A Sucky Day in Last Minute Wedding World

Note: This is a vent.  To those I'm venting about, know that I understand your circumstances and don't think they are unreasonable.  I'm frustrated at the situations in general because there's nothing we can do about it.  I'm not starting drama; I'm just at my wit's end for today.

I swear, I feel like today is out to get me!  First at the Wal-Mart, D has difficulty finding the shoes that he wants for the wedding.  He doesn't trust his own sense of style as to what counts as in period, plus he feels the need to wear the shoes for 10 minutes to figure out if they're comfortable enough.  We end up overspending on what we needed to get today, such as the cake boards and cake cutting knife.

Then I get home to a message saying that my officiant and a groomsman won't be able to come to the rehearsal.  We only have 3 groomsmen, and one of them we already knew wasn't going to be able to make it due to work.  So now we're only going to have 1 groomsman and no officiant at the rehearsal.  That adds worry that people aren't going to know where they need to be when on the day of the wedding!  We'll just have to hope that they figure it out because we won't get time for another rehearsal before the wedding.  I'm grateful enough to my bridesmaids just for showing that they're gonna get a nice dinner somewhere that evening.

I take a shower to calm myself down, but all I can think about are the last minute details I have to make sure I tell guests.  It's important stuff too, like when they can pick up their tickets and not to bring gifts to the actual wedding.  So I go straight to the computer and spend half an hour composing the message to send to everyone, not realizing until too late that I'm not spending time with D before he disappears to work for the evening.  It just makes me more unhappy.  Then I get a message from a friend saying she can't come to the wedding.  Because that helps my mood any.

So then I decide I'm going to try to distract myself with something productive.  I turn to constructing the cupcake stand.  I bought these cardboard cake platters with rounded petal detailing and silver surfaces.  I've got 4 clear jars I'm planning on using for supports and some paint pens if I decide it needs some more sprucing up.  I'm still working on the calculations for how big this sucker has to be, but I go look for the tacky glue I had out only a week ago... and it's gone missing.  I looked all over the living room, the spare room, even in the junk basket.  That was the last straw!

I'm beyond frustrated with today.  It was supposed to be a good, productive day, but instead it's turned into one disappointment after another.  And there's still more to do tomorrow, like go out to purchase gifts for D's mother and the event coordinator (not to mention now I need more glue).  I also need to get something to put in the jars, finish trying to figure out how many tiers the stand needs, and double check that the cupcakes will even fit in the 3 inch space I'm planning to have between the tiers.  Plus I think I'm going to need either more empty jars of this size or something different with all the tiers I may end up needing.

Oh, and in the midst of all this, I'm nearly forgetting my OBGYN appointment next week!  If it wasn't on my calendar, it'd probably be driven right from my mind.  Can the wedding be over yet?  Please?