My Last Sunday Before Vacation! (Tomorrow Is Another Day...)

I understand that vacation is something of a subjective term, since when we fly out of here on Saturday pretty much every hour from there on will be devoted to either wedding preparations of some kind or entertaining family and friends. However, as busy as that will keep me, and as exhausted as I may become, I absolutely cannot wait to wake up next Sunday morning and get started.

I've always marked time when counting down until upcoming milestones by thinking of where I am in relation to what is going to happen. So, for the past few months I've thought things like, "This is the last March I'll spend as an unmarried woman", or yesterday, "This is the last time I'll do laundry in our house before I'm married." (Which will probably turn out to be untrue since I always find at least one thing that needs to be washed at midnight the night before we leave to go anywhere.)

Anyway, when I saw this meme over at Michelle's I knew I had to do it, since another one of my favorite things to do is think about where I was at this time X amount of years or months or days ago. It helps me judge how far I've come and how far I still have to go.

30 years ago: I don't even think my parents had met yet. My dad may have still been married to his now ex-wife and my mom was a single career woman in the big city! Well, bigger than the city she grew up in anyway...

20 years ago: I was a precious four year old, probably asking my parents every day how long it would be until my birthday and trying to figure out how I could get my sister in trouble for my indiscretions.

10 years ago: I was a painfully shy freshman in high school and had made the decision to enroll in Army JROTC for a couple of semesters rather than take a gym class, and it was a decision that ultimately changed my life. I went on to get an Air Force ROTC scholarship and then spend 2 1/2 years on active duty Air Force, but my 14 year old self would have laughed at you if you'd suggested that would be the course my life would take. I was also still harboring my long-lived middle school crush on Ryan and trying to figure out why all of a sudden he only wanted to talk to cheerleaders.

5 years ago: I was sneaking drinks in clubs, wondering why I'd ever decided that reading books and analyzing them was the best choice for my college degree, and agonizing over every little Colby blip on my radar. We had spent an entire semester flirting and after a tipsy tryst at an after-formal party, we were dancing around the idea of "officially" dating.

2 years ago: Colby and I were dating and I had come to Seattle with him to help with his big cross-country move. But things were definitely rocky as I was ready to take our relationship "to the next level" and he was trying to figure out if he even wanted to date me anymore. We were hovering on the brink of what would be a very painful few months, but months that we certainly needed to solidify the things we wanted in our relationship and what we wanted our future to include. I was also miserable in the Air Force and counting down the days until I could finally get out.

1 year ago: I was in a state of absolute shock and bliss after Colby and I had decided to get back together after a six month split and began planning our wedding. I was probably spending my Sunday night surfing the web for wedding dresses and table decoration idea. I had also already made the decision to take an early separation from the Air Force and was just waiting for February 9th to roll around so I would finally be a free woman!

1 month ago: I was celebrating my one month anniversary at my new job in Seattle, and taking advice from the internet about what I should wear to our Rehearsal Dinner.

Yesterday: I spent the morning finalizing our guest count for the wedding (131--yay!!!), confirming with vendors, and making final payments. Then my computer battery mysteriously died and when I unplugged the power cord from the computer to check the connection, the pin inside the computer that the cord connects to came out with it. Oh crap. So, now my computer has died for the fourth time in two years and now I've taken over possession of Colby's computer.

Today: We went for sushi with some friends, then went to Best Buy to see if my computer was fixable, Target to buy accessories for the rehearsal dinner, and then investigated window treatments at Lowe's and Home Depot. Now we're watching Dr. Who while I fulfill my NaBloPoMo obligations.

Tomorrow: I start my last week of work before the wedding and start packing for our trip home.

Comments

That was a quite enjoyable meme! :)

Posted by: Bre | November 12, 2007 at 02:32 AM

I always wondered how you ended up in the Air Force! I ocassionally get recruitment mail and email from the Air Force and other branches of the military, and I always imagine what it would be like if I didn't have EDS and could consider enlisting.

It's funny how your avoidance of gym class sort of set you up on the path to meeting Colby!

Posted by: Girl, Dislocated | November 12, 2007 at 04:35 AM