I don’t feel the need to announce my engagement on here because you already know I’m engaged. How? Because you are my friend on facebook and you clicked on this link in my profile. And facebook is covered with the engagement and wedding date.
This is where I’m going to be honest with myself and you. I do not love being engaged. Let me explain. It’s exciting to be committed to be committed at first. Then you just want be to be committed period. My boy is 5 hours away and engagement doesn’t change that. I do love staring at my ring, but hate that it’s on my pointer finger. haha. It’s too big for my ring finger : ( I was using string to make it fit, but it was too annoying and ugly.
So there are girls who love the wedding planning process and it satisfies (or perhaps distracts) them until the actual wedding day. I am not that kind of girl. Sure, I liked picking the colors and bridesmaid dresses. I’ll enjoy shopping for the groomsmen, registering, and taking engagement pictures. But that’s about where my fun ends. I don’t care too much about centerpieces. I don’t care too much about food. I don’t care about having a wedding cake. I do care about the photographer, but that is so stressful I’m beginning not to care. I don’t care about all the little details and decor. I’m leaving that to people who enjoy it, which is not me. People are blown away by the short engagement, but I don’t think it’s short enough.
What got me out of bed this morning? Knowing I’m getting married in a few months. It’s good motivation to bust through school work. It’s like I convinced myself if I get homework done early, I can get married early. Wait…What? It doesn’t work that way? Crap! Ok, fine. I think our engagement is the perfect length. Perfect length to plan the wedding without a period of just waiting for it to happen, and perfect for me to get prepared physically, mentally and spiritually.
So the song of the day for me is: The Special Two by Missy Higgins. It makes me want to cry and hold hands with Josh. haha.
I am all for short engagements as well. Jeff and I were engaged on December 28th and married on April 8th, so about the same as you and Josh. I wasn’t much into planning as well, but sit back and enjoy the ride. You’ll want to savor the memories as the years add up in your happy life! Congrats again!