>We decided to have our reception at the church as well. It will be in a separate building, a big ol’ building with fabulous audio/visual capabilities — and we are all about that, you know! Anyhoo,

I had class tonight, and it was very interesting and thought-provoking, but I really wanted to be somewhere else. Then, although very tired, I had to go to the mall to try on undergarments to be work with my wedding gown. A bother. But a necessity. And I had to do it tonight because I am having my first meeting with the alterations lady tomorrow. Hopefully, she will have time to do what I need done. It sucks. That the alterations cost as much as the dress. Maybe I should have just dropped $600 on one of those original ones I looked at. Ugh. But I love the one I have. I’d just love it more if it already fit perfectly.

I am so glad tomorrow is Friday. I have not really enjoyed the heck out of teaching this week. Although, there have been some beautiful moments. Like when my student who withdrew to move to Fort Worth last week popped in for a visit, and almost every kid in my class started smiling and singing out her name. Then they gathered ’round her, hugging her and telling her that they missed her. Which made her mother break down and cry right there in the classroom because she wishes so much that they had not had to move and take her out of our class. I miss her, too. She’s very intelligent, very serious but an absolute delight.

I was sweating like a hog in Dillard’s, and I was beginning to think I was having some sort of hot flash or something (happy wedding). Then I got home, and I started having one of those fun hypoglycemic moments when you can’t get the jar of peanut butter open fast enough to make yourself the perfect peanut butter and jelly sandwich which is the only thing that will make you feel better in a moment like that. Then I ate some organic cereal.

Can someone please tell me how to get motivated to exercise on a regular basis. Not because I am preparing for a wedding, but because I know it’s good for me. I don’t want to be a big blob. Now or ever. But I feel like that’s what I am. I should probably take a moment to realize that I am thinking irrationally and to glance at the calendar to see which part of my demonic menstrual cycle I am on at this instant. No wonder pregnant women “glow.” They aren’t having to deal with the altnerative abomination.

Geez. Christi, how do you REALLY feel about it.

Invitations have gone out, most of them anyway. Can someone come up and clean and pack my house for me? That would be a great wedding present.

I need to go to sleep. I’ve been up way too late by my standards the past few nights. If it’s in the double digits, it’s too late for me on a school night. And we are hovering near those now.

Night night.