I used to be a drama junkie when I was a teenager. I think almost all teenagers are. Then at some point, around my mid twenties, I didn't like it anymore. I simply ran out of time for drama as I had more important things to do. So I said goodbye to drama and embraced a more relaxed life. Really, who has the time or the energy.
This was working well until we found ourselves with a wedding and house at almost the same time. This week I have had major wedding issues. I have people not responding to my emails, other people not following through and I am currently in panic mode about invitations. Yes I lost sleep over bits of cardboard that will sit on a fridge for a month and then find themselves in a bin.
And then today I finally had a response from our reception venue, the place our whole wedding party is staying at for two nights to inform me that our contact person is no longer there anymore. The owner will be dealing with it. This shouldn't worry me but it does. The other person said yes to everything and now I am worried the owner will turn around and say no. No we cannot use the good china, no we cannot take the chaise lounge out onto the lawn for photos. Right now I am too afraid to find out.
When I came home today and opened up the mail there was a letter from our builder saying the house was finished and we need to arrange our final payment. Coincidentally J was around at the house checking it out. He informed me that we have a/c ducts but no a/c unit. The bathrooms are titled and the showers installed but no shower screens. We have a hole in the ceiling. The downpipes haven't been connected into the ground and the bedrooms at the back have cupboards with no doors.
I don't like all this drama, it is exhausting. And I feel that it is all out of my control. I want to press the pause button and have a holiday and not deal with anything, just for a week. All the girls at work assure me that weddings are never perfect and stuff goes wrong and I accept that. I just assumed it would happen on the day. Not now. I also assumed when the house was finished, it was in a position where we could just turn up with our boxes and move in. The only cure is to breathe and take time out and have some fun. Because as drama filled as life is for us right now, it is really exciting. Two things we have been dreaming about are about to come true. After so long we can finally see the light at the end, and the other side looks better than we ever dreamt of.
