And she races to the finish line...

It's the True Confessions of a Frantic Bride hour. Welcome to our show.

My schedule for the next week looks something like:

Sunday:

9:00 am - 10:00: Marriage counseling (to get ourselves together mentally and spiritually before the big day... um.... and big life!)

10:00 - 11:00: Church at Praise Chapel

12:00: Drive to Vancouver to pick up the tan Camry to take the Ellensburg.

12:30: Pick every peony in Annetta's garden - Thank you SO MUCH, Annetta!

2:00 (hopefully): Return to Weidler house and have lunch

2:30-bedtime: Grocery trip, cook and wash laundry for the up-coming week, put everything that needs to go to Sunriver in boxes... and if I'm really honest with myself, that's probably all I'll get done. It's funny how scaled down your grandiose daily plans get when you have an every-increasingly demanding (adorable) baby.

Monday
9:00 - 12:00: Try to figure out how the heck a veil works when you sew it onto the comb! Anyone with tips, PLEASE let me know!!

12:00 -2:00: Run errands. Including, but most likely not limited to, picking up my dress from the cleaners, returning excess veil bits to Fabric Depot, and picking up plates and silver from Linda (another huge thank you to Linda!).

3:00: Lunch. I probably should eat. But I know I can't just sit down and eat, so I'll probably end up eating, tying the red ribbons on the bubble-favors, and make some phone calls. Darn my multi-tasking nature, a blessing and a curse.

4:30: Leave for a hair cut. Hey, I got a coupon!

5:00: Relax and not think about a darn thing.

7:00 - bedtime: Work on the basement-apartment in an attempt to try to move in there by the time we're married.

Tuesday:
Happy day!

8:00: Wake up and feed Elizabeth... and myself, sure. What the heck.

8:45: Leave the Weidler house in glorious anticipation of what awaits me a mere hour away.

9:20: Drop Liza off at Nana's for a good spoiling, and head off for a day of hedonistic enjoyment.

10:00 - 5:00: Have a team of professionals pamper my little fanny off. Bask in the bliss of absolute physical and aesthetic delight. Thank the ever-living Lord that I don't have to go through one more day (for a while) of looking at my disgusting, unkempt eyebrows, split ends, fingernails, toesnails, legs, and... none of your business.

6:00: Pick up Elizabeth a much happier momma

6:30: Return to Weidler house a greatly improved fiance.

9:00: Go to sleep - got to wake up early!

Wednesday:

5:00: Feed Elizabeth and pump one last time. It's probably best I leave empty.

6:00: Hop in the car and make the long trip to Ellensburg.

10:00: Arrive in Ellensburg. Force myself for the sake of my driving record to stay under 20 miles per hour... everywhere...

12:00: Go give Poppa Ott a huge hug and show him my blog! Yay!

1:00: Go back to Brittney's to curl my hair.

2:00: Show up at Dr. Maria Roditaleva-Wibe's class in style...

3:30: Leave Ellensburg with best-friend/bridesmaids. Have a rip-roaring blast for four hours until we get home.

7:30 - bedtime: Cuddle my daughter close and kiss her all over.

Thursday:
8:00: Leave with buddies to go to Lakeshore Montessori.

8:30: Do an instrument demonstration for the kids - it will be so much fun! Between the three of us, we play seven instruments... that's a pretty good show, don't you think?

9:30: Arrive at David's Bridal and pick out a dress for Brittney.

12:00 (if the weather's fair and God wills): Leave for Sunriver.

4:00 - bedtime: Have a much needed, much-delayed girl night. Finally!

Friday:

9:00: Wake up and realize, "OH NO! It's almost time!" In the middle of heart palpitations and cold sweats, feed Elizabeth and have breakfast.

12:00: Rehearsal on the bridge.

2:00: Rehearsal linner (dunch?). I'll eat something heavy to try to crowd out all of the butterflies.

8:00: All-American potluck dinner at Goldfinch 11. Watch the different elements on Kam and my families mingle. Hmmm...


Saturday:

9:00: Have another moment of realization. Change my underwear.

10:00: Run around like a chicken with my head cut off and try to figure out what I need to do that I have already delegated that other people do a week ago. Change my underwear again.

12:30: Head to hair and makeup at Zante's in Bend. Realize that once my hair's up, that's pretty much the point of no return (also, pray that what happened to my soon-to-be sister-in-law doesn't happen to me).

3:00: Return to Sunriver to get into my dress and take some pictures. Pull my Dad together from a puddle of tears and assure him that, yes, I'll always be his little girl and yes, whatever he needs to hear to get in gear!

5:00: March.

6:00: Thank God that is all over, and head for some partying.

8:00 - bedtime: Party!

Bedtime: Watch My Fair Lady with Kam. Oh wouldn't it be loverly...





And that pretty much covers 168 hours. I think I should probably end this little list - it was written pretty much out of nerves, and the better solution was most likely to sleep. I should probably make that my first order of business... while Elizabeth will let me!