We Got Married.

My last post is dated August. In August I was busy working, trying to sort this blog out and our finances were finally getting on track. Secretly Matt and I had started to plan our wedding. It started off as with a suggestion for a holiday. But why not make it a honey moon.

Like it always goes spontaneity took over and one Thursday, late night shopping we were only going to dinner when before we knew it we had bought wedding rings.

Honeymoon booked. Rings bought. Awesome.

Flash forward a week or two and one Monday morning in August. I don't even remember which date. I was getting out of bed and I dislocated my neck getting out of bed.

I was taken in to hospital via ambulance and dumped in the waiting room because there was no beds and told to wait. 3 hours later and 2 Panadol later the emergency room was all in a panic and place me in spinal precaution.

At this stage I wasn't worried about my wedding. I was worried about the plates and screw I had in my neck from a previous surgery. I finally was taken for x-rays and was told I had dislocated the top two discs in your neck near your skull.

I just broke down sobbing.

That was it. There goes the wedding. There goes working. Surgery. Another year of rehab.

Once was I was finally given time to think about what I was hearing I was finally told they weren't going to put me in a brace. ( This is where there drill into your forehead and attach a big ugly metal thing to your whole body) I was finally getting somewhere.

After a few days in hospital - waiting until I spoke to green men on the wall they held me down and pushed it back into place. See ya later. Here is a whole bag of more yummy pain pills.

It took another two weeks to get the all clear from a doctor about travelling and another week on top of that to hear the all clear from a doctor I actually trusted.

Finally we could get married. This left us 4 weeks. Enough time to plan a wedding - and get all the pain medication out of my system. ( So I thought)

I spend 2 weeks super sick - with what one doctor happily told me - The Junkie Shakes. Thanks Mr Medicine Man. To most people it's called - Withdrawals. The same thing they give to help actually really hurts. This wasn't my first rodeo with withdrawals but it was the first time I did it cold turkey.

Despite all the drama, all the sickness and then all the family drama a wedding can cause and bring I was not going to cave in.

I was going to have the wedding I wanted. When I wanted. With the people I wanted there and there was nothing that was going to get in my way.

Location was found. Dress was found. Flowers only bought the night before because I didn't think I wanted a bouquet.

Our Wedding Day - September 2012 - Newstead Park.



We always planned to elope. So was it worth it. Was it worth have it here. Was it worth the stress and drama most weddings case. Yes. I think so.

But if you can elope. That's cool too.