Soon and Very Soon

In 24 hours I will be Mrs. Jenene Morgan.

This past week has been a lot of fun, spending time with my fiance, my best friend from Edmonton, and Art's family (who just arrived yesterday).

Lots of people have been so incredibly helpful. Being a bride is fun. Stressful, but also fun. I've been pampered and fussed over, and it's so wonderful, I almost feel guilty! But not quite.

I still kind of can't believe that my wedding is tomorrow. I'm hoping the reality hits me before I walk down the aisle. I don't want to float through the whole day with a sense of surrealism. I'm praying that I will be able to relax, have fun, and actually remember parts of it.

Do all brides feel this way? I've heard of nerves and cold feet, and I'm not experiencing either of those (although I do have little butterflies in my stomach right now). But I've never heard of brides feeling like, "Wow. My wedding day is tomorrow. It hardly seems real."

I'm sure I'm not the only one, but perhaps most brides don't remember that part, having been married for a while now.

I won't be on here for a while (as you can well imagine and understand) but don't forget about me. In a little more than a week, I'll be back, blogging from my new home with my new husband in a different country. I'm so excited/lucky/blessed!

See you after the honeymoon!


P.S. It's supposed to rain tomorrow! :)

How To Freak Out Less Than A Week Before Your Wedding

Step 1: Heave a sigh of relief when the plumber arrives. Hope that you get to use the toilet by the end of the day.

Step 2: Gasp in horror as he opens the laundry room door and you see water ALL OVER the floor!

Step 3: Try to grasp what he's saying about the fact that you don't have toilet problems; you have bigger plumbing problems.

Step 4: Realize how much you take water for granted when he tells you not to use any water until he's done.

Step 5: Hope he's done today.

Step 6: Try to put it out of your mind as you continue eating breakfast with your fiance.

How To Freak Out One Week Before Your Wedding

Step 1: Finish the last item on your To-Do list and rejoice! You can finally relax!

Step 2: Reward yourself by taking a much-needed bathroom break.

Step 3: Become annoyed when your toilet doesn't flush properly. Again.

Step 4: Hunt down the icky plunger and carry it gingerly (using only the tips of two fingernails) to your bathroom.

Step 5: Plunge that toilet as best you know how (is "plunge" a verb in this case?)

Step 6: Sigh in disappointment and greater annoyance that your toilet still doesn't flush completely.

Step 7: Plunge it some more, and then leave it for a while.

Step 8: Come back an hour later, and start to get really ticked off when it STILL doesn't flush.

Step 9: Repeat steps 7 and 8 many times throughout the evening.

Step 10: Have a series of realizations:
a) That your dad will be away for the ENTIRE evening.
b) That the best plumber in town is quite ill right now.
c) That you're quite selfish in worrying about your toilet while the plumber and his family are actually dealing with something serious.
d) That your fiance will be arriving tomorrow, your best friend and bridesmaid will be arriving on Wednesday, and your fiance's family will be arriving on Thursday.

Step 11: Give up and have a bowl of ice cream (with strawberry sauce and chocolate sauce)

Step 12: Take a picture of your poor, ailing commode (complete with icky plunger) and blog about it.