MIA and Other Thoughts

I've been MIA because my fantastic friends whisked me off to Las Vegas for a bachelorette party weekend. Which turned into a bachelorette party vacation because the snow all over the eastern seaboard stranded us in Vegas for an extra two days. They kept this a secret from me for months. Best. Friends. Ever.

Now onto other thoughts...

Over the trip I was stressing to one of my bridesmaids about all that I had left to do, and how the extra two days in Vegas was really going to mess with my plan because work is crazy. She responded back to me, "You have to put work on hold. This is the rest of your life."

My response to her was, "It's not the rest of my life. The wedding is one day. My career is the rest of my life."

Do I value my career over my marriage? No way in hell.
Do I value my career over my wedding? Fuck yeah.

I truly believe that I will not be happy in life unless I have a fulfilling career. It's what's gotten me through so far, and though I'm happy to change my mind later in my life, I can't imagine myself not working. I'm the first to admit that I have workaholic tendencies. If I'm a happy person it will make me a better wife and mother. So when people ask me what do I think will change when we marry, I say, nothing. When we have kids, definitely. But for now, aside from the lack of marriage certificate, everything is peachy and we like it that way.