Monday, August 03, 2009

I am a horrible person

And I am, really. Because the last post on this blog is over a month ago, and I have so many things to share. I'm mostly horrible because I know that in a year's time or more I'll look back on this and be annoyed with myself that I didn't write it all down. I mean, hopefully you only plan a wedding once in your life!

But not only have I been planning a wedding, I've been doing far too many other things, like helping launch a company, living far away from Frenchy, dealing with green cards and shoulder surgery (for him) and wedding dresses and apartment setup (for me). It hasn't been easy, but I still find myself frustrated that I couldn't set aside just a few minutes each day to write down what has happened.

Maybe that's because each day is too full of stuff to write. Well I do plan to go back and jot it all down. It would be a disservice to myself not to, since most of it is so ridiculous and hilarious, I know I'll laugh about it later. For now, anyway, a few of the things that have happened in the past 3 months since I relocated to New York, in no particular order:

  • 21 flights, 1 cancelled, 1 missed connection, 1 near missed connection, 5 more to go
  • 34 trips to the airport
  • 3 dress fittings
  • 4 flights carrying a wedding dress and suit (best way to travel)
  • 1 cake tasting
  • 1 wedding (not ours)
  • 4 countries
  • 4 US states
  • 1 bed delivered
  • 0 sofas delivered
  • 1 sofa needed
  • 3+ months away from Frenchy
  • 4 trips to Paris
  • 1 mom's birthday
  • 2 lobster burritos
  • 2 trips to florist
  • 1 bionic shoulder (for Frenchy)
  • 2 haircuts
  • 400 invitations sent
  • 1 castle visited
  • 1 refrigerator not stocked
  • 1 cavity filled (boo)
  • 36 rice cakes eaten
  • 23 boxes opened
  • 14 boxes still to open
  • 1 move from Paris to New York
  • 1 flight delayed due to vomit (not mine)
  • 1 airport commotion due to large woman fainting
  • 1 elevator out of service from 10pm to 7am (not good when you get home at 10:05 and live on the 8th floor)
  • 746 flights climbed
  • 1 wedding planned... almost

8 comments:

Gemmita said...

400 invitations!!!!!! are we talking about 800 people at your wedding? I mean, because normally 1 invitation= 2 people (and maybe plus kids) will show up!
OMG, that's a big wedding... and I remember our planning being hetic....
bummer that we will be missing it, I'm expecting pics from a wedding that I know it will be a blast...
besos
G
ps- on that day, you'll see that everything you've done is totally worth it!!!

- said...

In my somewhat clumsy english, let me tell you that your blog is by far the brightest, funniest and best written blog I've ever read. It's highly entertaining and tels a lot about the countries you lived in. Not quite understood what your job is but hope to meet you in an airport one day !

Jeff

NoellieBellie said...

Merci Jeff! Your note (and all of the stories I haven't shared properly in the last few weeks) have inspired me to get back to blogging regularly.

Thank you so much for your comment. It really made my day! :)

- said...

Glad you may write again !
And it helps me to improve my english.

'Make my day', I've heard this line before... :-)

NoellieBellie said...

Haha, ok I didn't mean it in a Dirty Harry way... though that IS one of my favorite characters (and actors) of all time.

Merci encore!

- said...

You're very welcome.
One last thing : how do you know that je suis français ?
Do I have a french accent even in my writting ? :-)

kazi said...

Noelle, my friend. Still waiting for the wild wedding recap post ;)

By the way, fav pic hands down is you in your wedding dress rockin' the treadmill in your white kicks!

Anonymous said...

OMG I love this post! haha! A fun way of putting things! I should have kept track like this during crazy months; would be interesting to look back on.
D