well, it is down for the count, less than 3 weeks to go before the wedding. I should have been more diligent when writing because so much has happened since Isak came home. Ironically, that is the first major situation that happened. To back track a little, I had arranged with the travel agency in Sweden the return date for Isak's ticket. he is flying back in May and I was trying to find a ticket so I can also fly over at the same time. We are planning on having a small reception there as well. I am counting down the hours before he gets here. 2am, Monday morning, I get a phone call, It's me, my ticket was cancelled and I am not sure when I will be coming home.... I only have a few credits left to talk..... dead air.... i jumped out of bed, sent that travel agent an email saying his ticket was cancelled what happened and called them to get a new ticket. once I found a helpful person, I called Arlanda, the swedish airport and begged the girl to page Isak to call or email me and that I found a ticket. Isak was thinking the same thing and found an earlier flight than I did for the next day. That means i had to wait another 24 hours until i see him. Meanwhile, I picked up the best man, Daniel, who will now be referred to as Sas, his nickname. I never hung out with any of Isak's friends before and this was going to be interesting. I picked him up later that afternoon and gave him all the details. He just laughed. We headed home, hung out, i took him to a korean restuarant so he could try korean food then we went to bed. We go to the airport the next day, waiting at gate A for my darling man. I joked to Sas that it would be funny if Isak walked up behind us and tapped us on the shoulder and how I would scream with joy. Little did I know i was predicting the future. after about an hour, he had to go thru customs, i just happened to turn around and squeaked, there he was, long hair, clean shaven, sweaty and tired from his ordeal. (he had to sleep at the airport for the night since his flight was at 6am swedish time and also there was a downpour that day). we got home, washed him up, had a happy reunion and chilled the rest of the day. I had scheduled a few days off to spend time with him. The next day we went to the beach to find a spot to get married at. we took Sas to the airport, he was flying out to NM to visit some extended family, and Isak and I went shopping. We bought his tux, just the pants and jacket, bought presents for the best man, maid of honor, and his mom. i put a downpayment on the flowers and photographer, we bought some shoes for a trip next summer, decided to order the cake from QVC, planning to order food thru this italian place and hope we can have the reception at the small korean church, got my dad situated with his tux, rented the vest, tie, shirt, cufflinks for Isak, and I think that is about it. All we need to do is pick out song music, our vows, and the little things. I met with the hair stylist but forgot my pics that I found how i wanted my hair to be. I was stressing about the necklace, i had already bought the earrings and isak picked out one i already had, which matches nicely with the earrings, reserved a room at a nice bed and breakfast i found online, a little farther than i thought, so many things going thru my head. OH MY, I forgot the biggest thing!!!!! THE MARRIAGE LICENSE!!!!! We got it the same day we bought the tux, maybe the next day, haha, i forget. i took isak's papers he brought back from Sweden and went to the closest location for the license. I was panicking because i was afraid we wouldn't get it. well, WE GOT IT!!!! Isak gave her his passport and his baptismal record, in english and swedish, and she didn't even notice at the bottom that it said unofficial translation. haha. she was so helpful. once we are married the minister sends it off and after about 3 weeks we can get copies. we have been advised to get SEVERAL copies. I didn't realize i would need a copy to change my name for almost everything!!!!! I am still not sure about the drivers license since it is from ohio and i live in Chicago, as long as i can get the social security card, i can wait until i get back to ohio to get that done.

wow, i wrote a lot, i need to stay on top of things. sas, and Magnus(mango) will be arriving this week on Thursday and then they will both be heading out ot vegas for a few days, Isak's mom cannot come as she broke her kneecap, martin will be coming on the 20th, same day as marybeth, my maid of honor, ted will not be coming as he is going to spain to meet david beckham, like he is more important. but ted said he might come at a later date.

that is it for now.