I am SO SO SO excited for this weekend! My bridal shower and bachelorette party are on Saturday :) I've been to many showers, and I've always been so jealous of the bride-to-be. I've always wondered what it would feel like to have so much excitement and celebration surrounding me, and on so many different occasions! It always seemed to me like being engaged was just a non-stop party - engagement parties, bridesmaid gatherings, dress shopping, showers, more parties, rehearsal dinners, the BIG party, the honeymoon... and in many ways, it IS a non-stop party. It has its moments that don't feel so festive, but those are few and far between (in my experience, anyway), and there's enough GREAT stuff that you forget the uncomfortable moments rather quickly. I'm gonna be honest with you though, and this may come as a shock... it's WAAAAY more fun when you're the bride :) It's even more fun than I ever imagined it would be! You see the superficially fun aspects of it when you're on the outside looking in at the beaming bride sitting atop her mountain of gifts. But when you ARE the bride, you get to experience it on another level. You start to understand the significance of it all - that there are this many people who love you enough to buy you gifts and make tons of food and pour their extra efforts (even when they don't have much spare time to give) into making the entire experience special for you. You remember the excitement you felt for the brides before you, and you realize that all these people are feeling that for you. I haven't even gotten there yet, and already I'm overwhelmed by it.
My sisters-in-law are doing most of the planning. Amberly spends her days trying to corral a 4-year-old wild man and a 15-month-old monkey who has recently learned how to climb, while still trying to devote some time to her 9-year-old daughter who has school and homework and special medications and therapies to do at home, AND works a few days a week as a nurse, with a husband who works shift work. Emily is in her first year of teaching a new curriculum for two different high school classes, and as a result is stuck planning EVERY lesson for EVERY class this entire year - an ongoing process that takes up most of her evenings, in addition to the grading. Then throw two grad school classes on top of that, which take up over half of her weeknights, never mind spending time with her new husband of just over a year. As if these two didn't have enough to do with their spare time - what little they may have on occasion - throw my shower and bachelorette party on top of it. What overwhelms me is the excitement with which they just threw themselves into it - both of them. They didn't grudgingly accept the burden because they felt like it was their responsibility, they got excited and jumped right in. Not only do they accept me as Ben's future wife, they're excited to make the whole thing memorable and special for me, because they love me. These aren't MY sisters, in technical terms anyway, but you wouldn't know that from looking at the situation. I know it's not an ENORMOUS deal in the grand scheme of things - it's just one day - but it means a lot to me. It makes me feel incredibly loved and special :) So, to everyone who's participating in all this, THANK YOU so much. And a special thanks to my sisters, who are going above and beyond the standard bridesmaid "obligation" to make this a special day for me. I love you guys :)
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