Not too long ago I interviewed for an internship with an event planner. I didn't get the internship but she recently contacted me and asked if I would like to help out with a big wedding in Seattle. It sounded like fun and I figured it would be a good learning experience, so that's how I spent my day yesterday. I absolutely loved it. I know that I want to be a wedding planner. Seriously. It was just a perfect fit. I was so happy being there and I just wanted to be able to do more and be involved with all of the details and everything. I was so excited to be there! I almost cried about 5 times. Right before the bride walked down the isle with her dad I got all anxious-excited for her and I was just smiling the whole time. What a wonderful day!! This is what I want to do with my life. I want to spend it planning these days and making them happen. How special to be able to share in that experience with all of these different couples and families. Sigh. It was the best.
The ceremony was at a Catholic church on Capitol Hill. There was a gospel choir and they sang beautifully and it was such a "feel good" ceremony. There was a really wonderful energy in the room just because everyone was so happy to be there. The reception was at the Arctic Club in downtown Seattle and it was beautiful. Really fancy. The really cool thing about being a wedding planner is that I'll get to plan and be a part of all different types of weddings. Fancy ones and casual ones and indoor ones and outdoor ones. See, since I'm only going to have one wedding of my own (and I'm very happy about that, indeed) there are all of these cool weddingy things that don't get to be a part of our wedding simply because, we just can't have it all. So, if I plan weddings for other people then I'll still get to enjoy all of those other things that don't fit into my wedding. Like a gospel choir for example--we're getting married on a farm. This wouldn't exactly be very fitting, you know what I mean?
I've decided I want to be a wedding planner. So... that's what I'm going to do. I haven't figured out how, or when or anything like that but it made me happy and that's something my current job situation is definitely not doing right now. I think I would love, love, love all of the details and the planning and the list making and the scheduling so I'm going to give it a try.
Being there for the wedding also made me so much more excited for my own wedding. I think in the process of planning it, I've sort of lost sight of what exactly I'm planning. I mean, I've been really excited about it but when I was at this wedding and the bride was about to walk down the isle and just the look she had about her and how nervous-excited she was, I all of the sudden got this "oh-my-gosh!" feeling. It just hit me -- "this is a big deal!!" And now I have this renewed joy and enthusiasm and anticipation and I can't believe I still have to wait 4 more months (124 days to be exact) to marry Steven! I'm feeling terribly impatient. I can hardly stand the wait.
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