Reunion! And a Word on Wording

There’s a lot of goodness and happiness going on right now in my world. Brian and I are in the same place! And not just via Skype! He is officially back from his tour in Iraq, we are both in San Diego and life is glorious. We are that obnoxious couple kissing and holding hands and playing footsie in public, and I don’t even care. I’m gonna wade around in that lovey dovey schmoopiness as much as I want. We earned it!

Look! He’s real!

We’re madly trying to get wedding stuff done in the next few weeks, but for some reason, I’m feeling much more calm now. So we still need to finalize our contract with the DJ? We need to send out invitations next week and we’re still going back and forth with the printer? Meh. So what? Have another glass of wine. I have plenty to write about right now, but it’s going to have to wait.

In the meantime, this is a conversation I had with Kathleen last night. I was trying to figure out how to word the invitation card for the rehearsal dinner, and this is the crap Google came up with:

Tyler popped the question
and April said “Yes”
All the planning is over
from the hall to the dress.
Only one thing remains
for this day to be great
“Practice makes Perfect”
September 25th is the date.
We’ll practice the ceremony,
and iron out the kinks
Then it’s off to the Peachtree Cafe
for some dinner and drinks!

6:23:25 PM Kathleen: oh my goodness
6:23:40 PM Kathleen: sooo that website is amazing
6:23:49 PM Kathleen: i even found one we can use for you
6:23:50 PM Kathleen: A sprinkle of flowers and a
couple of kisses,
Soon Brian and Gillie will be
Mr. and Mrs.
But as we wait for that special hour,
Let’s honor Gillie with a surprise Bridal Shower!
on some date in January
at some really great place in New Orleans!
6:24:02 PM Kathleen: haha
6:24:16 PM Gillian: ahahahaha
6:24:21 PM Gillian: i just threw up a little in my mouth
6:24:30 PM Kathleen: as did i, i can’t believe i let myself send that
6:24:40 PM Gillian: you should be ashamed of yourself
6:24:42 PM Kathleen: hehehe
6:24:46 PM Kathleen: no regrets
6:25:03 PM Gillian: super gross, i tell you. these people are on crack
6:25:19 PM Kathleen: must be good crack if they think those invites are worth sending out
6:25:59 PM Gillian: for reals. if i ever think it’s a good idea to send out rhyming anything, please smack me
6:26:48 PM Kathleen: i think you have a several good friends who will more than happy to smack you
6:26:57 PM Kathleen: for rhyming invites or using the wrong font
6:26:59 PM Kathleen: oh dear
6:27:28 PM Gillian: i think ide and darren would fight for that honor… or both if i rhymed and used papyrus
6:27:36 PM Gillian: actually, then brian would cancel the whole thing
6:27:52 PM Kathleen: yeah, you’d be totally ditched
6:28:04 PM Kathleen: so just keep those thoughts out of your head
6:28:12 PM Gillian: conditional love. i see how it is.
6:28:16 PM Kathleen: haha
6:28:38 PM Kathleen: well, you know my love is unconditional… i’d just smack you to make sure brian stuck around

Ah, good times. We’re spending the weekend going registry shopping (translation: me hula hooping in the aisles of Target and Brian caressing a Set it and Forget it Rotisserie), doing that “make your own ring” workshop and maybe a little pre-cana partying. We might just block off a night, get take-out and a few bottles of wine and knock out all nine lessons. I think live blogging that would be awesome. Too much? Inappropriate? Or just hilarious?