I have some pictures online too. My dad yelled at me for getting photos during my reception. Bah.
Anywho, it was fabulous. Everyone seemed to have a great time, the food was good, people partied, and we were married, so that seems like a success!
This stupid hot weather is supposed to end on Wednesday, and by Friday be down to 70 as a high. I certainly hope so, since I can barely stand to wear a tank top and shorts.. I can’t imagine wearing a wedding dress in this heat!
My parents are in town and I am still being productive, so I am rather proud of myself. I printed off the place cards this morning, and have designed and written the ceremony programs, which will be ready to print as soon as I hear back from my officiant on something.
I finished my Wisp, sewed in the ends, and attached the buttons, so that’s done. I finished the purses which are adorable. I fixed the straps on my dress for the rehearsal dinner..
Tomorrow and Wednesday when Alan is at work I need to adjust my bustle a little bit, we need to finally decide on music once and for all, and on the meals for the rehearsal dinner.
And I need to clean the apartment thoroughly.. shouldn’t be too bad of a week!
When I was carrying in the groceries on Saturday, I cut off the blood supply to my left pinky.
Pretty badly, as it turns out, as today - Tuesday, 72 hours later - my pinky is still tingly like it’s asleep.
Typing feels weird.
It’ll get better though, it has already improved. It’s rather a lot like when I got my wisdom teeth out and my bottom lip was numb/tingly for a few weeks afterward. In any case, the experience will teach me to take two trips when carrying many bags of heavy groceries.
And now, to organize my thoughts:
Work: There is little to nothing going on at work. I found a freelance web design job from a fellow dog park attendee - it should hopefully be pretty simple but she needs quite a bit of help deciding how to sell her product (she translates medical books into Spanish, or has Spanish-English books on medical topics. Vocabulary and whatnot). She wants to start selling cds instead of booklets, as it’s cheaper and then she can include pronunciation files, but I’m afraid that she will want ME to make the cds… so we’re discussing the terms of the contract and figuring out exactly what she has and can do and wants to do before things get going.
Also, I have many resumés out at many companies. Whenever I can recover my portfolio from the dead server, I’ll get that online and then start applying for Level Design jobs in addition to all the Associate Producer jobs I have applied for already.
I have a phone interview next week, and am hoping to hear back from someone I have been emailing with as well. I’ll probably contact a recruiter early next month if things are still languishing.
I’m also working with true-edges on a game mod - we’ve decided on using the WarCraft III engine for the first one, seeing how that goes. I’m looking forward to trying something that requires a bit more customization, adding models and changing textures on things, just to try something new and exciting… but to start, simple is best. We can always recreate our game with another engine in the future, and make it closer to the visions in our heads.
Crafty crafty: I’ve done a lot of spinning. I gave away four skeins of yarn to family and friends, and went through everything and did another culling of the stash. My “teaching yarn” bag is a bit bigger. I finally finished the blue-green purse made from cayswann’s handspun, hand-dyed yarn. I just need to line it, sew it up, and find handles.
I’ve also been making a Wisp from knitty.com. That picture was taken July 3; I had completed four and a half repeats, now I have 8 repeats done. I am sort of knitting this for the wedding/honeymoon in September, but I don’t really anticipate needing a light wrap (and if I do, I have plenty of cloth ones), so there’s no pressure to finish it. It’s a simple-but-not-boring pattern, and I’m enjoying it a lot.
I still have just one Elfine Sock completed, because I don’t think they will fit their intended recipient. We shall see.
Anything else going on? Yes, wedding readiness stuff. I alternate betweeen being completely terrified that all 200 people we invited will show up, and that no one will be able to come. I’m sure I’m a joy to live with.
Also, Alan is mean, cruel, and vicious.
Evidence:
[11:27] Alan: it is done, haha
[11:28] T: what?
[11:28] Alan: surprise for you
[11:29] T: ???!?!!
[11:29] T: I don’t like surprises
[11:29] T: well I do
[11:29] T: But I hate knowing about them beforehand
[11:29] T: it’s torturous
[11:29] Alan: 
[11:29] T: YOU’RE SO MEAN
See what I’m saying? Evil.
Alan and I went to the tasting at the wedding location on Saturday.
Oh. My. God.
As I told my friend, I rated the food on a scale from “yum” to “OMFG”. Most dishes ranked in the “delish-OMG” range… which is to say, that was some of the best food I have tasted in my entire life.
We are not at all concerned about which dishes to serve at the wedding, as anything we offer is going to be so utterly fabulous as to render everyone silent when they eat.
Now I am looking forward to the wedding moreso than the honeymoon!
