{"id":601,"date":"2010-06-12T12:07:03","date_gmt":"2010-06-12T16:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ebay-bride.perception.net\/?p=601"},"modified":"2010-06-14T09:59:34","modified_gmt":"2010-06-14T13:59:34","slug":"sweet-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebay-bride.perception.net\/?p=601","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"

(are made of this)<\/strong>
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Unfortunately, it\u2019s not the dulcet tones of Annie Lennox\u2019s honey-coated voice I\u2019m imagining right now. Yep. The darker, crazed landscaping of Marilyn Manson\u2019s world (in fairness, I do quite enjoy Mr. Warner\u2019s version of the song as well; Annie\u2019s just much prettier to look at<\/em>) is where my head seems to travel at night.
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\nI\u2019m told it\u2019s normal for a bride-to-be to have outlandish and ridiculous dreams of wardrobe malfunctions, absentee caterers and no-show guests. So I suppose coupling with that an incredibly anal retentive personality (seriously, I made poor LX wash his hands prior to letting him help me stuff our wedding invitation envelopes<\/em>) pretty much guarantees that those nightmarish crazies are bound to go far beyond the deep end.
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\nAnd that\u2019s where my whacked-out dreams tend to be taking me as of late. On the plus side, I tend to wake up before my alarm \u2013 which sounds at 6:40am during the week \u2013 and even earlier on the weekends, effectively cutting short the absurdity of my subconscious meanderings. Of course, for someone who enjoys sleep, I\u2019m not entirely certain this can be called a \u201cplus side.\u201d On the other hand, I do enjoy me my strong black coffee.
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\nI\u2019m finding that it helps to be marrying someone whom I consider to be, perhaps, the most stoic and sensible man alive. He listens quietly to my oftentimes frantic recollections of each night\u2019s absurdity and then calmly reminds me that everything is going to be brilliant and beautiful and amazing. And he\u2019s right. Everything will.
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\nBut I have an incredibly active and theatrical imagination. Why I\u2019ve not yet channeled it into a money-making pursuit (and not just a creative one)<\/em> I\u2019m not sure. I really should look into that. If tales of vampires who glitter in the sun like a parade of Liza impersonators can be turned into a lucrative franchise, there has to be a place for what my mind can conjure. I\u2019m just sayin\u2019.
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\nWith only 77 more bridal-barmy sleeps before we say our I Dos, I think I can deal with the insanity of my brain. After that, though, I want it back. My brain that is. Granted, many would find it a less than sane place in which to reside. But I like it. And, after 40 years of living in it, I\u2019ve come to appreciate it wholeheartedly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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