Back to reality

Well its been a good few weeks since my last entry and having a look at a few of the other blogs I follow, it seems that my fellow bloggers are also struggling to keep up with regular postings. It may be the cold weather that freezes our creative juices, or it may just be a case of our lives consuming us to the point whereby we don't have time to sit down and post about the experiences in our daily lives.

As I previously mentioned I was off to Monaco and returned on Saturday. "What was it like?" I hear you ask, well I'm not too sure where to begin suffice to say that one blog entry will not do my trip any justice.

Firstly everything you imagine Monaco to be is true. Yes it is unlike any place you will visit and it is everything you see on TV when watching the Monaco GP. I'm not sure if it's because I went in their peak season (August in Europe is their summer holidays) or because I was just loving the perfect summer weather but it really is the place of dreams. It has to be one of the cleanest cities I've visited and also the richest. It truly is the playground of the rich and famous. You see so many yachts and sports cars that after a few days you don't even turn around when another Ferrari drives up the street.

We not only went to Monaco but travelled to various little villages throughout the south of France and the north of Italy, all of them rich in history to the point that time has hardly touched them.

I'm hoping that as I recall my experiences that each one will be a blog subject in its own so that I can try and share these places with you.

but alas I'm now back in reality and back in the office trying to catchup the last week and going into the final stretch of wedding plans. Needless to say the next month will probably be the busiest and quickest I have yet to experience.

3 months left and counting....

Well I have exactly three months left of carrying the title 'unmarried'. On the 23 September I tie the knot with the love of my life.

Now before you say that I'm getting all mushy, you must understand that getting married is a big step for me. Not that it isn't a big step for other people but subjectively it's a big step for me. I can still remember the time in the not to distant past where I used to openly boast to my friends that I would never get hitched, and here I am, wedding preperations are coming down the home straight, and I'm getting ready to spend my life with one person.

Now firstly for those of you that have never been married, I need to tell you about the joys of wedding preparations. I don't think anyone can give you enough info on how to properly prepare for your wedding as it is a rollercoaster ride filled with stress, relief and a good dose of nerves. I must say that I've been fortunate enough that Debs has handled most of the preparations and she has been a superstar in this area. I always said that if it was all left to me we would be getting married in jeans and a t-shirt in front of a magistrate.

Wedding preparations aside, I also had to wrap my head around the whole idea of getting married. You see I never grew up in a household where my mother and father were married, and ultimately I only grew up with my mom, so from a young age the whole spending your life with another person concept was unique to me. Even in my varsity days when I started dating I would drift in and out of relationships without any cause of concern, so it's been a big step for me to get my mind and attitude right for this next chapter of my life.

I think the turning point for me was to just sometimes go with the flow and not be so concerned with knowing how something will end up. You don't always have to know how your future will end up and I suppose that's one of the exciting joys of living life.

Ok, enough with the deep and mushy stuff, I have a bachelor party to look forward to.

Apparently it will take place over an entire weekend, yay!