So I could say: I’ve been sick, I had a massive site rebuild to do that they wanted immediately and I was down in NYC for a weekend, hence the almost three weeks of silence.
But the truth is I’ve just had nothing to blog about. Well, I do, but none of it is all that interesting. Do you care that I have a soap opera star for a client and her fans are freaking rabid? They love her. They visit her site with such devotion and love her “just an update” emails so much that I’ve never seen site numbers like this in my life? That because of her, my design site is getting crazy traffic? Granted I doubt I’ll get any jobs out of her fans, but hot damn.
You might care that my mom and I got into an argument when I was in NYC with her. About my engagement and how they expected to know first. Or that everyone wants to know when and where I’m getting married and I just want to elope. Apparently I’ll crush my mother if I do that, but frankly, hi, it’s MY wedding! I thought it was supposed to be about me?! I want to fly to Europe, get married and lounge in some villa for a week. I don’t want to have to pick a date or location or dress or decide who’s standing beside me at the altar or register for gifts.
I really don’t want to register for gifts. I can’t tell you how daunting the thought of presents I don’t need is… or the inevitable writing of thank you cards. I plan to encourage people to donate money to a cause, but according to past brides, even if I do that, I’ll still get stuff.
I DON’T WANT STUFF!
A good friend of ours just got married in September and although they registered, they still got some pretty random gifts. Bowls, apparently, are the go-to gifts if someone doesn’t want to buy off the list. Etched glass bowls with horses. WTF, no thank you.
I think if I didn’t have parents with such high moral standards (we aren’t allowed to share a room, or even the same floor when we visit, so nice), I’d never get married. We’d be together, have kids, move along with life, no need to make it “official.” And yes, I know all the arguments for marriage and yeah, fine, but still, COME ON. Who needs the stress?
My cousin likes to harass me to blog, so there, that’s what you get AW. 😛
Ooh, also, we went and saw the Avett Brothers in VT last weekend and holy shit, you MUST see them live. They are phenomenal. Their fans are also rabid. Maybe it’s a southern thing?
