Week Of Off
2Aug2004 Filed under: WeddingToday begins my pre-wedding vacation from work. I decided to take this whole week off for preparation and lemme tell you: I can already tell that it’s going to be worth every cent of income I’m sacrificing. Seriously. We don’t have any big issues to deal with (yet!) this week, but it’s so nice to have the emotional luxury to focus on all the tiny details in the comfort of my own home. Also, our first guests arrive tomorrow (Erin and Dallas, our friends as well as caterer and bartender), so it’ll be nice to actually have time to spend with people before the chaos of the wedding itself.
Also, this morning we got a funny phone call from some people who are supposed to be working on our windows. “Is this the Andreas household?” the woman asked, suggesting that they’d gotten Dre’s first and last names flipped. Then I thought, how funny would it be to take your spouse’s first name as your last name? HA! So he would be Andreas Tillman Ariel, and I would be Ariel Meadow Andreas. I can’t imagine that anyone would actually do this, but it cracked me up for a few minutes thinking about it. (Oh, and for those who missed the Engagement FAQ, I will not be taking Dre’s surname for reasons political, career-based, and aesthetic.)
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Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, was published last year.
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esther h.
August 2nd, 2004 at 5:07 pm
Congratulations! I”m sure this week will be great fun.
The Oregonian had an article yesterday on how “more college-educated women are taking their husbands’ names”. Interesting article, but I hate that less than 25% of women divert from tradition for a decade or two by keeping their own name, and things start reversing and the media acts like it’s a shocking trend. Actually, things haven’t been that different for that long.
heather
August 4th, 2004 at 2:35 am
Talk all the time you can. Unfortunately, because of work, I was unable to take any time off before the wedding. Thankfully, my husband took time off, and my best friend and parents were here to do last minute things. Let me tell you, it was horrendous sitting at work when I could have been getting ready for the wedding weekend.
I can’t wait to see photos of your entire ensemble. It sounds quite fabulous.