Despite being sleepy and somewhat hungover the next day, I got up at 8:30 for my best friends wedding ceremony. I was her maid of honor :-) My soon to be cousin did my hair and it looked fantastic, ran errands, purchased last minute accessories and got their gift. Getting ready was fun because we discovered the corset I bought made it impossible for me to breath properly. It also made sitting down a very difficult task. We took pictures, got through the ceremony (and I did not lose the ring or fall while walking down the aisle!), and headed to the reception dinner to close out the day with some drinks, some cake, and some fantastic food. It was the best time I have ever had! I had never been in a wedding and it was a very big honor to be in one where my two best friends were getting married to each other! The reception was awesome and I was able to get some fantastic pictures of the day that I will now share as well:
All in all, it was a very fun and awesome couple of days and I am so happy that I got to experience it all before I leave! Sunday was busy with dress altering and then a dinner with Justin's godfather. He was so nice and he gave Justin and I a very generous gift for our wedding! Monday was the first really hard day of many to come. Reality set in when I went to meet Sean, Nadia, and the baby for breakfast at Cracker Barrell. They were heading to Georgia after and I would not see them again before I left for my new home in Korea. Nadia is not someone that likes to be touched very much, but that girl gave me the tightest hug she ever has as we said goodbye. We hugged and we cried and then I drove home. Justin's parents were very sweet when I got back and Justin's dad said I should look at this as a blessing. And I do. I am blessed to have friends that I will miss so much and that will miss me so much. And we will have the internet also so it is not really completely goodbye. But it is still so difficult. I have never lived away from home, and the closer it gets to the 27th, the more anxious I get about everything I am doing. Everything but the wedding. :-) I am pretty sure we have everything for it figured out and I get more and more excited about starting my new life with my best friend. I joke with him sometimes that I am luckiest girl in the world, but I hope he really knows that I mean it. I am so incredibly blessed to have someone like him to spend my life with. I could not ask for anything more than him and as I begin to write my vows, I hope I am able to express that to him so he understands just how happy I am. For now, the goodbyes continue as does the packing and schoolwork. Finals the same week I move is proving to be just as stressful as it sounded.
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