On Getting Married Very Soon

Weather's due to be shit, I haven't broken in my shoes properly, I don't know which lipstick I'm wearing and still haven't finished my speech but hey-ho, as long as I end the day with a ring on my finger and a smile on my face I'm happy.

Am really quite excited. See you in a few weeks.

Displacement Activities: Handbags, Darfur & Goodreads

If you've been wondering where I am then I've been here all along. Just in a sort of suspended animation of worry.

There are a lot of things I should be doing for my wedding. That's what I'm anxious about. A selection includes:

• working on suitable songs to suggest for the musicians (jazz pianist + great singer)
• contacting the venue to make sure that we can have said musicians and evening as planned
• wine tasting (why am I holding off on this one?) so we can decide which booze to have on the day
• buying various wedding accoutrements (tiaras, knickers etc. - don't even get me started on borrowed, blue etc.)
• writing my speech (got as far as "accustomed as I am...")

Instead I have done the following:

• Bought an outrageously capacious handbag because it made me smile. It looks a bit like an expensive disabled black leather muppet.
• Worried about Darfur and whether there is anything I personally should do.
• Spent way too long on Goodreads.com listing every book I've ever read and rating it. I even started doing some light reviews this evening. I can't believe I've found another social network that I am willing to surrender yet more of my free time on.

I've decided to leave Darfur to Elton John for starters. This feels like progress.