Relay Season and a Wedding...Am I Crazy?

3 Relays and a Wedding in 3 Months...

From April to June, 2012 I will oversee my three Relay For Life events and get married.  Yes, I am officially crazy because my wedding will be exactly 2 weeks after my last event ends.  You might say..."why are you doing this to yourself??" Well the truth of the matter is when my fiancé and I sat down with our calendars there was really only one weekend that worked, so on June 30, 2012 we are getting married.

So how does one plan essentially 4 large events? A very well organized calendar and lots and lots and lots (did I mention lots?) of checklists.  Basically I wouldn't be able to do this if I hadn't figured out how to organize my life while in college.  I am quickly becoming a master at prioritizing my time to accomplish as many tasks in as few hours as possible.  This is 100% necessary because wedding planning is turning in to it's own job on top of a very time consuming job.

Now I am luck because all three Relays are in three different months, meaning I shouldn't be totally drained by the time my wedding rolls around.  But unlike my Relays, my wedding will not be purple.  This was something I decided right from the beginning: no purple in my wedding.  That simple idea has definitely helped keep everything separate.  So if you are planning a major event around Relay season and you don't have to have it be purple...don't make it purple! You'll enjoy the event (& planning) more than you would ever believe because there is a very clear difference between it and Relay. 

This post isn't about me venting, it's actually about this piece of advice: before you start ANY project get yourself organized.  I don't think I'd be surviving the start of planning the 2012 Relay For Life events and my wedding if I wasn't organized and didn't keep binders for everything.  I know I have about 9 months to my wedding but I've only got about 7 months to my first Relay and I want to make sure I am well ahead on the planning for all of them.

OH and if you are planning any event as major or big as a wedding...DO NOT do it alone! You won't be able to, especially if you have a fulltime job.  So find someone or someones to help, it'll make a world of a difference.

So let's so how I'm doing in a few months when more deadlines for both Relay and my wedding start overlapping more...fingers crossed I'm being as proactive as possible.  In the meantime click the "support badge" on the top right of my blog and donate to the South Harford Relay For Life in Maryland and help me raise $1300 this year in the fight against cancer! 

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Until We Find a Cure