a real post

Yes, folks, you heard that right. Amy is actually going to post on her blog. Get ready, here is comes . . .

Life is coming at me all at once these days, and I keep wondering if the insane busyness is going to get better after the wedding. I don't want to put off living until after May 27th, but it just seems so hard to keep track of everything that must be done. If I write or read, then I feel guilty for not taking care of more pressing matters; when I am at work, I want to be home writing and reading. Perhaps this is how I will be for the rest of my life; I suppose I'd better work out a system now for getting everything done.

I'm looking forward to having a house that is exclusively Ours. I can't wait to decorate, and he's going to let me have free reign. I'm looking forward to writing without major distractions (it is hard to find silence in a house where six people still live), and to welcoming my husband home from work with a steaming pot of food that I shopped for and planned myself. I'm looking forward to not having to say "good-bye" when we say "goodnight," to being able sign my checks "Mrs. MacCready," to seeing his face when I walk down the aisle. I'm tired of waiting!

I come down to Bryan again in a week-and-a-half, for a bridal shower. I have to run to work right now. Sorry for such a fragmented post, but at least I posted!

Thanks, alaiyo, for positively ruining a potentially productive time at the library--now I'm stuck picking only seven favorite songs!

1. Of Minor Prophets and their Prostitute Wives (Pedro the Lion)--though not very musically complex, this song hits me every time with the pursuing grace of my Father.

2. Separate Ways (Journey)--because it is so much fun to bang out on the drums

3. What Wondrous Love is This

4. God Thou Art Love (Craig Courtney arraingment)--both because it comes from a Robert Browning poem, and because it made me cry every time I sang it for chorale. Abundant joy in the love of the Father, and yet a recognition that all is not well on this earth.

5. Will you still love me? (Chicago)--mainly because I'm sappy and I'm getting married soon.

6. Don't Dream it's Over (Sixpence None the Richer)--because this is the song that my then-husband and I will be walking down the aisle to after we are married; what can I say, my mind revolves around the wedding these days.

7. The Blitz (from the Narnia Soundtrack)--because it has a violin sequence that I just love; and because I can't think of a really good 7th choice.


I swear I'll post something really thoughtful and deep soon--don't worry.