Today is a day for reflection instead of inspiration, and I am very sorry for this. Unfortunately as many have heard by now Mexico’s airline Mexicana went bankrupt over the weekend and canceled all it’s flights indefinitely. The majority of my guests were on this airline.
I have attempted to remain calm in the hopes that all this would work out. With the help of a travel agent that we used it seemed that there was a light at the end of the tunnel and that this would all be sorted out. However this did not end up being the case. We were told one thing and than another. I was left scrambling having to call all our guests last night to dispute the charges on their credit cards and helping everyone to rebook. In most cases flights are considerably higher than when our tickets were originally purchased last year.
So again I apologize but last night the stress of all this began to take its toll. I was unable to look through all the wonderful destination weddings to get a feature prepared for today.
Yesterday was not only stressful leaving me depleted from being so sad and angry all at once, but it was a strange day. A series of events occurred where it became obvious that I was being asked to take some time to reflect.
It started out in the early morning hours where I discovered my server had gone down. Shortly after that my Blackberry stopped working during a time where I needed email to work more than ever. I than went to a funeral for my close friend whose grand father passed away last weekend. It was here that it became clear, ok God I get it you win, my Blackberry doesn’t work, my blog is down, your telling me it’s time to disconnect for a little while.
Though being at the funeral only filled me more with sadness over seeing my friend grieving I realized I had not felt so at peace in quit some time. Amidst the chaos of the situation with the flights I hadn’t taken any time to be silent, to be thankful and even to cry. My friends sadness far surpassed my situation. What about all the people that would loose their jobs from this. How would this now effect Mexico’s economy? My situation did not even compare. I felt a great sense of relief after being able to reflect and be in silence for that hour.
After the funeral my day went on. I still needed to get home and catch up on Grad school work, I started back on Monday. I ordered a Pizza and swore that the minute I got home the Blackberry would go away and I would sit and do homework. I resolved to not talk to anyone, just to focus on my readings and attempt to stay quite. Well than all hell broke loose as e-mails flied back and forth with our travel agent. The situation had only worsened, what we were originally told was not happening and now I had to call everyone and take care of this.
Would you know I got so preoccupied calling everyone that when I went back in the house to grab a water, I noticed bronzer make up everywhere. It was on my couch, my chairs, the floor, it was everywhere. I followed the evidence into our bedroom only to find the same powder on the carpet, the comforter and there was my demon child, french bull dog Angus also sitting covered in it head to paw. He was holding the bronzer container in his mouth shaking his butt like he had found the most prized possession for me. I was livid, and thought this is what I get for not listening and taking the time to disconnect.
So today take the time to reflect. I will be sure to post a full review about using a travel agent for your destination wedding after this is all over. This is certainly a very important topic. However let me remind you that in today’s economy anything is possible local or international. If we had a wedding and stayed local maybe the venue would have gone out of business. Maybe the florist would have never shown up.
Regardless of the situation, “this to shall pass” is my new modo. Everything has a way of working itself out. I promise tomorrow to have some wonderful inspiration.
Best
Jess
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