EEEEEEEEEEK

Right now I am SO IMPATIENT I could burst.  I'm sitting at work, waiting.  I could be at home, packing or tidying up or ANYthing, but I'm stuck at work, waiting.  I'm waiting for invoices to come in so that I can send off the 3 bundles of invoices (separate jobs).  The thing that sucks the most is that HBBM is out at a meeting and when he comes back he'll have a lot of work to give me, and probably then all the invoices will come through.  I can't do it all at once so I'm super-frustrated because I COULD be doing the invoices NOW and be free to do work when he gets back.

There really isn't that much left to do.  Last night I cleaned the fishtank - the tank really looks spiffy again.  I will NOT skip algae-scraping again, because the previous clean really didn't look clean at all, simply because the glass was all algae'ed.

Clipped Dude's nails last night.  Shame, it was the hottest night, the little blanket we use to hold him is also quite warm too and he got so hot.  I just had to clip his nails though because he was starting to stick to the blanket which covers the back of his cage (and which is flipped over to cover his whole cage at night).  Although he will be staying at his grandparents while we're away, and they have birds and would be mindful of him, I don't want to risk him getting stuck and silently panicking and hurting himself.  Things like that can happen so quickly so I just wanted to be sure he won't have a problem.  He really is such a sweetheart.  I gave him such a nice neck-scratch last night, he REALLY enjoyed it.  My sweet Little Dude.

Things are pretty much all on track.  The dressmaker just has to phone and let me know I can fetch the dress.  Tomorrow is my fake-tan, Friday is my manicure etc... then it's RELAX and BE EXCITED.  We do have to pack and make copies of all the NB documents and stuff.  I think the only thing we have to do still for the wedding is make a seating-plan board.  Oh and G has to prepare a speech (I don't think I'm going to - it's too excruciating for me to talk in 'public' even though it is family+friends).

EEEEEEEK I can't believe it's HERE AND NOW almost the day!  Not much time left, and then we're jetting off overseas!!  So exciting.  I've stuck ALL my Chembros' music on my ipod... not that the airline has no entertainment etc, but still.

Eeek!!!!

I will blog more if I can think of anything.

Nearly there!

This is just a 'holding' post, things have been busy lately (obviously) and I'll be silent for the next 3 weeks or so... SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE!!

So much

... has been happening since I last blogged!

For one thing, we got our forex. Thankfully before this whole mad crash of the dollar. We also went to customs to go fetch Atlantis Bey V. And Strapless has arrived! They are both truly stunning. My little herd is complete!

Yesterday morning G and I went to the jeweller's place to check out the rings. Mine is done, but I want to ask him to 'lower' the millgrain-ridge a bit, and also fix up a flat edge which shouldn't be there. G's ring does not fit, despite the fact that the jeweller made it 3/4 of a size bigger since the last time we met with him. G's fingers must have been swollen cos of the hot weather, so the jeweller's going to resize it again.

I had my hair cut yesterday. I now have a few wispy bits, perfectly suited to the hairstyle I'm going to have. I haven't had a fringe for about 10 years now, and it's strange - a fringe is so frivolous and impractical, and yet it LOOKS nice. I think I might keep it but make use of clips!!

Yesterday afternoon we had a meet with the 'wedding party' to discuss logistics. G and I have to make up a list of what was discussed and decided.

This morning we were up early again to have a dressfitting. The bridesmaids' dresses are complete, my dress is going to be ready during the week. So exciting!!!!!

This afternoon I had a hair&make-up trial. I looked totally different, I'm really pleased with the result! Let me just leave it at that and give away no more clues! I am however feeling burny-eyed/puffy/sleepy because I'm evidently not used to make up and my eyelids feel a bit ... well unhappy is too strong a word... but just not 'normal'. But, the wedding is a once off thing so I will soldier on ;)

I'm so tired though, been on the go so much this past while and no 'downtime' really. I really want to sleep late just once - but it's unlikely until after the wedding.

Anyway, as I'm sure ANYone could guess, I REALLY don't feel like work AT ALL...

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Horses!

After OCD'ishly checking the track and trace site for progress on the parcels almost the whole day, after work on Thursday I checked the postbox and voila, both parcel notes were there.

Atlantis Bey V has been held up at customs as they aren't able to assess his value - obviously he looks more expensive and they aren't sure what to charge me for customs duties.

Wintersong and Rugged Painted Lark were ready for collection though, and I phoned the post office on Friday to find out what their hours were - they close at 17:30. Such a pity I'd not brought the note with me to work, so we popped by at home to fetch it. We got into the post office at exactly 17:25. They weren't to friendly about it but dammit, there was still a WHOLE five minutes til closing, so they did help us after all. The box had been opened by customs and taped up - they'd bashed it a bit. We popped by the shop afterwards to buy stuff for Syndicate, then we came home and I was able to open the box and wow - the horses are STUNNING!

Here are pics - I tacked up Rugged Painted Lark to see how it fit and he looks good both tacked up and untacked. Wintersong is so lovely.






Sat morning we were up early, to meet with the cake-lady, fetch our passports and go see the jeweller. The rings aren't ready yet, which is a disappointment. His communication isn't all that great, because admittedly things like designing wedding rings etc take time and need to be fitted before being finished, etc etc, but he hasn't got hold of us to let us know what the progress is, nor has he said anything about it when we've tried phoning him. I don't expect to be kept up to speed to the second, but it'd be nice to know when phoning to find out how it is going and being told that we can come by on Saturday that it's not finished, but still has a bit of work to be done. Then at least we don't have these excited expectations. Anyway, the proof of the pudding is in the eating, and we will wait and see how the rings are once they've been completed.

S, L and I went for a dressfitting that afternoon, and I have to say that they look STUNNING! Their dresses are pretty much 100%, I'm going to fetch them on Sat. My dress is pretty much done, it's my sort of final-fitting on Sat, and I should be able to collect the dress during the week after. SO EXCITING! I just need to break my shoes in first.

Oddness

Just some weird news: G and I took a drive to the nearby mall, to get milk + carrot cake because his mom was going to pop by to pick up the materials to make the favours. We'd come to a stop at a robot, and I was dreamily looking out the window, thinking about the honeymoon, when there was a 'doof' sound and my head and the headrest connected.

It was weird, there was this sound and it seemed like time slowed enough for me to only realise once my head was banged against the headrest that we'd been bashed from behind. I think I automatically asked G "what was that?!". Somehow, we'd been bashed from behind by a large bakkie, driven by 2 very dark rasta-like dudes. They just sat in the bakkie, unmoving, obviously in quite a bit of shock.

I was (and still am now) a bit out-of-it because of my cold/sinus so I was slowly/calmly surveying what was going on. G got out and we both saw that this bakkie's front bumper was bashed in by the Audi's back bumper. The Audi's bumper wasn't dented at all (yay expensive car quality!!). G started asking the guy to move the bakkie back, like hellooooo, you just bumped another person's car, you have to get out and talk to them and exchange details. But these guys were evidently not quite aware of what to do next. The guy driving was very dumbstruck with shock, and his friend was a bit more aware of his surroundings! G was getting VERY angry because these guys were so 'elsewhere' and weren't actually talking to us really... just sort of elsewhere (dunno how else to describe it).

Luckily 2 other guys drove past and kinda pulled over saying "hey guys!" (seeming to be friends/acquaintences with the rasta guys) and kinda woke them out of their siesta/daze. I took photos with my phone of the two cars' bumpers as they were, also got a photo of the back registration plate. Seems these guys weren't able to brake (hence bashing us), and somehow they weren't able to start their bakkie and reverse. G asked the guy to, but he mumbled something about the clutch. At one stage they tried to move their bakkie back but it just rolled forward again, against G's bumper a 2nd time!! Man, that is so roadworthy! Anyway, I doubt either of them have drivers' licenses, but we exchanged details after G pulled away and reversed into a parking place alongside the road, and they started their bakkie and drove into a parking bay ahead. Their bumper is bumped in a bit, G's bumper luckily doesn't really have any damage. I think it looked worse because it was dusty and the dust was smeared off by the other guys' bumper, but there is a small line/scratch here and there.

Here is a pic of the 2 cars:



So a rather weird occurrence for the day. I really think that more expensive cars' materials are able to withstand stuff better than cheaper cars, making the initial outlay worthwhile as the car ages and more 'life' happens to the car. Hopefully in Aus we can buy a similar car :D

What else is news... I have a really clangy head from sinus. I hope it's not becoming infected, else it'll mean more medicine etc which is TERRIFIC because my medical aid benefits for the year are used up. Yay. I've taken some sinus med but *sigh* it doesn't seem to have worked yet.

Wedding plans are on track! The bridesmaids and I went to a dressfitting on Sat, and their dresses are almost complete! They should be ready next weekend. My dress is going to be assembled for me to try on next weekend, then I think that's it - 1 final try and then it's done! I can't believe it... so quick :D So exciting! EEEEEKKKK!!!!!!

Things are all on track methinks. We're meeting with the ministerdude on Thurs, we met with the decor people on Thursday past, and we met with the musicians on Sat past. The music is awesome. So cool - live music! The decor people set up a demo table for us, and it looks stunning. Simple, not too hectically decorated, basically the tablecloth+cutlery+crockery+glasses and serviettes, with a bouquet in the centre. And yet, it looks great! So exciting TOO!

I might already have mentioned but Gem Twist arrived and is gorgeous. I've put them all back into their boxes except for Gem Twist because his box is all smoky - there's a reason they mention "smoke-free home" in the listings! Wintersong and Rugged Painted Lark have arrived in the country, they still have to go through customs, and Atlantis Bey V has arrived and come through customs. Probably will be sent to a post office soon. Can't wait! I also bought Strapless - I gave up on the online shop I'd been waiting for a reply from and bought her from the same person who sold Wintersong and RPLark. Sadly I didn't know she had Strapless too else I could have bought all 3 at once and saved on shipping but ah well, can't win every time!

This is a pic of Gem Twist and Milton showing off in style:



I received the LocoRoco umbrella and it is so awesome and cute and funky and cool! YAY!! Lucky I had the track+trace number because I've still not received the parcel note for it yet! The lady I collected it from at the post office says she knows/thinks the guys just throw away the notes and never deliver them! I've also got the bag and strap/screen cleaner, as well as an inflatable LocoRoco and a media kit (which includes a t-shirt!), but I'm probably going to get those after the honeymoon (a friend in the US got them for me!). So exciting!

In the saga of the labels/addresses etc, there's new stuff afoot. Now, guess who has to make NAMETAGS. Names printed on stickers, to be stuck on everyone's chests at the party. Me. Yay. It really baffles (and enrages me too!) that this whole thing is just so... unexplained. Like G's mom remarked "it's almost as if you're not worth being given instructions!". Exactly. It's just "this must be done... get someone to do it" and 'this' gets given to me. And as they think of more things that they hadn't thought of before, it just gets tagged on to what I am doing/have done. It's EXACTLY that I'm not worth them actually sitting down with me and going through what needs to be done. "We are having a party on 28 October, this is the list of people we're inviting, we need you to: get their contact details, create envelope labels, stick invites into envelopes, label envelopes, stick stamps onto the envelopes, make namestickers for everyone... by x-day of x-month, X is who you have to get hold of for any information". It just pisses me off and I doubt it needs to be said that I CAN'T BLOODYWELL WAIT until the 28th of October is bloodywell over and done with. Even if it means that the next while RUSHES PAST and we are in too much of a hurry with wedding stuff, this shit at work is just demeaning and I resent it.

This weekend has been BLISS - the neighbours have been away which means we haven't been woken at 7am to hear "it's POTTY TIME!!". It's been delightful! Can't wait until we have our own place one day and the neighbours aren't JOINED TO US BY A WALL! Oh and I'm also looking forward to having an actual garage. The other kids in the complex have decided it's fun to ride their skateboard things (not quite a skateboard) around the poles of the carport. Around G's car. Between the poles and G's car. Between G's car's front bumper and the plantbed. It's so annoying because it's this constant flitter of activity RIGHT outside the kitchen window which is distracting, and also because it's a constant anxious-querying thought in our heads every time we look up at the flitter of movement like "bumped/scratched/scraped/touched the car?". Also it's almost like a disregard of 'territory', because although the complex is in its nature a shared-space sort of arrangement, it doesn't mean that any tom dick or harry can hang around and touch/lean on your car, or hang out by your front door etc. So it's similar to having a front lawn with a low fence or no fence and kids playing on your lawn.

Ok this post has become very long and rambly. Blame it on sinus! YAY I have an excuse to ramble on! Yay :D

I'm really itching to work on Golden Ice again. Time is so limited now, not so much for me but definitely for G. He has so much homework/overtime to do. I'm looking up at Heremia above me on the wall, and she looks so vivid. Damn, I don't want to be tempted to work on Golden Ice now! I have to finish these 2 horses for the moms. I think once I've blogged this I'm going to try finish the 1st one. Maybe even start on the 2nd but I'll see how far I get. This is a pic of the one, but it's not up to date:



And I'm getting better at making chopstickable sushi! We found nice chopsticks and this is a pic of the first sushi we ate using our new chopsticks (these are my ones):