Please Excuse My Engagement Brain

I hear women talk about having pregnant brain - where they are allowed to forget things without fault because they're pregnant. Well I won't know anything about that, but I think there's a similar condition called engagement brain, and I have it. And today my brain is going in 50,000 directions, so hopefully it's okay to do a bullet-point post today. :)

* Our wedding program is 16 pages long. Not kidding. If you're coming to the wedding, bring your readers.

* Our wedding is eight days away and I'm both pleasantly thrilled with how little there is left to do and simultaneously scared out of my mind at how much is left to accomplish.

* Last week, I entered my name into a Mid-Morning promo synopsis for the last time as Bekah Freelan. That was a strangely wonderful feeling.

* No, I'm not hyphenating my last name. Or keeping my maiden name. I've waited many years to change my name. Bring. It. On.

* I don't like Thanksgiving food. I realize that has nothing to do with the wedding, but I just ate an entire plate of leftovers and am reminded once again that this is not my favorite meal of the year. Why didn't the pilgrims eat pizza??

* Braeya unmakes the bed on a daily basis now. It's not even the dead of winter yet, but apparently she finds great comfort in burrowing into the deepest recesses of the bed, leaving me to wonder why I even bother to make the bed in the morning.

* If you want entertainment, follow Ryan and me around the mall on the evening of Black Friday. We are the two most impatient shoppers ever, and a mall full of people leaves us...ummmmm...well it's just funny. Add a screaming child and you can just forget it.

* Ryan and I caught part of the ALF marathon on TV the other evening. We decided it has some really bad acting but some of the best one-liners ever. Our current favorite, "It's Christmas Eve. I've hidden all the eggs." Not sure why we find that particular one so funny, but we do.

* This may be the first year in the history of years that on Thanksgiving night, I didn't have my Christmas letter written, my card ordered, and at least 32 hours of Fa La La La Lifetime viewing under my belt.

* To my credit, I did design my card but the stupid 50% off code that was supposed to still be valid would not apply. And this bride is NOT paying full price for Christmas cards, thankyouverymuch.

* Saying things like "stupid 50% off code" is about as close to being a bridezilla as I get. (About.)

That's my randomness for today. Any wedding questions? Feel free to ask. If I can answer without giving away a surprise...I will!