As wedding plans continue to drop into place and we continue to battle the distance (both with our relationship having 1000 miles between it and the wedding/reception site being 1000 miles away from Katie), we battle with the elements and are finding ways to prevail :)
The only battle/rough patches that we have encountered thus far is Katie's bridesmaid dresses being ordered too large for each of the girls. Apparently, the boutique failed to inform the bride, as well as the bridesmaids, that they should order a size smaller than what the designer intended. So, each bridesmaid had the wonderful task of rushing to find alteration places that can fix the dress in less than 6 weeks. I figure if that is the worst of the planning, I'll take it!
On a much more positive note, Ph
il was able to come to Colorado and have some face-to-face interactions with Katie. He flew in on a Friday evening and left on the following Tuesday morning, but it feels like we accomplished enough items/activities that it felt like he was here for weeks! We were able to have dinner with some of Katie's friends, hit up a baseball game, take engagement pictures, drive to the top of Pikes Peak, pick out Phil's ring, talk about honeymoon destinations, discuss apartments to live at beginning in September, and Phil was even able to come to the summer camp where Katie is a director! Whew!!
il was able to come to Colorado and have some face-to-face interactions with Katie. He flew in on a Friday evening and left on the following Tuesday morning, but it feels like we accomplished enough items/activities that it felt like he was here for weeks! We were able to have dinner with some of Katie's friends, hit up a baseball game, take engagement pictures, drive to the top of Pikes Peak, pick out Phil's ring, talk about honeymoon destinations, discuss apartments to live at beginning in September, and Phil was even able to come to the summer camp where Katie is a director! Whew!! As of right now, the next time we will see each other will be in mid-August when I move more of my things down to Texas. It will be a few days there finishing up plans and possibly moving our things into a new apartment, then it will be a few more days apart until we see each other in Minnesota for the wedding!
We are both very excited to see everyone at the wedding and have all of our friends and families near us to help celebrate our special day. We are very anxious to stop this long-distance relationship and finally be in the same city :)
Until the big day however, Katie will finish up with her wonderful job in Colorado Springs. Her last day of work will be August 22 and then she will spend a week getting things put together before heading up to MN. To help de-stress, she continues to train for her open-water swims. This Sunday is her 3K race and August 10 is her 10K race. Phil remains busy at the airport and dealing with all of the lovely people in Texas. He also has been busy making arrangements for the honeymoon and looking for new apartments for Katie and him to live in. Only 43 days left until the big day!
