I constantly talk about how busy I have been at work. It has been stressful! On Friday, the boss took the day of and the other AE worked from home. That left me, the art director, and the writer - and we took the opportunity to put all our frustrations on the table...over a couple of beers (yes, in the office!). The 3 of us have been working LONG hours (they much more than me). This past week, I had at three 10-hour days and two 9-hour days - and those were the hours that I actually clocked working on client projects. Including the drive to and from the office, and lunch, I felt like I was barely home. Add to that the fact that Jerry and I really need to go to the grocery store but didn't want to stock the house only to go out of town - so we spent a lot of time in restaurants. After which, we would return home and I would bust out the work computer for another hour or two of business.
I have never been so in need of a vacation... well, except when I went to Vegas for the first time in '05 and promptly returned to Texas to quit my job a week later.
Jerry had a bachelor night out with some friends at Habits. I stayed long enough for dinner and Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat (the Fruity Pebbles beer) and then returned home to my cozy company laptop. I did not have any kind of bachelorette activity. I tried to round up some people to go out last weekend, but to no avail. Oh well because we are having a good time out in Vegas and that will more than make up for it.
Nothing terribly exciting happened this week so you didn't miss much in my blogging absence.
I spent this morning getting a manicure, pedicure, and eye brow wax - followed by picking up my wedding dress at the seamstress, accessories at mom's, and a few last minute gifts. I may have scored a free lunch for me and Marilee today as well.
Jerry and I finally tried the local establishments of Hold the Nuts (Ice Cream shop) and the Italianette (pizza, pasta, hoagies). Jerry's real food smelled delicious and my cookie dough was excellent, though a little weird.
We've been packing and doing laundry like it's our job.
I found the most comfortable pair of army green capri pants and have sworn to wear them every day that I can on vacation. They are a little big, but they are easily the best pair of pants I have worn in a long time. Really, I think I'm rather enamored of them.
I paired them with a Las Vegas shirt (gotta get in the spirit) and fielded a barrage of questions about Vegas today and my choice to get married there. So let me clear up a few things...
It was 100% my idea to go to Vegas. I could have done everything by the book here in Cincinnati, but I'm not. I wanted to go away, and I fell in love with Vegas a long time ago. I decided before marriage was even a consideration with Jerry that Vegas was where it would happen for me. I'm lucky that Jerry cares for little more than the fact that at the end of the day he and I will be married. The when and where and how of it all don't matter to him, and quite honestly matter only slightly to me.
Why Planet Hollywood? This one's a little harder to define. I loved the casino when it was the Aladdin and I found myself attracted there once it became PH. It's one of those places that draws me in, but I can't say. My last trip to Vegas was with Jerry in 2008. We seemed to end up at PH at some point every day... often sharing a drink from Fat Tuesday. As far as the Chapel, it is one of the simplest on the strip. My wedding can be whatever I want because the chapel is so basic, and modern, and simple. And I immediately found a package that would make planning so easy... though I was freaking out not long ago when wedding coordinators there were in short supply.
Why now? I always wanted a Spring wedding. Though I would be happy to marry Jerry at any time. It's his fault that he waited so long to propose that in order to have a Spring wedding, we would only be engaged 6 months (and 1 day if you want to be exact). There's almost no way that I could make that happen in Cincinnati, but you can in Vegas. Plus, I don't think that I could have handled having to plan all this out for even longer... I'm ready to go now!
So they're not deep seated reasons, but that's why we are headed to Vegas after only being engaged for 6 months.
Now, what time does that plane leave?
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