Turn That Frown Upside-down

I know I have been quiet this week in the blogosphere but this week got off to a rough start in the wedding planning department. After last weekend I started to really freak out and feel somewhat saddened after realizing that by living so far away I am missing out on sharing what is supposed to be one of the most wonderful experiences of my life with my family and closest friends. I wish those people were here with me to help share their ideas and help me to work through the tough decisions I have to make. I also started wondering about how much I would be inconveniencing my family and friends back home that would have to pack up their entire families and travel to Orlando for my wedding. I know that in times like these money is so very tight for some and is that really how they want to spend their “vacation”? I know my life is here now and I have made a circle of my own friends in Orlando but I can’t help feeling like I am being selfish for trying to plan a wedding so far away from my family members. Then it hit me and I started to think of all the arrangements that would need to be made, travel plans, transportation, possible babysitters (I definitely don’t know too many 13 year old girls who I could ask to baby-sit) and it all came crashing down.

After discussing it over with my friends, my fiancé, and my two wonderful supportive parents who all assured me that they and our other family members are excited to come to Orlando for my wedding I felt better about the situation. People who love me will do what they can to get here and if they can’t they can’t. I think in the grand scheme of things I started dwelling too much on the little things instead of focusing on the big picture and I started to lose sight of what this day was really all about, which for once is me. It seems it can be so easy to lose track and overwhelm yourself with thinking about too much too soon. I now know that I have to pace myself and take it one day at a time.

So now we are back on track and our number one focus is finding a venue, after that everything else will fall into place. We are visiting two places this weekend. Falcon’s Fire Golf Club and The Celebration Golf Club in which my boss mentioned to me tonight at 5pm when I was heading out the door for the weekend. I am excited for both. We have liked everything we have seen so far but these two locations are closer to where we plan to have our guests stay so that will be more convenient for all. Fingers crossed we love them!