Me Getting Married: The plan


A few minutes after we got engaged

About six months after I got engaged, my fellow journalist and flatmate announced she was moving. She'd found an amazing job in Joburg, where her boyfriend is. I could take over the lease and continue to stay with our other flatmate, or I could move.

Fiancé and I considered moving in together earlier than planned, but we didn't want to. I am still relatively new in this city of artists, drug addicts and dreamers and I want to make sure that I also have my own roots here before I settle down with him.

So in a few days’ time, on October 1, 2010, I will be moving to a new place. It is a room in a carefully selected house, for reasons that are yet to unfold.

Exactly five months and five days after that, on the 5th of March 2011, I will be getting married to my favourite person in the whole world.

This is my last single adventure and I plan to track it. I have five goals:

1. Make at least three new friends. That is exactly one person more than the amount of people I am going to be sharing a house with.

2. Get back into long distance running. By the time I walk down the isle, I want to be able to run a full marathon - exactly 42.2km.

3. Learn something. Whether it be about myself, our relationship, or planning a wedding, none of this will be in vain.

4. Write this blog. From now on until I get married, I must write at least one blog entry per week.

5. Plan a wedding. So far I have seven bridesmaids, five bridesmaids dresses, a wedding venue and one awesome wedding photographer. There is still a s***load of work to do.

To whomever will be reading this, I promise to: