Last minute hiccups

Everything is now organised, packed and as far as I know, we are set for our wedding tomorrow. Of course there have been a few last minute hiccups today – the waistcoats not arriving in the hire shop on time resulting in our best man having to rush around trying to sort that out; the coach company phoning to tell me that the minibus I was hiring had broken down and was in the garage meaning that I had to find another company to hire a minibus from. Otherwise, it is all going well and I’m getting very excited about tomorrow!

Praying for reasonable weather

The only things left on my to-do list now are to pack for the honeymoon and to drop our going away outfits at the reception venue! Everything is coming together – except for the weather which is forecast to be heavy rain showers. I’m praying for no rain (at least not on arrival or during photographs) and for it to be warm. Cloudiness is fine, just really hope it is not raining at the critical moments. There’s nothing I can do about it of course, so why worry? All the same, I can’t help hoping that the weather forecast is wrong.

The dangers of house cleaning

It seemed like a good idea to hire a carpet cleaner and clean the carpets properly this afternoon before the bridesmaids descend on my flat at the weekend. Cleaning the stairs proved to be quite a challenge – I thought I had the carpet cleaner securely placed at the top of the stairs and then the next minute it came tumbling down the stairs after me drenching me from head to toe in soapy water (and even worse, the dirty water which was being sucked up from the carpet as I was cleaning). Still at least it didn’t land on me!

Work hen night

I have had such a fun evening out with the girls from work for my work hen night. Jen had provided party bags for everyone with different dares to do throughout the evening – for mine I had to speak in rhyme for 30 minutes (which meant that I was mostly quiet during this time but did end up asking the waiter – “Excuse me, I seem to have run out of vino so please could I have a small class of Pinot. And while I’m at it, I think that we oughta have a refill of our jug of tap water”).

Trying to fit in rehearsal time

Had another chance to rehearse my duet with Jenny this evening which was good – we seem to have picked one of the trickiest numbers to sing in the entire show – trying to get the timing right when we’re both singing has been a challenge but hopefully we’re getting there now. I need to also try and sort out costumes for the show during this week so that everything is ready when we get back from honeymoon. I also need to finish off the programme so it can be printed – sometimes I wonder if I try to juggle too many things!

Show run-through

Had the first run-through of the summer concert this afternoon (well, the only run-through as far as Michael and I are concerned as the next chance we will get to run through the show will be at the dress rehearsal). I nearly didn’t make it at the start of rehearsal as an accident on the motorway had me stuck for an hour before I got moving again! The rehearsal wasn’t too bad, although I have never felt this unprepared for a show before! I have one more rehearsal before the wedding then my next rehearsal will be in the theatre.

Hen night

I have had the most amazing hen night this evening thanks to my family and friends. We started out at a local pub for a meal and then headed off to a karaoke bar for the evening. Fortunately everyone entered into the spirit of it all and joined in. I got up with my sister to sing “D-I-V-O-R-C-E” which wasn’t the most appropriate song to sing on my hen night but then finished up with “Get Me To The Church On Time” which was a much better choice! I still can’t quite believe that I’m getting married in a week!

Wedding brain

I’ve come to the conclusion that preparing to get married can bring on a type of amnesia – otherwise known as “wedding-brain”. My head is so full of everything that I need to do between now and next Saturday that everything else gets forgotten. Twice this week I have left the house and gone to work without any mobile phone, and once without the pager as well, so I was completely un-contactable. Even remembering the pager wasn’t a lot of use as I couldn’t actually respond to any messages. Just as well that I don’t have anyone due at the moment!

Unfortunate typo

The orders of service are now printed, copied, stapled and ready to go. They’ve been spell-checked and proof-read and seem to be fine. The church administrator was telling me a story about a friend who spell-checked but didn’t proof-read the order of service for her wedding. A typo towards the end of verse 4 of the hymn “And can it be that I should gain?” had a letter “a” missing from the word “chains” resulting in the line reading “My chins fell off, my heart was free” Hopefully we won’t make any similar errors, but it is a funny story!

The dangers of sat-nav reliance

I’ve recently upgraded my sat-nav. The new model calculates the quickest routes based on traffic information and lets you know how much time the delays will add to your journey. The extra features have meant that I’ve started relying on the sat-nav again despite not really needing it to find my way around. I’ve discovered the traffic updates are not very reliable at all – I’ve been stuck in very slow traffic jams that haven’t registered a couple of times and spent an hour and a half today travelling three miles while the sat-nav kept assuring me the route was clear.