6 days, 1 hour, 7 minutes

Wow. 6 days! Everything is just about set for the wedding. Except we still need to pick out some music, sorry Russ! It’s been crazy, we’ll get that to you soon.

We got our rings, finally, and we both love the rings we picked out. That was the last big stressor before the wedding, so now I can relax a little. The hunt for the rings was crazy. We went to so many Jewelry stores it was ridiculous. We figured out what we wanted pretty quickly, but finding the exact match wasn’t easy. There was always something slightly off about it. That is until, at least for Sophia’s ring, we went to Helzberg diamonds. They had the perfect ring, so we got it as soon as we could. That still left me searching for my ring. I knew exactly what I wanted, but apparently it didn’t exist. I wanted a domed, high polish, white gold comfort fit ring with a single square cut diamond flush mounted in it. We thought we found it in a book, but it turned out to be a round diamond in a square setting (for some stupid reason). So the jeweler offered to make it for us for a decent price (after a little haggling). I decided it wasn’t worth it and went with my next choice, which I wound up liking better. Tungsten Carbide. It’s supposedly the hardest metal on the planet. 4 times harder than titanium. It is also really hard to scratch and should be able to stand up to how much rings get abused on my hands. A word of advice. Ok two. First, do your homework before buying! Jewelers, depending on where you go, charge between $70 and $500 for the same exact tungsten carbide ring. Second, don’t believe them when they tell you that you will need to have your finger cut off (it’s a sales pitch to get you to spend more money on gold). Tungsten Carbide can be cut with the right tools, or broken with a hammer or vise grips (I know it sounds cool, huh?).

In two days friends and family start arriving, so we’re going to have some fun which means we need to get all of our work for the week done ASAP

I’m excited! It’s going to be great to see so many of our friends and family together.