5: a few weeks of unemployment

Today was my official Last Day of Work. By official, I mean I decided that I was getting all of my Work work done today & dedicating myself to Wedding work for the next few days.

For today, that meant finishing up a story I started months ago, having an interview & writing another story this evening (after we take Joe to get his wedding haircut :). For today, that meant coming to terms with the fact that I did not get photos together for this story collection. Since they never made me a true employee, I'm going to convince myself that this is not the end of the world.

I got back into reading, splitting my time between two books to get me in a travel-writing mood: Neither Here Nor There by Bill Bryson & Down & Out in Paris & London by George Orwell. Joe & I have started our couple's reading club (of which we are the founding & only members), so we're reading both books together.

This means that we have been really terrible at studying French together. We'll get better at this in the coming days. I put my French notes together, focusing on my problem areas, & put them on top of all of my other to-do materials in an effort to force the issue.

I then let myself focus on the wedding for a bit...

Right now, I'm wearing (most of) my wedding face.

Rachel, my best friend/former roommate/wedding photographer, had these really great Physician's Formula skin correctors that snap together like magic. I would sit in our bathroom, snapping & unsnapping the things while my roommates thought I was getting ready for class. They were like Legos. I bought the stuff because my eyes have decided to form dark circles & my nose has gotten this stressed-out red color.

I used the three tubes (correct, cover & highlight), then some foundation, bronzer, mascara & a three-color eyeshadow scheme. This is more makeup than I've worn in years. I've never worn corrector, only wear foundation when I'm ill & basically gave up on eyeliner. I playing with lipstick & will throw on any shade, but I'm saving that for a bit of a wedding day surprise.

Anyway, I have on all of this makeup & realized that it feels like I'm not wearing anything. It feels great. This is probably because it's half Physician's Formula (mmmm organic makeup :) & half because I'm not 16 & have learned to put on appropriate amounts of each powder. I also realized that I was humming "I feel pretty, oh so pretty," & batting my eyes at my future husband.

My coming days will be dedicated to the Big Day, the rush after & the Big Move. We're coming, world. And the government already said we could get married, so there's nothing you can do about it.