A Dream Within a Dream

Feelings of unreality are becoming more common lately. Like, is this all really happening? Are we really going to get married? Build a life together? Get old together? It's surreal... I honestly was starting to think this was never going to happen. But it is, and the date is getting closer. On April 2 it hit me... probably because now it's really easy to calculate the answer to the question "how many days left?" 

I'm taking about 10 days to house and animal sit on my friends ranch (tho we call it "the farm"). This is the 3rd time I've done this and apparently one of the sheep may in fact give birth while I'm here. I'm only a little terrified of the implications. Hopefully it'll be an easy birth and the momma will be an experienced one. So I'm feeding the sheep closer to the house. The cows are greedy bastards, but there's 3 new calves, so they are pretty cute with their little horns. The baby is growing up and the horns are kinda scary when the cows go to scratch after getting hand fed. They can swing those things pretty darn fast. The bull and I had a standoff the other day, because only the mommas and babies get fed in the corral and he wasn't happy with this state of affairs. Thankfully I figured it out and everyone got fed as normal. The peacocks are probably my least problematic group... well, the feral cats are pretty easy to handle except one seems to have a tumor of some kind on its butt.

Everyone out in Glen rose is freaking out about the influx of visitors that are expected due to the eclipse on Monday. SO much so that I got approval to work from home so I don't have to get stuck in traffic. So Monday Harley will be happy that I'll be home with him instead of having to go to work. I've of course gotten gas and groceries already and am happy that I can plan to NOT leave for the next 2 days. Apparently they are estimating that my normal commute of 45 mins could take anywhere from 3-8 hours depending on people, traffic, and accidents. Since im of the opinion that driving has gotten WAY worse lately, im happy to be well out of it. This is kind of my little country getaway time before all hell breaks loose in 2 weeks and wedding shenanigans get under way. I've made a spreadsheet of the itinerary, people's arrival and departure dates, and day of timeline to try to relax. It I see it all laid out, then it's just one step at a time. We got this.

J's bachelor party was at Texas Beer Fest on Saturday. It was a lot of fun! His best wo-man had shirts and a couple hats made! 

pre-party

mid party

end party. Hehe. We had a great time with everyone. The photographer for the event even found us 😁 if you get a chance, GO cuz it's a lot of fun... and get VIP if you can 😉 I think this will be a yearly thing for us. J even got more "congratulations" when he was wearing the "bride" hat! Lol. His friends are lovely people. I'm really excited to get all of our people together at the wedding. It's gonna be so fun!!

Anyway, I hope all is good in your respective worlds. Remember not to look directly at the eclipse unless you have the special glasses, drive safe if you are out and about that day, and remember, "total eclipse of the heart" has about the same run time as the eclipse itself. Do what you will with that info. Hehe. Much love and happy vibes to all! 😘 MUAH!