I can't wait

For this bridal shower to be over with. It has been stressful and heartbreaking. It seems as though every few days, we find out another close relative or bridal attendant won't be attending. Mom was talking to brother tonight and I guess they are going camping this weekend as well. Nice! He said he will have to figure something out, so at least, they will make an attempt for sara to be there. But still, we didn't forget when sara's baby shower was, a few weeks ago. I don't know. I can't help but feel bad for my sister. She has caught so much grief, if you will, lately and she finally broke down tonight. She usually holds herself together quite well. Tonight, she called my mom and broke down sobbing. Here is what all she has on her plate: A full time retail job (40 hours as lower management at an outlet store in our outlet mall), a 16 yo step son who has a psychotic alcoholic for a mother,w ho calls all the time drunk and rants and rages, her fiance's aunt Helen has just moved in with them bc she can no longer live on her own. she is 89 yrs old and was found on her floor a day after her one nephew had gone to check on her (as he did every other day), she has a wedding to plan, the shower and bachelorette party, she was just in another wedding may 19, so had all the functions and such of that wedding and all the helping out, 4 horses to look after, shall i continue? Well, to top it off, while she and Ralph were at work today, the nurse and physical therapist came out to see Aunt Helen. While trying to give her a bath, they dropped her, she fell and is in hte hospital. Did i mention she is 89 yrs old? Ralph is livid, Carrie is distraught. I mean, Aunt Helen is a small lady. Carrie bathes her herself and yet, here are 2 ppl, trained in this field, who drop her. Ralph had gone out to buy a shower seat thing for her, to prevent that very thing from happening. That all happened today. Also today, her step son, chris, got kicked out of school for 10 days. That means, the rest of the school year, meaning he misses exams, meaning he doesn't get credit for this semester at all. Ralph told him, NO going to GA this summer, as he will be in summer school. And last, she had a crappy day at work, to start it all out! No wonder she cracked. My head spins thinking of it all. she is 23 yrs old(right?..lol). That's a lot on her plate at one time for anyone. My mom mentioned to her tonight that she needs to use her Family Medical Leave of Absence to take a few days off a week or whatever she feels she needs. It is just too much. Of course, when planning a wedding, taking a pay cut is the last thing you want to do, but sometimes your sanity has to come first. Please say some prayers that everything works out for Carrie. And Aunt Helen, of course.

We did get a lot of things done for the wedding and the shower today. got all the invites for wedding assembled. Yes, assembled. She wanted them hand made. We had to cut out 160 +/- each of a cowboy hat, cowboy boot and a horseshoe. The inv is 3 pieces each. The horseshoe on top says their names and "Lucky in Love", next is the boot, it has all the wedding invitation info, next is the hat and it has the reception info. They are real cute...tied together by twine. We also got the basket decorated for the silverware. I had the idea and i must admit, it is absolutely gorgeous. I will have to take pics and share them. We came up with an idea for the card box for wedding...an old fashioned safe like they used in the west at the banks, made out of a box and some craft supplies. WE accomplished so much today. We are finally pretty set for the shower. My mother in law is making copies of the game sheets and we have to assemble the game booklets. We also have to do the food and wrap the prizes for the games. That should be about it.

Well, all this writing (*moreso what i wrote) has me drained. Im off for now!