Monday, 2 January 2012

What's up with this 2012?

Everyone's writing all these "this happened during 2011!"-posts and I'm like "I wanna be like EVERYONE ELSE so I'm doing it too!"

Well, as a matter of fact, this year has presented a few things. We got engaged and bought a house.
The end.

No, really. That's about it. I got a job, of course. A job that I have four weeks notice on (neverminding the contract I have, I can still lose it with four weeks notice) and as the world economy is declining, so is my faith about keeping it. We'll see though. At least I'll be unemployed and living here instead of drifting restlessly around St Aldus looking for anything pretty to look at. Warning, if I lose my job, I will probably be posting A LOT of pictures of water here. Just because I will have to dampen my sorrows by walking along the lake shore all day long. Pretending that I'm not in a pickle, that bf has to ride to work that half hour one way alone twice a day, or that we'll have the least impressive life ever just to be able to keep the house.

BUT! I also became an aunt (again), a little girl that I am godmother of now. I'm not really sure that the church should trust me on that one, btw. Hello blasphemic metal music and paganism.. I'll teach her the correct ways, don't worry. Oh, and my sister doesn't read this blog. MOHAHAHAHA.

Also? Foureyes got engaged. Islander got engaged. Northener is having a baby. Two of our couple-friends here had babies. Three other couples got engaged. Getting ass drunk and dancing has been replaced with drinking coffee, playing games or having dinner together. 2012 may be the most grown up year of my life. In other words, time to get that pierced lip (the bottom lip in my face, pervs) and getting back on that pink hair. Tattoo session booked. What else can I do to reclaim my youth? This whole being in a relationship thing really doesn't work well with teenage rebellion. Of course, I have to point out that neither tattoos or pink hair is part of teenage rebellion for me, even though my father really hoped it would be. Ten years ago he asked if I hadn't outgrown that yet. Well...

Also. Wedding? Weeks go by without us talking about it because we really just don't want to plan this whole thing. It feels.. way over our heads. Like seriously too much work and money. If we get married and only include family, I still have to scrape together somewhere for my side of the family to live, ie 15 people. Minimum. Sigh. So, eloping? ELOPING! But what if my mom gets disappointed? I hate disappointing her, even more so know when I really don't know how long I get to keep her.

So this will probably be one of the most chaotic years of my life too. Changes man. Changes. Time to pull that cover over my head and not look out until it's 2013. Would that help?

7 comments:

Martin Willoughby said...

Weddings are overrated. Too many people think it's a bad wedding because THEY don't get to stay overnight. It's your day, they're just there to make sure you go through with it. After that, kick 'em out.

The Vegetable Assassin said...

Agreed! I'm all for eloping and then celebrating with everyone afterwards in a quieter, less expensive manner. Particularly with your mum.

Happy new year, northerner, you grown up you. Welcome to the club!

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Wynn said...

Martin, I would love to do it that way, but since every single member of my side of the family is AT LEAST two hours drive away, I can't do that. Just doesn't feel right, ya know.

Veggie, yeah. I'm a little torn. I think I want everyone here for it but it IS a very, very short service, and then it's dinner and stuff that we COULD do at any other time.. But still, you only get married once (hah!)? Hm.

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Roxy said...

I'm currently planning my wedding, and I came to the realization very quickly that everyone is going to have an opinion and possibly feel dissapointed. So do what you want, and let go of having their approval.

NotMexican and I are tying the not in 2 months! We too are only having about 10-15 people.

I just picked up the invitations I had made on CVS photo.com for $14.

The church is letting us do it free since we're not using the sanctuary, and Ruths Chris around the corner will be open for cocktails by the time we're done with dinner ready to be served an hour after that.

I think most we'll shell out is $1000 for the whole thing.

NotMexican will wear his suit, and I'll wear either a free sari from my mom or the cute Sue Wong dress I got from Rue La La for $129.

I put up a pic on my blog
predatort.blogspot.com

Wynn said...

I saw the dress and it was pretty indeed! Looked very, very expensive so I thought you were all "BUDGET? What budget?!" but that sounds awesome. I'd like to get away under at least under 2000.

It's a good thing that people around here doesn't have HIGH expectations, they just have expectations, ya know. It's just the trouble of making it happen, haha. Booooring.