Time Keeps on Slippin', Slippin'....

When talking about the wedding with a married girlfriend of mine waaaaa-AAAY back in the summer, she exclaimed to me, "oh my God! Time is just going to FLY by. You're not going to even BELIEVE how fast time is going to go by! Seriously...it's crazy."

Still being over 8 months away at that point, time definitely was NOT flying. Time was doing just the opposite. Time seemed to be going backwards. It was trickling along like hardened sap down a tree. Like a snail taking a leisurely, squishy slither across a lawn. Like dust collecting in the corner, the wedding was so far out of my mind at that point I thought to myself, "when? When is time going to start flying?" With nothing to do, purchase or organize for months and months, I wondered WHEN I was going to start feeling the ticking of the clock as my friend so adamantly proclaimed would happen.

The answer? Right. Now.

Right now, time is flying by me with frightening speed. Not even lightning speed...like, even faster, if that's at all possible. I blink, and another milestone in the lead-up to the Big Day has come and gone.

The dreaded Canadian Winter is nearly over, hanging on by a pathetic thread still soaking us in slushy, snow storms every other day. All of the events I had listed in my mind as having to "get through" before the wedding are nearly done, with my Bridal Shower - thrown by my beautiful, wonderful sister Meredith - the latest, and one of the last, under my belt as of this evening (scoring quite a nice, kitchenly haul, I might add). Nat goes on his Stag to Austin, Texas this coming weekend, followed by a shower held by his family the weekend after. Then we have a glorious "free" weekend mostly likely to be filled with meetings and/or tastings, then the International Party Crew comes to town (Heather, Alicia, Kez & Julia). Then that Saturday is my Stagette, and then the weekend after that: The Wedding.

I haven't updated this blog because there was nothing really that exciting to update. I got my dress, it fits just perfectly. I have all the necessary accessories and a FABULOUS pair of new sparkly Jimmy Choo's. The girls have their dresses, the flowers have been picked. All the RSVP's are in and the seating lists are going to be finished next weekend, along with the homemade favours made by our Mums.

Okay, maybe those are exciting things. But considering that all of those things have happened within the last month and a bit, I haven't found the time to sit down and go over them all. Weekdays are for work and the gym. Saturdays and Sundays have been for wedding stuff. There has been no real "Buffy" time to sit, and breathe, and type. After the shower today though, I realized that I owe it to myself and all of you to update and let you know that I am still here, things are still happening, and it's all happening very fast.

"Are you excited?!??!", people ask me. Yes, of course I am. When I stop and realize that all of this work and all of these events are quickly leading up to my wedding day, that I am in less that 5-weeks going to be married to the greatest man I have ever known, my best friend and confidant, yes. I am beyond excited.

But because THIS is the time where the weeks turn into days, it hasn't really sunk in yet, because I haven't found the time to let it!

I guess my next question is, "when? WHEN is it going to sink in that I'm getting married???"

Will it be when everything is over? When we're on the plane, heading to the Barbados, am I going to turn and look at this beautiful man next to me and say, "you're my husband!". Is that the moment??

Everyone has an answer to that, everyone is different. Only I will know when that moment happens, just like I had to wait and see when time would start flying.

It's pretty amazing, when there's such an exciting, momentous thing you're waiting for to happen. And suddenly, it happens.

Wow....5 weeks.

Breathe.......