Bridget's Shower and Wedding Planning

Last Friday, I drove to KC for my friend Bridget's bridal shower. I was rushing to get there so I could see her for her final fitting of the dress, which I barely made in time...go figure. That evening we got ready and went to eat at Manny's, which is a Mexican restaurant in downtown KC. It has been around for 30 years, yet I lived in KC during chiropractic school and never had heard of it. Regardless, it was really good. We then went to the power and light district. One drink in and Bridget and I are ready to head back to the hotel. This is the same Bridget, where 2 years ago we met for a weekend of fun and couldn't remember our hotel room number:) Oh how I wish I would have gotten that on camera, trying our key in all the rooms we thought might be our's!:) We woke up Saturday and headed to her first bridal shower. It was a great time. She received a ton of great gifts. There was one that stood out the most, a KU apron! Lucky girl! It started at 10:30am. Well guess what started at 11?? You guessed it, the KU v. Georgia Tech game. So needless to say I had to check the score. I also kept Bridget and Mary Kate up to speed as we all graduated from KU. Keep in mind, I was not expecting much from my team that dropped the ball against North Dakota State the week before...yes, there is a North Dakota State and even crazier, they have a football team. How many points did we score on week one? 3. Three. Tres. And that is not touchdowns, that is total points. Final score: KU 3 NDSU 6. Since the game was not televised, the optimistic me was thinking, damn our defense must be unbelievable... and so was their's. Then I remembered, we haven't won a football game since last Oct. 9 2009! Well week 2 was a different story, we beat the #15 team in the country!!! I can't belive it either. I'm now thinking we had 2 fluke games in a row and we are somewhere in the middle of being terrible or really freaking good. If you know me, you know the attachment I have to KU. Some might call it an obsession. I truly feel a connection with the players and when they graduate, it takes me a little time to get acclimated with the new players. Last year, we lost one of my all time favs, Todd Reesing, or "my little sparky" as I like to call him. It's ok...Alan is totally accepting of this pet name:) Did I mention I LOVE football season? And don't get me started on basketball. Alan is a huge OSU fan, so he went to the game this past weekend. All will be good until KU and OSU meet up on November 20. OSU did win their game as well, but not without a little excitement. Last night we went to dinner and were talking sports. He is like, "yeah, all you KU fans are getting your hopes up because you had a big win." I then said, "well, yeah but OSU is the only school I know that lines up in the victory formation and fumbles:)" November 20, 2010, mark it down on the calendar! A true house divided!

Wedding planning is going. We are patiently waiting for confirmation that the site we have chosen will be reserved for us...fingers crossed. I will let you know as soon as we know. Then the real planning can start and we are super excited. Finding a resort has been a task. First, we used Destinationweddings.com. FLOP. (Alan's idea btw, hehe.) Now we are using Gina Ho, who was Alan's cousins, Justin and Shelly, recommendation. She has a lot of experience planning destination weddings. She actually told me that she has NEVER had this much trouble with finding a resort that is available on the day we want. I guess we picked a popular weekend. Either way, we are confindent it will all work out the way it should. My Mom keeps reminding me, "Things happen for a reason." That doesn't mean I can't throw a fit along the way though:)
Another task is the guest list. Here lies the problem, we know a lot of people and we have a lot of people that we are close to, but it is not feasible to invite everyone to a destination wedding. We are planning on having a reception when we return, but it is still difficult. Last Sunday, Alan and I were going over the invite list once again...and we came across my Aunt's name. I started crying then, as I am now as I type. He asked me if I wanted to take her name off the list. As crazy as it sounds, I told him no. It's so hard because I know that she and my cousin would have been the only 2 that would come to the wedding from my Mom's side. My Mom said she has her "moments" and I guess I do too. I know we probably all will for awhile. While I'm on the subject of her, I thought of something I left out in a previous post. Back in 2004, when we lost my 2 uncles and Grandpa, (Mom's side)I was able to write poems for the funerals. It's something my Dad and I do, write poems. I have also written for my Grandma (Dad's side) and Grandpa (Dad's side.) The words and thoughts came so easily. For some reason, I was unable to write after Aunt 'Net passed. I still don't know why. It was frustrating. I tried on a couple occasions the week of her funeral and I had "writer's block." I think I have used this blog as a way to "write" as a tribute to her and express my feelings. Several weeks before she passed, my Mom, Tara, Aunt and I were all sitting on my Aunt's bed and telling stories. We laughed so much, so much so that my aunt said to stop making her laugh because it would make her stomach hurt. Great memory:) Miss her dearly.