Yawn.

This engagement/wedding thing is exhausting me. Not the planning, not the negotiating, no, not even some of the arguments. It's a lack of sleep. Yes, I blame this on our engagement.

John and I don't live together. We lived together in college, but decided that when we moved up to the area that we're in now, we wanted to live with family until the wedding. We had our reasons: 1. Money that isn't being spent on rent is money that can be saved, or used for the wedding, or both. 2. With the economy being the way it is, we couldn't guarantee work once we got up here, and we didn't want to deal with that. (Turns out we had a lot of foresight there). 3. We wanted to move into a new place once we got married, but it would be less than a year between the time we moved up here and the time we got married. Rent for less than a year is kind of expensive, especially in this area. 4. We're having a Catholic wedding. We wanted to actually practice what we were 'preaching,' so to speak.

Anyway, since we're living apart, we visit each other in the evening after I get off of work. When I go to his place, I stay to about 9 or 10 (depends on if one of our shows is on!) and then drive home. I get to bed at around 10:30, 11:00.

I'm also starting to work out in preparation for dress fittings/honeymoon. I want to look my best! The one workout I use every day is Wii Fit. It tracks my weight, my balance, my BMI... and has a bunch of great activities on it. Unfortunately, since I live with my 3 younger siblings, who also enjoy the Wii, the only time I can guarantee I can have it to myself is early morning. Thus, I'm getting up at 5:15 so I can work out before I go to work.

This is getting me between 6-7 hours of sleep each night, and I'm really feeling that this morning. I'm really looking forward to moving in with John, because I won't have to drive home/separate myself from him at the end of the evening, and he says we can schedule "Catherine works out" time so that I can have the TV and Wii Fit all to myself at some point in the evening instead of early morning.

Anyone else sleep-deprived due to the wedding?

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