15 days 15 hours 32 minutes

we're at 69 people (give or take a last minute no-show). the hall is all taken care of; the menu has been chosen. can't wait. john came with us last night and after the hall we dropped stephen at the doctor and drove around talking. it was really nice; we've not had David-John time in a while. i miss that.

e-mailed the celebrant as we still have issues regarding how the ceremony is gonna play out. she keeps mentioning a processional and a recessional, but since we're gonna be in 1 room for the whole night, there's no place to proceed from or recede to! this is her job though, and i sent her the floor plan that the hall gave us, so i'm waiting to hear what she thinks.

we received out 1st wedding gift! when i got home this gorgeous pair of Waterford flutes was waiting, from Stephen's cousin from Michigan, who will be unable to attend. i think tonight we'll test them out.

speaking of gifts, as i write this , stephen's on his way into long island to do something with my wedding gift. i have no idea what that means, but apparently he received something in the mail the day before yesterday, which (despite having sorted the mail enroute from the box) i handed over, not realizing in contained information regarding this fabulous gift.
the only clue i've been given is the e-mail he sent me in regards to the picture of the Coach messenger bag i posted on Tuesday: "great! if you get one, you can put your wedding present from me in it".

he just called me and i asked him when i'd be getting this gift. he said "whenever you want".
i asked him if it was perishable. he replied, "technically".

needless to say, i'm intrigued.