So in one of my previous posts, I said that I'd be going to Vegas over Christmas break this year. Well, the east coast got slammed with some serious snow the day after Christmas, which cancelled all of the flights out of town. We tried to reschedule our flights, but the end result was that I ended up staying home. Thankfully I was able to get a full refund, since the flights were cancelled by the airline, not me, but it was a huge disappointment. I was really bummed out about missing Vegas and my friend's birthday, and a nice getaway from life.
As if that wasn't bad enough, I got slammed with more personal bad luck, my cell phone was stolen while I was working, and some private things were uploaded to my facebook from my phone by the thief. It has been quite the dramatic ordeal, causing me to deal with the police, a detective, the phone company, and question my extended family.
I won't go into details, but some comments that were made after this whole debacle caused me to reconsider inviting my cousins to the wedding. I know people may say that lots can change in the next year and 8 months, but I was on the fence about inviting all of my cousins anyway due to their inability to act appropriately, and this situation just highlighted that fact.
The upside? Making this decision made me feel better (it will be less second-guessing later, and much less drama), and cut our guest list by at least 30 people. So hooray for that!
I'm hoping that 2013 is a better year than the end of 2012 turned out to be. But overall, even with a disastrous finish, 2012 was a good year (we got engaged, bought a house, and got a pup, after all)! Here's to 2013 being even better... we know 2014 will be amazing!
As if that wasn't bad enough, I got slammed with more personal bad luck, my cell phone was stolen while I was working, and some private things were uploaded to my facebook from my phone by the thief. It has been quite the dramatic ordeal, causing me to deal with the police, a detective, the phone company, and question my extended family.
I won't go into details, but some comments that were made after this whole debacle caused me to reconsider inviting my cousins to the wedding. I know people may say that lots can change in the next year and 8 months, but I was on the fence about inviting all of my cousins anyway due to their inability to act appropriately, and this situation just highlighted that fact.
The upside? Making this decision made me feel better (it will be less second-guessing later, and much less drama), and cut our guest list by at least 30 people. So hooray for that!
I'm hoping that 2013 is a better year than the end of 2012 turned out to be. But overall, even with a disastrous finish, 2012 was a good year (we got engaged, bought a house, and got a pup, after all)! Here's to 2013 being even better... we know 2014 will be amazing!
