Small bump in the road

I've been a little quiet lately - it's not because I haven't been doing anything. I've visited two possible venue sites (for both wedding and reception) and taken pictures for EC. I've met with one photographer, and will meet with another one next week. And in just over two weeks, EC will come to town and we'll book our venue! Exciting stuff.

The bump in the road, however, is the fact that I was laid off earlier this month. After some anger, I realized that maybe this is a blessing in disguise. Because not only did my mom say I should move out with her, but EC invited me as well. And sorry Mom, but I'm going to choose my fiance, especially since we'll have been in a long-distance relationship for almost 2 years by the time I move. That's like 1 year longer than I thought it might be, and I'm surprised we survived, haha. Not really, but it wasn't easy.

So I'll be moving out to the west coast at the end of May - but we're still getting married here in the Midwest. It'll just be a destination wedding for us, haha, as EC said. I don't think it'll affect the planning too much - the caterer comes with the venue, we've got our florist lined up (a family friend), and the cake won't be hard.. it might be hard finding a decent DJ though, and the hair/makeup trial will be interesting too.

But I'm excited! I finally get to be with my fiance! The fly in the ointment will be selling my house, but luckily my previous employer gave me a decent severance package so I'll be able to survive on unemployment and that for a while. Hopefully it sells quickly - it's going to be a crapshoot, what with this depressed real estate market. But that's OK - he's so worth it!