Climbing the walls

Things have been crazy lately. Really crazy. We went to C&S’s fabulous wedding in Aberdeen two weeks ago, and we have been so busy since we got back! Work has been really busy, and the evenings are filled with wedding planning. 16 days to go and still much to do. At least we have a venue now. (We lost our venue do to flooding and water damage. We were told this exactly 1 month before the big day!!!)

Yesterday was Sweden’s national day, so we were treated to a much-needed day off. That is a day off from the office, but I assure you, we worked hard! We got up early and hurried to Ikea. Ikea had a really good deal on mattresses (the kind you put on the floor for guests,) and well, our floor will fill up next week. Anyway, it was cheap deal, limited supply sort of thing. People actually ran through the store to the mattresses as soon as the doors were unlocked! I’ve never seen anything like it! (I’m not a get up at 5am the day after Thanksgiving kind of girl.) Anyway, lucky for us, we know the short cuts through the maze that is Ikea. (Obviously we spend far too much time there.) After our mattress adventure, we set out to find the perfect centerpieces for the reception. We eventually found something that we were happy with (which involved supplies from a few different stores, and a second trip to Ikea.) Anyway, by then it was mid afternoon and we had to get home to clean our messy apartment. Normally I keep the place pretty clean, but with all the recent traveling and wedding planning it had gotten bad. Plus, mom arrives today. So we cleaned until about 9pm. We did the floors, windows, everything. I even cleaned out under the sink and the inside of the microwave! :) P did a fabulous job on the windows, but of course, it poured down rain last night and they don’t look quite so fabulous anymore. Poor P.

So now it’s Thursday. Work has been crazy all week, but today, when I have a million things on my mind and need to be distracted, there is nearly nothing to do! I’m climbing the walls! Nearly two hours until I leave for the airport to pick up my mom. I don’t know if I’ll have a chance to blog again before the big day, so Happy Midsummer to you all!