Humans are smarter than apes!

Sorry I just saw that commercial on TV...

Well tomorrow is my birthday, and it feels really weird to be almost twenty-two years old. With everything going on this summer, my birthday seems to be the least exciting (lol). We're having a cook out this Friday though, to celebrate mine and Joe's birthdays with our friends here in Columbia, SC. July is fast approaching though! And that means our vow celebration isn't too far off. My journey to lose weight and look fabulous in my dress continues, as does my mission to get Joe to get his dress blues and inform his groomsmen.

Everything seems to be in order for the vow celebration, just waiting on rsvps and little details now. Although, we have had our share of drama... we've had one bridesmaid just "go missing: (or as I like to say- just became a bad friend) and then one of Joe's groomsmen is in Special Forces school so he can't come either. Our fabulous photographer extraordinaire bailed on us claiming we didn't give him a release he'd given us after I'd asked him several times for it. Basically, he emailed me something while we were PCSing to Fort Jackson and I told him how hectic it was, but he refused to email it again- only after I basically called daily and emailed like 1000 times. In my opinion, he was dishonest and something must have happened to where he didn't have the time or professionalism to work with us. Either way, he bailed out on us three months before our wedding. Thankfully, my parents and grandmother swooped in to save the day and located a wonderful photographer and are taking care of it for us. My mother and grandmother have breathed so much life into this wedding, it wouldn't have been able to work without them. Hopefully, we won't have any more serious drama like the above mentioned.

The DJ, cake, caterer, florist, hotel, venue, and just about everything are paid for. Please Lord let this go off without a hitch!

As I mentioned, this Friday we're having a BBQ for our birthdays. I've decided it's going to be tropically themed, just because that sounds easy and fun. I went to the Dollar General here, and I was pleasantly surprised at how much they had for parties. I bought all the BBQ tins we'll need, some party glasses in the form of tiki gods (they're cute, I'll post pictures), table cloth, disposable blue and green drink cups, themed napkins and plates, and some tiki/tropically themed streamers for the doorway to the dining room... all for twenty bucks! I also got everything set up like the cake and invitations. Any ways, I'm excited about putting together a huge party, I'll let ya know how it pans out!