Hey, TPFKACV! 52 days, huh? Soon come, as we say in Jamaica.

I think you should invite two more people so you'll have 255 invited. It's auspicious, if you pray to the binary gods.

Cyber... er, CALLALUNA! Yay! I'd just been thinking about you and wondering if you and your boy had done the deed yet. And here you are, closing in on it.

Well, it turns out that the little things take a LONG TIME.

The little things are indeed insanely stressful. IIRC, Hec was still burning CDs the night before and I was assembling the CD covers the day of the wedding. But, still, probably less stressful than waiting on the big things.

So anyway, I am crazy stressed out bride these days. How's everyone else?

Crazy stressed out mother these days. Also with the soul-sucking job. Currently job-hunting and working my way through all the colds Matilda brings back from day care and kissing her belly and occasionally reading books written by Buffistas, and other than that not much.

So... tell more about your intended. And also the dress.

Good luck with wedding prep, Callaluna! Also welcome back!

CyberCallaluna!!! Welcome back and best wishes with all the wedding and marriage stuff! It's good to see your font again.

ION, I am hot and sweaty and gross.

ION, I am hot and sweaty and gross.

I've seen you sweaty and it wasn't gross.

Callaluna! Yay! How exciting! Glad to hear from you, and yup, we're all thrilled about the book.

Over here in Arizona, we're building a house, theoretically, and otherwise thriving in the desert.

Luna, my beloved! SMOOCH!

The baby Matilda is cute and 10 months.

Knew that. Just looked at pics of her online last week. It made my ovaries hurt.

Emmett hit a grand slam in the District championship game.

Knew that too. Sumi keeps me very well informed, she's my own personal Nilly! She sent me the article.

I think you should invite two more people so you'll have 255 invited.

K, ita, you're invited, with a guest. Maybe you could bring the psych guy? ;)

Callaluna! What a cool name change!

Thanks! Its less cool once you know that its actually a misspelling that I decided I liked. Was supposed to be Calluna (as in Calluna Vulgaris, the Latin name for the Heather flower), but somewhere along the line (ages ago), I learned an incorrect spelling, and now I like it. Had a great aunt named Calla, and I've always loved the name Luna. So there you go.

Jz, best of luck with the job hunting. I wish I was job hunting. But I'm not, for reasons that tie into that whole money discussion y'all were having before I arrived. They pay me well, and I don't want to go back to the days when I was always worrying about how to pay the rent. I'd rather be a corporate whore than go through that again!

My dress is here, except mine is ivory instead of white. It was cheap as hell and I adore it. My intended is the same guy I've been with for ages - we're getting married on the 5 year anniversary of the day we met. He's a crazy workaholic just like me. He loves me and he makes me feel safe. He's sometimes infuriating. Oh, and he's cute.

Timelies all!

Hi Callaluna!

I'm not sure I really have a financial downfall. Books would be the closest, as I tend to buy binge-style, but not every month.(I'm about to place an order with the closest mystery bookstore to me, which will probably be up around $100 or so, but I haven't bought from them since May.)

I'd rather be a corporate whore than go through that again!

Corporate whore is exactly what I'm looking for. Except that I keep flinching away from applying for craigslist ads for gigantor real estate management firms and financial advisors' offices, because I'm afraid my total lack of interest would kill me at the interview. But, really, if they paid me enough I'd be happy to pretend to be interested.