The Road to Married... 14 days!

So I woke up this morning and I make my coffee to sit down and write while browsing through my morning emails. San Francisco had a 6.0 earthquake this morning... Wait, what? You read that right: Another earthquake in California. They have had like 20 of them this year alone. My Mom & Dad experienced the "big one" in Los Angeles in 1971 while pregnant with me. That's the closest I have ever come to feeling an earthquake. I've been to California over 3 dozen times and I've never been shaken up. Truth be told, I have a little quake in my tummy thinking about it.

I quickly read the news reports (with California Dreamin playing in the background) and I'm happy to discover that no one was hurt and that it was a very shallow quake just north of San Fran. All clear. Just a few thousand without power, which is a containable situation. I checked all of my reservations in Los Angeles and with the exception of San Diego, I'm in Villas for my entire stay (nothing further up than 2 stories). One thing I have always panicked about is being too high up to be able to "get outside". No power and staying on a 34th story of a building is NOT ADVISABLE!

So back to the topic "Road to Married": It's 10 days until our trip (14 days until the wedding). We are so excited! My travel spreadsheet is done and I'm ready to start putting things into the suitcases. I feel like if I start too early, I'll have to take everything out and re-pack or I'll over-pack (done THAT before). I'm focusing on tweaking the spreadsheet and doing it all at once. Jewelry, Make-up and Toiletries are done. That was a project all on it's own.

I'm struggling with the wedding dress. I want to put it in a smaller garment bag so it's easier to carry but I don't want it to be wrinkled. I'm taking a mini steamer but it's a wedding dress!! I still haven't figured a good plan for it. I'll come back to that problem.

We had a last minute cancellation. I'm hoping it's the only one. We are dangerously close to the count that I had guaranteed for the reception. I just have to cross my fingers and know that "it is what it is". Getting 40 people organized for one trip is A LOT of people to coordinate (and we did it!). Yay us!