. 

Please if anyone has any suggestions i will take them.  I need to do well in the end of school and i think i might just go insane with a wedding now on top of it. 

Mindi
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Re: Crazy next year

  • AmJam04AmJam04 member
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    As a fellow nursing student, all I can say is either hire a full-service wedding planner or push the date back by a couple months.
    The last thing you want to be stressing about as you prepare for the NCLEX is wedding stuff -- ESPECIALLY since you're planning a huge wedding.

    Good luck!
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  • jagore08jagore08 member
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    I was married one week before 1st semester finals in nursing school (across country) and I agree with pp.  I was super stressed and I wasn't really doing all that much for my wedding (I had a planner as part of the venue package).  The last semester is really stressful with finalizing school, preparing for NCLEX, applying for jobs, and the other 50 things that pop up the last few months.  My last couple months of 4th and the time before NCLEX were crazy busy.  If you can afford a planner, it will be well worth your money. 
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  • shaina925shaina925 member
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    Congrats on the engagement :)
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  • hollyweenORhollyweenOR
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    I agree, get as much help as possible, whether it's an all-inclusive venue w/ a planner, or hiring a planner to work w/ the vendors for you, or even depending on a willing family member. I precepted a senior in her clinical practicum this spring who was getting married about 4 weeks after we finished (and we didn't finish her clinical hours until the week of her graduation). She got a date for the boards about 2 weeks after her graduation, and was off to get married about a week and a half later! Her mom and aunts pretty much planned the whole thing for her. 

    Plus, not sure what the job market is like in your neck of the woods, but here, it's pretty tight and finding a new grad job is pretty much a full time job, and I'd hate to have that hanging over my head (or almost worse, get a job offer with a start date either right before or immediately after the wedding- your first 3-6 months on the job will likely run you ragged, honestly). I'm not saying delay the wedding at all, just bear in mind that the transition from student to working RN is pretty stressful for awhile, and plan for the fact that at the end of a 12 hour shift, you will feel like you got beat with the nursing stick. ;)

    That said, congratulations, and you have lots of excitement ahead! Plan accordingly! :)
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  • mrgreenbmrgreenb member
    Fifth Anniversary 10 Comments
    Thanks everyone for the advice.  THe venue has full time planners and everything is inclusive thank god.
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  • cwaggoner07cwaggoner07 member
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    Congrats!
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