Well, we are actually under the twelve week mark which is pretty exciting!!! Given that it was six months to go on Christmas eve, and that it seemed scarily close then, having less than three months to go now is just weird!
I must admit that i am more excited now than anything. The sun is out, the days are longer and brighter and it seeems that we are finally getting there. It's a great feeling. For now, any stress i had seems to have dissipated, and we are both just looking forward to a lovely holiday and getting married to boot!
I know i am stress free (for now anyway) because i heard news this week that the road we will use to travel between our wedding ceremony and the reception is currently under-going some major works and is closed for the majority of the day (every day)! This work is expected to go on until August. Perhaps it is because there still seems to be quite a long time to go (even though there isn't) but my heart barely skipped a beat as i imagined us and our smartly dressed wedding guests tramping along the side of one of the busiest and most nerve-wracking roads in the world. Well that, or sitting impatiently in traffic for hours on end, desperate for a cool and much-deserved glass of champagne.
It was a tough enough decision when we decided to travel between the towns of Positano and Ravello on our wedding day, adding about an hour on a mini-bus to the proceedings. But we chose the venues for the ceremony and reception because we love them and just didn't want to make do with what was more convenient. Besides, i understand that the 'Amalfi Drive' is quite spectacular and many people pay to be taken along it on their trips to this part of the world, so we thought it might be nice if our guests got a 'mini-trip' included in the day! The views will be something for us all to remember-providing we don't have to sit in the one spot for too long! Maybe we could have some speeces then, save time later?
So, 'It's out of my control' i thought to myself-'no point worrying'.
Anyone who knows me will understand that this is not the usual and expected response. I did the sensible thing, emailed a few people in the know, told myself 'what will be will be' and stayed calm. 'Don't worry about it' they tell me in Italy 'It will be sorted sooner than expected, all will be well', and i am reassured by their lack of concern. It's part of the reason i love the place, this relaxed attitude and refusal to get stressed about the unimportant stuff! They have their priorities in the right order. What's the worst that can happen? It's not as if Italy is going to run out of food, or wine, or worse still, sunshine, when we are there, so i am certain all will be well.
There are always hitches, i am led to believe, with any wedding, so it is comforting to think that something as simple as this might be mine. Don't worry, i am touching wood again and not fool enough to believe that might be true!
We are still on the honeymoon trail. A new option rears it's head daily but still no decision has been made. It had been on the back-burner while the actual wedding took precedence for so long that it is hard now to cocentrate! Going to Italy was always more important.
We are also deciding what to do about a party back home. Should we? or shouldn't we? Our major problem is where? This is why we wanted to get married in Italy in the first place, we couldn't find anywhere here that would be as special for us! But as i said, no stressing, we will decide in time. It seems we will never be finished making these decisions...
There will be loads to do over the coming weeks and life is busy, busy, busy! But it's fun and exciting too and as long as i remember that i 'don't do' stress anymore i'm sure i'll handle it just fine!
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