Screw You, Monday!

Good Morning! Or….Good Whatever-Time-Of-Day-It-Is!

Boy it's a doozy of a day out there here in Seattle. Rain so heavy it just washed away all those left-over trick-or-treaters hanging out in the streets. So wet, we've got fish in our office! And to top that off, daylight is just starting to arrive. It's as if the sun said, "Whoah! That's too much rain for me! I'll stay in bed longer." But I didn't get to stay in bed longer! No fair, sun. No Fair!

Well, it's Monday, and another weekend just went by like a shooting star. It's something to wish on, and then it's gone. This was the first Halloween that I haven't done anything for (except carve pumpkins and eat candy) in as long as I can remember. With everything else going on, I just can't say we had the inclination or motivation to put time into a costume, and go somewhere! Especially with me being sick, and Jenna trying desperately to not get sick, it just was not in the cards this year. Being sick is the worst. But I'll tell you what we did instead!

On Saturday, we visited Willow's Lodge in Woodinville, which was, as we decided, the last of our options for a venue for the ceremony & reception. Although, just like everywhere else, it was beautiful, we had issues with how the ceremony would go if there were to be rain. In addition, with all of the other venues we've seen, we've realized none are as unique as Delille Cellars. SO, with that said, we've made our decision! We will be having the ceremony & reception at Delille Cellars! Hoorah! WINE!....PONDS!!..........WIIIINNNNEEE!!!!! We will be contacting them this week in hopes of securing a date and putting down that deposit and then….we can do everything else in the freaking world that we need to do! Hoorah! An added bonus* about this option is that we can bring our own beer, which means savings on kegs, which also means, I can choose what beer to serve! I'm thinking several pony kegs to add variety. MMMMM…beer.

Speaking of beer, being sick sucks! It sucks a lot.

And then we went to the Huskies game and that's enough said about that.

On Sunday we had lunch with the parents. That is, my parents, my brother, and Jenna's parents. This has happened before, about a year ago, and in a years time I forgot how awkward it is. BOY IS IT AWKWARD. But it got better, after a little while, and in the end I think everyone had a really great time. How can you go wrong with Olive Garden? (And for all those people who want to tell me all the awful things about Olive Garden, I DON'T WANT TO KNOW. LET ME ENJOY MY SALAD, MY BREADSTICKS, MY FREE REFILLS ON SODA, AND WHATEVER DELICIOUS ENTRÉE I CHOOSE TO GET, AND KEEP YOUR POLITICS OUT OF MY DINNER!)

The rest of the day we spent at home looking at (you guessed it) more wedding stuff. Jenna made the mistake a little while ago of bringing up the fact that there will be music in this wedding, so I find myself holed up in my little office, scouring my iTunes for music for the ceremony & reception. Give me the task of a playlist and you can garrauntee you won't see me for….I dunno, it could be months at this point.

I'm going to finish this, and get back to work. Because of my stupid cough (I HATE BEING SICK) I only got a couple hours of sleep last night…so I'm trying to maintain a steady pace to keep myself awake. I think it's probably time for more tea…

Until next time!

Nathaniel

*I was going to say "My favorite part about this venue is…" but that's not true. It's just an incredible property and I'm very excited to get married there with or without beer. Maybe. Okay, so I want the beer, so what? Does that make me horrible? It does? FINE! With or without the beer! Happy?