Wedding season
I’m back in Topeka for the wedding now. I basically feel like I’ve just been tying ribbons on everything I see for the last day and a half. I actually partially destroyed my back for most of last night because I was in the same position, tying bows, for most of the day. Gracious.
I just finished pre-prepping the flowers so they’ll be ready to turn into bouquets tomorrow. Also, when they’re made into bouquets I’ll have some fridge space to store them until it’s time for the wedding and photos. Just experimenting with the stems, it seems that they will fairly easily tie into bouquets so I’m not that nervous about it. They’re a great size, and they’re also brown-centered sunflowers, a fact that makes me giggly. Woo. So now I think I might go unearth some extra sunflowers to do centerpieces with and I need to run to the store to stock up on 3 for 12 dollar filler bouquets. I don’t want too much filler, but I’m hoping to find some craspedia so I can add that to the boutonnieres.
Tonight I have my make-up trial with Sarah. I sent her some pictures of what I was thinking yesterday and one of them was a commercial modeling photo from a bridal magazine and I said “this natural look, but if you could tone down the apparent anorexia, that would be great.” When I spoke to her about it later she was reading over my message and said “Oh wow, are you sure you want the anorexia gone? I think this is a spontaneous decision and you should think about it more.” It made me really happy that Sarah and I are still friends after all these years. Lol.
Tomorrow, I wake up early and start tying bouquets. Then I go with Kyle to get his tux, or if he doesn’t make it in to get there at opening, I finish the bouquets and then I’m getting a mani/pedi from a place out north. I’m going french manicure on my hands and blue on my toes. As I haven’t had a pedicure in ages, I’m so excited.
And for other life updates: I started class on Tuesday after Monday’s orientation and Sunday’s meet and greet. Daily, I grow more and more convinced that Texas Tech is absolutely the best decision for me and I’m excited for how great the program is. Also, I’m excited for the new friends that I’m making. Everyone in the class seems pretty nice and I’m excited to get to know people better than just superficially. I’m somewhat nervous that I’m missing out on important social bonding for the wedding, but I’m sure I can catch up. And it’s not like I regret having the wedding now. If anything, it’s really nice to have a chance to head home and see my family once more before I’m really moved for good. Besides this is not kindergarten, friendships are not based on who is there in the first week.
Oh and I did make it through the museum last week, and I’m really excited to work with the collections.