It's been an awfully long time again. And I'm afraid that's how it's gonna be until I get my computer up and running again (highly unlikely) or get a new one (much more likely).

Just a few days left... yessirree bob. Freaking out? No. Does it feel real? No again. It's a strange thing... this preparing to get married business. I don't know how many people have asked me if I'm excited. I really want to say that I do. And I think in some cases I said that I am (but that was because I didn't want to get into the whole long schpeel that I'm about to get into).

The honest answer is, I'm not really excited... yet. It just doesn't feel real yet. It's almost like I'm helping plan this event for someone else. And every now and then, I'll see something in print saying "Alinna and Hideyo" and I'm like, "Wow, that Hideyo guy sure is lucky." It just doesn't register.

I'm told that it's normal. I'm told that it's normal especially for guys. I'm told that guys usually don't realize what's really happening until the day before. Whether the realization is a calm, peaceful one or a panicked freak out, seems to be up in the air. Here's to calm and peaceful realizations! I think I'll drink to that. On a related note, we bought a few more cases of beer. Four cases of Newcastle. Congratulations Ben.

To-Do Checklist:
To-dos on list: 13
Completed to-dos: 170
Days to go: 4