My parents are coming to town this weekend! Yay!!!!

I'm very envious of people who don't care what others think of them. Lately, I have found myself almost paralyzed into inaction by fear of offending/angering/annoying/upsetting someone. In fact, I started this post once already and then deleted it because I wasn't sure how people would take it.

Of course, this has been exasperated exacerbated* as we start to plan the wedding. I'm starting to think it might be nearly impossible to plan a wedding and not somehow inadvertently upset someone. Since we're not having a bridal party, and everyone's invited, in theory we'll avoid those usual pitfalls. But our plans are not exactly traditional, and even though people keep telling me that we should do what we want, and I've always felt that weddings should be about the couple and not what everyone else wants, I'm just terribly afraid that everyone will be annoyed with us. Every day I say that we should elope. :)

Anyway, I don't want to worry about the opinions of others, as least not as much as I currently do, but I"m not sure how one gets over that!

*EDIT: I am now offended by my own typo. :)

I would like to drink a glass of wine while watching the Sox lose, but I have 2(!) kitties laying on me, and I can't possibly disturb them to get up for alcohol. Darn cute kittens. :)

Since I never post, no one will read this, and some of you know this already, but anyway:

Matthew and I are engaged :)

I have no more details for you yet.

I am still alive. The wedding went well. Pictures may be available someday.

I am at work, trying to do a year's worth of filing and organizing.

I will be old soon.