Love is a reason to exist

...
It feels so surreal!

The Best Man is here from Vegas already.
My father arrives on Wednesday.
Everything is ready (except that my mother forgot to take my dress into the cleaners to get all the wrinkles out from being in storage for months! Here's hoping she remembers to do so tomorrow and they can get it done this week!! O.O)

There are a few things I'm not going to finish, it's just too much now. I'm happy with what we have already done.
I guess I've wowed everyone with how organized I am and how calmly I've handled each problem as it's arisen.
(My make-up artist and driver both backed out a week ago. With the help of friends they were replaced within 24hrs!)

We're renting a party bus to do a pub crawl for our combined bachelor/ette party this Friday. Our photographers will be there to record all of it! It's been so cold and snowy in Colorado lately, we wanted everyone to be able to get from place to place without freezing to death!

Saturday is the rehearsal, the luncheon, spa time with my gals and relaxing at the hotel. Hopefully in the indoor hot tub with a glass of champagne!

Next Sunday is the big day!!
I was reflecting today on how different this feels compared to the times I was engaged in my early 20s.
There was none of this sense of awe and amazement, no overwhelming feelings of surreality and romantic magic, back then.
I'm so glad I waited until now to get married in my life.

I feel like I'm in a haze. Anyone else?

( Seriously, there are probably about 200 pictures under here. DEFINITELY not dial-up friendly! I apoligize, but it was really difficult to pick out of 1000-some pictures! )

That's it? Time flies!

To remember me...
Six Months Progress Post, show me your cake flavors, Intro Post in weddingplans, guestlist whining and Intro Post at 2009_weddings

Well, here we are at 5 months. Very short post because, since school's been winding up, not too much has happened. ( Still, I'll save you the gory details! )

My last question...
Show me your... Name Changes.
To those of you who weren't sure if you wanted to change your name or not:
What helped you finally make the decision?
What did your FH think?
What were your reasons for being on the fence?
...And any other name change-related anecdotes. :)

[x-posted to 2010_weddings and weddingplans]