Six Days

Ok, so it's been a really long time since I wrote in on here (again).

With only 6 days left until the big day, I thought it would be a cool idea to try to write in on here every day from now until Saturday, if for no other reason to have a record of what happened in the week leading up to the wedding.

On Friday my coworkers in ITS threw me a surprise wedding party. It had been a REALLY REALLY hectic week of installing new Cisco IP Phones, probably the busiest week I've ever experienced at the Agency. Around 12:30, Cindy called me on me on my cellphone and asked that I come to the Client Suite to help a client get online. I thought it sounded a little weird, but it had been a strange day, so I headed over to the conference room. I opened the door to find all of my coworkers standing around yelling the obligatory "Surprise!!". I was shocked. They had gotten me. I scanned around the room and noticed a familiar face. It was Olivia! Somehow they convinced her to come downtown to throw me a surprise lunch. They had fixed hamburgers and hot dogs on the grill along with plenty of sides and deserts. The lunch was topped off with a couple of gifts and a visit from CEO John Adams.

We spent this weekend continuing to put the finishing touches on some things. I think our biggest accomplishment was getting the ceremony programs designed, printed, and assembled. We ended up coming up with what we think is a really cool design that is really cool looking and very functional. I've never been to a wedding ceremony that had programs designed quite like this.

I'm so proud that we've taken it upon ourselves to design and create almost all of the decorations and paper items (save the date cards, invitations, and programs) ourselves. It's surely saved us a bunch of money and made the whole event that much more personalized. Even with as much work as it's been, I don't think I would have done it any other way.

I've also officially begun the weather obsession. Yes, I now check the weather for Radford, VA at least twice a day. And believe me, it changes at least that often every day. As of now, Weather.com is saying that Saturday will have scattered showers with a 30% chance of rain. Temperatures in the low 60s. Hopefully it'll continue to improve before the end of the week.

Luckily for me, I've got tomorrow off from work. Hopefully Olivia and I can come up with some things I can get accomplished with my extra time.

Posted by Jeff at October 10, 2004 11:47 PM