i was going to title this “tent trauma” because of the nice alliteration, but i feel that “trauma” is slightly too vehement. i\u2019m not at the point of trauma.<\/p>\n
yet.<\/p>\n
what if the tent is too hot? it has sides, and the tent renter woman (and yes, tents are pretty damn expensive) said that they thought it wouldn\u2019t be a problem to roll up the sides if it\u2019s nice weather. but she said that the manager of our reception site likes to have them down, in case it\u2019s windy or inclement in anyway.<\/p>\n
I\u2019M THE ONE PAYING FOR THE TENT, though, so shouldn\u2019t i get to decide about the situation of the sides? and then i talked to somebody who rented a tent from this place before and she didn\u2019t think it was possible to change the position of the sides from up to down.<\/p>\n
should we bring in fans, just in case? the tent renter will rent us fans for a mere $43 apiece, but luckily we have plenty of fans. and what about lights? we have a couple of torchiere lamps in the garage now, should we also bring them? can we have candles in the tent? the tent renter seemed way way too vague about tent details. shouldn\u2019t she know exactly everything about the tents, since they call her the “tent specialiast” there at the rental place?<\/p>\n
the tent has added too much stress to the wedding preparations. which, incidentally, are QUITE UNDER WAY NOW because i\u2019m panicking.<\/p>\n
MFH sent me an a-mail last night which he found on some website, a funny thing about not stressing. all the hooey about how things will be fine, etc etc etc. yeah, i\u2019m sure they\u2019ll be fine once we\u2019re having the wedding, but what about the nine weeks prior to the date? and what about the stuff that NEEDS TO BE DONE? <\/p>\n
i\u2019m thinking that somebody should write a wedding book called “planning your wedding from birth.” because all these wedding timelines start so ridiculously early – 12 months, 18 months, two years before the wedding – you might as well just start as soon as you can hold a crayon and start scribbling notes about the kind of flowers you want for your wedding.<\/p>\n
i haven\u2019t given the flowers a thought yet. people are now starting to grill me about specific wedding plans, like what kind of flowers and stuff like that. i just realized that it\u2019s all these people asking questions which are making me think more about things and worry. last night at the tu tu bbq somebody asked me if i had a dress and i gritted my teeth and just said “yes” instead of lamenting the fact that right now i CAN\u2019T ZIP IT UP. it was one of the lovely and very petite ballet women who asked that, and i figured she wouldn\u2019t be able to relate to the whole not-zipping thing.<\/p>\n
when i get stressed about the wedding, and suddenly i feel awfully, awfully stressed, i try to think THINK ABOUT THE HONEYMOON INSTEAD. hawaii. that calms me down for a second or two.<\/p>\n
this morning i walked around the farmers\u2019 market and at first it seemed pleasant with a nice breeze but then i had to walk in the sun and MY GOD IT\u2019S HOT TODAY. sweat was dripping down my back, so i bought some fruits and vegetables and got the hell out of there.<\/p>\n
right now i\u2019m in the library, wishing i had some kind of disinfectant to spray on this computer keyboard because i think about the millions of unwashed fingers that pound on the keyboard all the time. no disinfectant at all, i\u2019m afraid.<\/p>\n
i\u2019m waiting for kevin to finish teaching fencing class, and then we\u2019re theoretically going to go look at stuff which we might want to register for, even though i\u2019m sure we won\u2019t find anything that we want\/need. even if we did find something we wanted, we have no place to put it. we have everything. except for a toaster oven, but we only need the one toaster oven.<\/p>\n
my friend randy took the train to chicago this morning at 6:30 a.m. and he gets to go to a Very Fancy Dinner, honoring Steven Spielberg, and it\u2019s a black tie affair and i\u2019m quite excited for him and i wish he had a camera phone to surreptitiously take pictures of the celebrities he\u2019s sure to see and meet. he said there are supposed to be at least 40 movie stars in attendance but he couldn\u2019t remember any of the names except for shirley maclaine who is certainly a big name. <\/p>\n
if i was in chicago right now, i\u2019m sure i wouldn\u2019t even be thinking about tents.<\/p>\n
that\u2019s what i need, A VACATION. just a short one, that\u2019s all i\u2019m asking.<\/p>\n
at least it\u2019s cool here in the library. i hope your weekend is delightful.<\/p>\n
ok then,<\/p>\n
middle of july grace. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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