Only one more sleep until the legendary (it hasn’t even happened yet and it’s already legendary) trip to Seattle.

All day I’ve been hearing the voice of this funny little guy playing over and over in my head:

Although I’m ecstatic to be going, the timing couldn’t be worse in terms of work; we have a huge deadline to hit so while I should be dancing around my place and singing and making shopping lists and printing off Google maps, instead I’m stressed out (and writing about being stressed out, d’oh!).

On top of that, I’ve been running around all day like a chicken with its head cut off… or is that, like a Bee with its, er, stinger (…?…) cut off (oh ok, so the analogy isn’t great).

Because of course when it rains, it pours, and guess what other excitement is going on?

This Miss has a new home in the hive.

A friend of mine planted the idea in my head some time ago and I thought about it for a long while. I only got into Weddingbee early this year but it didn’t take long for me to get addicted to the friendly vibe and honest sharing. I knew that to be a part of it would be enormously fun but I also knew it would be a lot of work. Plus I sort of liked having my own little corner of the ’sphere.

But lately I’ve spent a lot of time reflecting on why I started this blog in the first place.

While yeah, I really like having somewhere to just go and dump everything that’s buzzing (that time it was unintentional, I swear) around in my brain, the high moments of my experience thus far were when I’ve gotten an email from a girl who is just starting out on her destination planning wedding and she’s turning to me to try to help her navigate through her million and one questions. And ALL the questions are the exact same ones I had.

It gives me such an enormous sense of satisfaction to be able to pass on all I’ve learned about planning a DW. If I can save even one bride from the mental anguish and stress I went through at the toughest moments of the planning process, then not only has it been a really, really great day but all the pain was WORTH IT.

So at the end of the day, it’s about making a difference (cue: rainbows/unicorns/Lennon). Being part of the hive will allow me to share my experiences with a much, much larger audience.

Consider this your very warm invitation to come visit me at the hive from time to time. But not to worry, I’ll still be coming back here.