[d] enclosed in brackets chaotic perfectionist for hire

As I'm writing this, there's just over 5 days to go until I get married. People have asked if I'm nervous, or if I have cold feet, and I don't. That's the way it should be, right? There shouldn't be apprehension, there shouldn't be a fear of what's about to happen...

It should be something that you're looking forward to. K and I have talked about this, and at this point, we just want to get to the day and get to the marriage part. In case there's anyone thinking about getting engaged, or hasn't started planning their own wedding, maybe a few words of advice:

Go somewhere beautiful with just your parents (and maybe immediate family), have the whole short and sweet ceremony put on video, then have a huge cookout (or several) with people you care about. There will be a lot less stress, a lot less planning, and fewer people will end up letting you know that they were "hurt that I/we weren't invited..." Hell, have as many cookouts as you need to show people the ceremony, or package it onto DVD and send it out...

We opted for the "invite as many people as cost allows" option, and as much as we're looking forward to it, we really thought about the other way.