scarymary48
02-10-2009, 05:36 PM
I outlined briefly in the Australian Wildfires thread how we've been flooded in my little corner of the country. Well this morning I have woken up to blindingly bright sunshine for the second day in a row! My yard is still a muddy, slushy mess, but there is no actual water in it, and all the roads I can see from my front door look clear too :D .
I've been having a little pity party for one for the last couple of days, but today I'm feeling cheerful. I have the day off work, so I'm going to make the most of it, and go and do whatever wedding stuff I can! The lingerie store at the shopping centre closest to me is having a closing down sale, so I'm going to pop in there first thing in case I can score myself a wedding bargain.
Then I'm going to pop into town and order my favours from the chocolate shop (assuming it is open, a lot of places still aren't), and start seeing about something for my hair.
I know my wedding planner is operating as usual because I've got an email from him already this morning, so I'm going in to see him after lunch to start picking linens and working out my centrepieces and all that other really fun stuff. I think I'm going to achieve more today than I have managed to in the last month or so!
Then by this afternoon, so long as it doesn't rain, the road to the north should open again, and I might be able to go and visit my mum and dad! I usually see or at least speak to them everyday, so it has been really difficult the last couple of weeks- they are without power, so they have been communicating with us by turning on their mobile phone once a day to send us a text so that we know they are ok. I'm a bit nervous about seeing the house, because going by what I've seen on the news, where they are is in a bad way. But, they are healthy and in seemingly good spirits, so that's all that matters I guess!
With a bit of luck we might start getting mail again today too- not that I'm looking forward to the bills I know must be in there :snide:. But I am waiting for my wedding shoes to arrive by post, so I guess I'll take the bad with the excellent/exciting!
I've been having a little pity party for one for the last couple of days, but today I'm feeling cheerful. I have the day off work, so I'm going to make the most of it, and go and do whatever wedding stuff I can! The lingerie store at the shopping centre closest to me is having a closing down sale, so I'm going to pop in there first thing in case I can score myself a wedding bargain.
Then I'm going to pop into town and order my favours from the chocolate shop (assuming it is open, a lot of places still aren't), and start seeing about something for my hair.
I know my wedding planner is operating as usual because I've got an email from him already this morning, so I'm going in to see him after lunch to start picking linens and working out my centrepieces and all that other really fun stuff. I think I'm going to achieve more today than I have managed to in the last month or so!
Then by this afternoon, so long as it doesn't rain, the road to the north should open again, and I might be able to go and visit my mum and dad! I usually see or at least speak to them everyday, so it has been really difficult the last couple of weeks- they are without power, so they have been communicating with us by turning on their mobile phone once a day to send us a text so that we know they are ok. I'm a bit nervous about seeing the house, because going by what I've seen on the news, where they are is in a bad way. But, they are healthy and in seemingly good spirits, so that's all that matters I guess!
With a bit of luck we might start getting mail again today too- not that I'm looking forward to the bills I know must be in there :snide:. But I am waiting for my wedding shoes to arrive by post, so I guess I'll take the bad with the excellent/exciting!