"Take Good Care of Yourself"

At work on Friday, I decided to indulge in some chocolate. I usually think the messages in the Dove chocolates are pretty sweet and always relate to life in some fun way, but this message in particular really hit me. "Take good care of yourself." It was nice to read something that people just don't say anymore. Everyone always says "have a nice day" or "have fun" but no one ever reminds you to take care of yourself. When I read it, I pinned it to my bulliten board at work to remind myself to just relax. When I get stressed and feel like I am falling behind, I hope I will look at this little chocolate wrapper note and just breathe, and maybe go on a walk outside or just take some time to drink tea and forget about all that I HAVE to do, and just do me for a couple of minutes.

I pretty much kept that mentality all weekend and did not push myself too much at all. HA!! I enjoyed my coffee in my Disney princess cup and put my feet up for the thirty mintues I had to myself on Saturday morning before we were off to volunteer at the annual Street Fair in my hometown. We had a blast with that, though. So many people! So many antiques! Two of my favorite things!! We had a wonderful time on Saturday and a reasonably relaxing day on Sunday. We went to church, spoke with the minister about getting married (WOOT!) and had a small lunch at the fiance's dad's house. We finished the evening at our house with the Mamas and my surprisingly yummy apple-inspired meal. Oh, and of course we watvched Revenge. I mean, who didn't??

Yesterday marked the five-week countdown to the wedding. I thought I'd be more stressed than I am. Don't get me wrong, I've pulled out a good deal of hair and chewed my finger nails to shreds, but I am strangely calm about it all. I finally feel that excitement that I have been hoping to feel; the excitement that all the lame planning got in the way of. The fiance and I are stupid in love and we feel like we just could not be happier. I am so excited to be married and to share our lives together. I never knew I could be this happy.