T minus 18 days

Oh yes. We are within a month of the big day. And that's just crazy. I mean, seriously? I'm getting married in less than 3 weeks? SERIOUSLY?

Yes. Seriously.

It's one of those things that I've been thinking about and planning for and talking about and thinking about some more and fighting about and hearing other people talk about and crying about and working out for and getting excited about for so long that it is really hard to believe it's actually almost here.

And things seem to be under control.

Dress? Check.

Minister? Check.

Groom? Check.

Rings? Dang. Haven't picked those up yet.

Reception? Um, check?

But seriously...I think everything's ready to go. There are of course small details that I go over and over again in my mind just to make sure that I didn't imagine they had already been taken care of.

And then of course we have to be there. And that's it. Right?

People have told me a lot that I should slow down, and really enjoy this time. And I get where they're coming from. They're coming from AFTER their wedding. I'm not there yet, which can be a little frustrating. Yeah, I'll enjoy it when it's over, too!

But (in a more generous spirit, and after eating some peanut butter crackers...I get cranky when I'm hungry...yet another reason a diet would never work for me) I can appreciate what they're saying. Plus, it's nice to know that the stress of having this big moment looming over you will eventually end and you'll just remember the good stuff and how quickly it all went by.

So, while my heart does do little tiny flip-flops when I think about how I'm getting married in 2 weeks from Saturday (see, there it went), I think I will accept that as a good thing.

And just try not to think of it so much.