Getting Married

Friday night I was exhausted and I could tell Adam was too the second he got in the car after work. I had to go to Wal-Mart and pick up stuff for my Mom's birthday dinner the next night and the next train for Adam wasn't going to be for awhile so off to Wal-Mart we went.

When walking into this Wal-Mart there is a McDonald's on the left as soon as you go  through the double doors. I got all excited because they have Hello Kitty toys in the Happy Meal right now- so McDonald's it was for dinner. I always get the chicken nuggets and peel off the skin and usually will eat the apples first and if there is any room left after a few fries. Well, while we were sitting at McDonald's eating Adam decides it's time we should pick a date to get married.

I've wanted May 25th since the night he proposed and I realized it would be a Saturday. Why? Because May 25th will be the one year anniversary of him asking me to be his girlfriend. I think he would like to maybe make it sooner then that, but honestly I don't possibly see how we can make that happen.

March 2nd  is my dress fitting. Hopefully going to plan the Bridal Shower for April 13th. Alyse's is going to take pictures of Adam and I in the next few weeks for announcements. We need to find a place to have the actual reception. Figure out how many people we want to invite and figure out a budget. Collectively we probably have about $2,000 to pull this off with. And actually not even because I've given myself a $500 budget for my dress. I'm only getting married once and I want a pretty dress!

So yesterday was my Mom's birthday. Her sister decided to make it stressful by contacting us after having been asked for no further contact- through the police mind you. Well that turned into a big family thing and made it kind of hard for everyone to eat but we managed and had fun joking around with our guests.

After dinner and cake I was sort of snuggled into Adam on the couch and zoning out just allowing his arms around me to comfort me and give me some strength. He sort of blurps out of no where (at least it seemed that way, I really hadn't been following the conversation prior to that) that we would like to get married and we'd like it if my family was okay with that.

My Dad did not give me the reaction I always dreamed of. Maybe I should cut him some slack with all that's going on but honestly.... I was really kind of hurt by it. All he could really say was that after everyone in the family he just lost now he was going to be losing a daughter as well. He wouldn't even answer Adam for awhile and my Mom stepped in and saved the day.

My parents asked him what it was about me that makes him want to marry me and he had all the answers. I'm great, and funny, I'm a decent cook (coming from Chef Adam that's a compliment!), he loves how I make him feel, and a bunch of all the other standard sappy but oh so true answers. They then asked me what it was about Adam... And I couldn't answer. The more I thought about it the more choked up I got. Simply put, he's my everything- and how can you live with nothing after you've had everything?

So now the race is on to plan a wedding for $1,500.

Pray for me?