A Brief Recap

The past couple of days have blown by in a heartbeat, while simultaneously dragging on for years.  I did manage to leave a little bit early from work on Friday after a trip to the aquarium where I had the chance to meet some of my favorite Hollywood stars.

Dory and Nemo would like to remind you that fish are friends, not food.
 
Almost as soon as I sat down on the train, I received a phone call from Colby and he led with that aforementioned famous line of his:  "Do you want the good news or the bad news?"

The bad news:  My computer couldn't be fixed--something about they could solder the broken piece back in place, but the wires would probably never line up properly again so the computer wouldn't actually be able to receive a charge.  Of course I promptly lost my shit since all of my wedding files were on the hard drive and hadn't been backed up in a few weeks--weeks in which lots of updating had been done to my files.  That night, rather than arriving home early, getting some laundry done and then taking a leisurely trip to Target, we drove up to the closest Apple store where I finally bought my long awaited MacBook with a combination of excitement and frustration.  I love my new computer, but I honestly would much rather have waited until after our trip to Italy in April.

Anyway, the purchase was made and we had time for a quick Wal-Mart run before Colby dropped me off in Tacoma for my hair appointment.  Once my hair was finished I spent the rest of the night packing and salvaging as much as I could from my wedding files on our external hard drive.  I finally dropped into bed around 1:30 in the morning and was up again at 6:00 to finish packing and bring the dogs to the vet where they're boarding until we get home.

It just never gets any easier dropping those little guys off for their long trips at "camp".  I was doing fine and they were completely a mess during the car ride, but once their leashes were removed and they were walking away, they're little tails wagging unsuspectingly, I would be lying if I said I didn't mist up more than a little.

The flights were long and tiring, as they all are from the top left corner of the country, and we landed a little after ten o'clock last night.  Today I've been spending the day working on wedding checklists and I took a break to have lunch and spend the afternoon with one of my closest friends and bridesmaids.  It had been far too long since we'd seen each other, so it was a wonderful visit and then it was back to the wedding grind.

Tonight, the plan is to sit down and assemble the wedding programs and get the bridal party gifts organized.  Tomorrow, I have my dress fitting first thing in the morning, before having some files printed at Office Depot, shopping for last minute emergency wedding supplies, and then going to our final meeting at the ceremony and reception venue.  So naturally I'm now going to go eat a large slice of triple chocolate cheesecake.  I don't want people worrying about whether I'm eating enough during my walk down the aisle!

Comments

[Bre]

Congrats on your macbook! It's super fun, isn't it?

[michelle]

macs rule! you will LOVE it.

[Lisa]

I may be the last PC user on earth. Have fun!

I want me some triple chocolate cheesecake.

[katelin]

I'm a PC user too, it's okay you aren't alone Michelle.

And glad you salvaged most of your wedding stuff, my computer crashed once and I cried because of what I almost lost (luckily most of it was saveable, but I freaked out first of course)

[M]

I think I would've had a fit if I were you!

Last night, Dave admitted that he went to the mall without me and bought a macbook on Saturday night. (He was supposed to be studying!)

Which reminds me, I need a mac compatible external hard drive... I don't know what I did to mine (used to have a Windows laptop), but it won't let me write to it.