seven days.....

I've had my last dress fitting. I LOVE how my dress turned out! Seeing her all done and fitted was such an amazing feeling! The hem was exactly as I pictured it in my mind. I'll have to share my favorite red Mary Jane heels in another post. I felt so much happiness wearing a dress, which is not a new experience, and a dress on this level was not one I thought I would ever wear again. Her name is Evelyn.

When Adam and I started this adventure, I wondered what I had gotten myself into. He lived in New Orleans, and I'm here. I am not a fan of long-distance relationships, and I don't even think in those terms. After all the time we had known each other as friends, I wanted to get to know Adam on a deeper level. It was very different for me as I am a relationship gal.

I let that go for the limited time we had last summer. I quelled my feelings as they came. I didn't want to scare him away! We did not talk about what our time meant, if anything.  I was being present, in the moment. I did develop feelings pretty quickly, but kept them to myself. I didn't want to tell him and not have him feel the same way, and I didn't want to say something that would spoil our time together. He did stay longer than he had planned last summer. I finally told him I loved him as he was leaving my place after a concert we went to with his friend Todd. He said, "I love you, too, sweetie." I was so giddy, I woke up my friend Ken on the East Coast to tell him. His comment was, "It's about time you two got together. I am happy for you." Others who have known us for the duration have voiced similar sentiments. We are slow to catch up. I am glad we are here now.

I hope you can join us for our ceremony and reception. The whole affair is quirky, just like us.