new things
So many new things, wow.
First of all I just want to share how happy I am right now, so excited to start planning the rest of my life with the man of my dreams.
But planning a wedding isn't all we have going on right now.
For those of you who don't know our short term plans, in April we are both quitting our jobs, packing up and going to Europe for a couple of months. We're going to camp our way from France down to Spain and Portugal, along the French and Italian riviera into Italy, ferry across to Greece, then hopefully up north into the Czech Republic before heading back to Paris. We have our plane tickets booked, are in the process of getting a rental car all sorted out, and are about halfway through all our research and planning. I honestly cannot wait. For being unemployed for a little while, for an amazing adventure abroad and for some time to just relax and enjoy being engaged to Mark.
What this means however is that we need to have our wedding almost completely planned before we leave.. in 58 days..
In 58 days I also need to pack up all my earthly belongings and suspend them in storage.
Is this even possible? We have the big wedding budget meeting tonight with the parents.. after that I can almost promise you my life is going to be nuts.
When we get back in June, we will both be looking for new jobs. It's time to get my HR/IR career off the ground, so I will probably be moving to a bigger city like Calgary or Edmonton. Mark will be looking for something in environmental conservation and is a little more limited than I am with possible career options. We need to find jobs for both of us in the same area and we're a little worried about if that is going to be easy enough to do. But there is absolutely nothing we can do about it for now and will just have to face that problem if it arises. At that point we'll just be trying to get ourselves settled somewhere and ready to get married in 3 months.
Maybe we're insane to try all this in such a short period of time, but when we logically consider it.. it really makes sense to us and for us.
So that's a little heads up on what we'll be looking at lately. We really want to thank everyone for all their support and excitement for us, it's been really encouraging for us because we know how stressful this time is going to be for us.
First of all I just want to share how happy I am right now, so excited to start planning the rest of my life with the man of my dreams.
But planning a wedding isn't all we have going on right now.
For those of you who don't know our short term plans, in April we are both quitting our jobs, packing up and going to Europe for a couple of months. We're going to camp our way from France down to Spain and Portugal, along the French and Italian riviera into Italy, ferry across to Greece, then hopefully up north into the Czech Republic before heading back to Paris. We have our plane tickets booked, are in the process of getting a rental car all sorted out, and are about halfway through all our research and planning. I honestly cannot wait. For being unemployed for a little while, for an amazing adventure abroad and for some time to just relax and enjoy being engaged to Mark.
What this means however is that we need to have our wedding almost completely planned before we leave.. in 58 days..
In 58 days I also need to pack up all my earthly belongings and suspend them in storage.
Is this even possible? We have the big wedding budget meeting tonight with the parents.. after that I can almost promise you my life is going to be nuts.
When we get back in June, we will both be looking for new jobs. It's time to get my HR/IR career off the ground, so I will probably be moving to a bigger city like Calgary or Edmonton. Mark will be looking for something in environmental conservation and is a little more limited than I am with possible career options. We need to find jobs for both of us in the same area and we're a little worried about if that is going to be easy enough to do. But there is absolutely nothing we can do about it for now and will just have to face that problem if it arises. At that point we'll just be trying to get ourselves settled somewhere and ready to get married in 3 months.
Maybe we're insane to try all this in such a short period of time, but when we logically consider it.. it really makes sense to us and for us.
So that's a little heads up on what we'll be looking at lately. We really want to thank everyone for all their support and excitement for us, it's been really encouraging for us because we know how stressful this time is going to be for us.
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5 Comments:
congratulations Jess! and you totally have enough time...you know the things that matter to you about your wedding, focus on those things and the rest are just details. It sounds like a real-life fairy-tale. :)
Yikeserooni! I didn't know that word could exist. Anyway it sounds like you are going to have the most interesting 58 days and counting. I am so happy to hear that you are so happy. Enjoy all the preparation and wow get ready for Europe, it will be so awesome.
Congratulations Jess! I saw your guys announcement in the church bulletein and was really excited for you...What a crazy but SUPER exciting time in your lives!!! Wow...Have fun will all this next while holds...And don't let yourself get too stressed out! After all, you are engaged!!!!
JESSICA!! That is super awesome news. Congrats to you both! And I hope you have a good time travelling all over Europe. I guess that's the kind of thing you need to do before settling down someplace. Rock on. Can you believe that I created another blog (which I will likely never use) just so that I could tell you that I'm very proud of you? High-fives, lady... High-fives.
Congrats Jess!!!!! That is such great news! Married life rocks! Have an awesome time in Europe - what a fabulous string of events you have lined up!
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