Reality

Well, we are just shy of two whole months since my last post. That's semi-depressing, right? A lot has taken place in those last two months. For those of you who know me personally, you know Jason & I got married a month ago (there's the positivity I love, one whole month of marriage under our belt... whoo-hoo!) And with a wedding comes lots of running around, projects, traveling and just plain busyness.

I spent the first half of August in our hometown, which is the area we were married in. Lots of crafts, appointments for alterations, catering, and venue details, as well as a fair share of craft store trips, and figuring it out along the way. I have to say, our wedding day was everything I had dreamed of and then some. Having a great team of volunteers as well as hired help amongst our team made a huge difference. However, it was still a huge leap of faith knowing that many elements of our wedding were things I had dreamed up in my head. With this meant that I had to try to put into words what I was envisioning and make it come to life with all these helping hands. But boy did they deliver. The results were phenomenal and an absolute dream come true. Huge shout out to all the parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, and bridal party who busted their butts to make our big day one for the record books.

The second half of August was spent soaking up the sun and sand in Cancun. We spent 10 days in paradise, and to be honest, I could've stayed forever. The views, the temps, the fact that the hardest decisions I had to make each day were Pool vs. Ocean and what type of cocktail I was ordering next.

After arriving back in Chicago and being greeted by temperatures more than 25 degrees lower than when we left Mexico that morning, the harsh reality that 24 hour room service food and beverage had expired was a swift wake up call. We had spent ten whole days (not counting all the hospitality of our families the days prior to the wedding) not thinking even once about meal planning, grocery shopping, or actual cooking. Everything from fine dining dinners to midnight sushi and cheese fries had been prepared for us and delivered at our beckoning call. But that luxury lifestyle is over now. Admittedly, we had been eating lots of desserts, drinking plenty of sugary cocktails and coffee beverages, and as mentioned above, processed items like cheese sauce as well as other less-than-stellar food choices. I don't recommend this as a long-term eating style, but you only live once. Our honeymoon was time to relax indulge and live carefree.

    

I'll get back to my overly organized, meal planning and bulk cooking self tomorrow. :) For now, I'm enjoying the reminiscing.