Good News!
At the end of my post on April 7, I gossipped about my friend Sherpa.
I HAVE HEARD FROM THE WOMAN!
She really was in Ireland. She really is getting married!
Last summer, she was touring New Zealand, staying in hostels, when she met a man from Ireland. Hostels are co-ed over there, so they were sharing a room, and sleeping in bunk beds. They became fast friends and spent a couple of weeks touring the country together.
Then he continued his world tour, coming to the U.S. for a bit, while Sherpa continued her tour of En Zed.
Apparently, they’ve been emailing or phoning each other every day since they split off. Every day! Since last summer!
She went to visit him on March 31, and he proposed to her on April 4.
And she said YES!
You know how people tell you that you’ll KNOW when THE ONE you’ll marry comes along?
You know how we never believe that line?
I’m so happy when it DOES happen. It happened to me in 2000, when I least expected it. And I know for sure that Sherpa wasn’t expecting it!!!
Of course, her mom, my man and I all had a betting pool independent of each other that she would find a man in En Zed, but I thought it would just be a fling. Don’t get me wrong, I personally believe that when single, flings are good and necessary!
But MARRIAGE!!!
I’m SO happy for her - we talked for an hour when she re-entered the States and was making her way home via connecting flights.
Ever since last year, I’ve been all weepy over my friends’ and their friends’ weddings. It’s called ‘Bridezilla’, isn’t it? Or Bridal Rabies? I dunno. It just started. And so my man and I started talking more and more about marriage. We leak marriage-related topics to our friends, shocking them without meaning to. We don’t have an official date yet, either - it’s just talk! But we WILL be married.
And now my friend Sherpa has kicked off the latest bout of Bridal Rabies for me - THANKS! 
While my man and I are dawdling over marriage, Sherpa and her man are planning their wedding in the next 8 months. If anything Sherpa will spur us into action like she is so good at doing, just by her very planning!
I’m so excited for Sherpa and for my man and I, … I can’t stand it!
I need a day off of work to get all OCD for weddingness!!!
Aaw, thank you nice lady! I’ll have to show this post to Sean. Yes, eight months to plan. This…this is NOTHING! Although I am becoming a bit OCD about planning. I need all the help from my friends I can get!
Comment by Sherpa — April 17, 2007 @ 6:41 am
I know!! It’s such a great thing!
Bridezille is when a bride goes postal and yells if every detail isn’t to her liking, even when it is in reality.
Bridal rabies is a good description, though.
I still see cool bridal magazines and restrain myself from sending ‘em to you.
Comment by Heather — April 17, 2007 @ 3:53 pm
Heehee! Well, I’ve glanced at a couple of bridal magazines in the grocery stores, and I’m always repulsed by ‘em.
There’s the whole “Anti-Bride Guide” book series, and I really like that, although there’s no shiny picture-ladden magazines for the resident freak who wants to get married, is there? Maybe we should create one!
Comment by zept — April 20, 2007 @ 5:25 am
I stayed away from the Anti_Bride stuff. I just took what ideas I liked from the mags and changed ‘em a little bit to fit our style.
Of course there aren’t any glossy anti-bride magazines, but there is always Voltaire’s book.
http://www.amazon.com/Paint-Black-Guide-Gothic-Homemaking/dp/1578633613/ref=pd_bbs_8/103-0688323-5839016?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1177118114&sr=8-8
There *are* lots of dresses that come in red, black, purple, etc. I think Maggie Sottero has some, and all bridal shops bite off of designers’ ideas. Mine was an Alfred Angelo knock off.
Comment by Heather — April 20, 2007 @ 5:16 pm
I love Voltaire’s stuff! I also want to get his What Is Goth? book. It’s full of hilarity, like this pic!
Comment by zept — April 21, 2007 @ 10:56 am