that’s the number of things we registered for on saturday.
we went to linens-n-things in order to register for the wedding because even though we NEED NOTHING and had TWO OF EVERYTHING until we got rid of lots of stuff at the garage sale, we’ve been told that people will want to buy us things, nevertheless. so we spent ages and ages going through the store talking about buying things and it felt like we’d picked out a lot of stuff but then when i went online to look at the registry, there were only twelve things.
not enough things.
i find this very ironic.
too many things in the world.
i decided to sign up at bed bath-n-beyond as well, because i figured we might find something we needed.
i guess it’s really that “i might find something i need,” because i don’t think kevin has looked at the site yet. well, he did briefly, but he hated it because for some reason it’s a very crummy site in terms of how long it takes for things to load. basically FOREVER sometimes, which is much too long to wait.
but i kept looking at stuff, and tonight i found an entire line of servingware that i suddenly decided i LOVE AND CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT, so i added several pieces of that. and now, after what feels like most of the weekend spent looking at stuff, i’m proud to say that we have about, oh…maybe 40 or so things registered.
i guess i won’t worry about where we’re going to store all this serving ware since we’re pretty much maxed out on all storage space in the kitchen.
aside from wedding things, the weekend has been ok. so much time spent inside becuause it’s too hot to be outside. i want to go see “the devil wears prada” this week; i’d heard it got terrible reviews but i just read a great review of it in the new yorker and now i want to see it. will i have time? perhaps. i’ll make time.
thad is coming to the wedding, and scott alleges he’s going to show up, too. now i want to have some kind of party before the wedding to hang out with friends who will be here from out of town. so that’s another party to plan. first thad was telling me that i shouldn’t listen to people when they say that a wedding HAS to be a certain way, that i should do just what i want, and then when i told him i don’t want a traditional wedding photographer because i think they’re ridiculously overpriced and i don’t need every second of the event documented in pictures, he started saying YOU HAVE TO GET A PROFESSIONAL and SOMEBODY NEEDS TO BE IN CHARGE BECAUSE IT’S GOING TO BE CRAZY and YOU’RE GOING TO BE TOTALLY OUT OF YOUR MIND AND SOMEBODY NEEDS TO BE IN CHARGE.
i forgot to point out to him that he’d just told me to not listen to anybody, but i did say that i was NOT going to be crazy and i COULD tell people what to do, plus randy is going to be in charge of things.
and then he said that i’m going to be so crazy leading up to the wedding that i won’t have TIME for any kind of crazy pre-wedding party and i said, does this mean you’ll be coming to spfld and i won’t actually get to see you?
he has a warped idea of wedding, clearly. he claims that he’s been to THOUSANDS of them and he KNOWS that it’s crazy and all of that.
but he hasn’t been to my wedding.
by the time i get married, i’ll be very calm because i’ll have accepted the fact that we have to have a ridiculously overpriced tent, and i’ll have managed (somehow) to lose weight to zip up my dress, and everything will be just fine.
he’ll see. he’ll see.
and right now i must sleep because the week looms ahead, supposed to be in the 90’s all week long, plus i’m going to be busy with working plus i have to go see a movie.
i hope, if you’re reading this on monday morning, snarling and snapping because it’s monday morning, that you think about taking time to ENJOY LIFE.
maybe i need to start a t-shirt company with slogans like that, but i guess the “life is good” people already have the market cornered on feel-good t-shirts.
i don’t have time to think about starting a new business right now anyway. i have to read my book and sleep. eventually.
ok then,
july grace.