We’re a mess

I’ve been having a not so fun time with my back and neck. It feels like I’ve been in a car accident where someone hit me from behind, but as far as I know. . .that hasn’t happened anytime recent. I can’t figure it out. I’m going to make an appointment with a chiropractor next week, despite my nervousness about doing so. Maybe it’ll help. I’m desperate for some relief, so I’ll try anything at this point.

Today I started going through our guest bedroom closet. Some things got thrown away, some stored away in the attic, and others just stayed put. I guess that closet is meant to store things, but I just can’t handle not being able to walk in to our “walk-in” closet. Tonight I was helping Kevin put some of the stuff away in the attic, when a 20lb dumbell fell on his shoulder. He was standing on the stairs to the attic when the dumbbell rolled right down on him. Poor guy. He’s been icing it ever since. So now, we’re both sore and pathetic watching Saturday night fights.

As I was going through our closet, I came across my wedding dress (and a ton of other wedding stuff!). I’m so confused on what I’m supposed to do with it. I love my dress. It didn’t take very long to find, but when I saw it I knew it was just perfect. It was so me. The bottom is completely dirty and just might have a small red velvet cake stain, but it’s still beautiful. Here are a few ideas I’ve come up with. . .

1. Sell it. That would mean me having to get the dress cleaned which I can’t imagine being cheap. As is I didn’t pay very much for my dress, so I really don’t feel it’d be worth the hassle and money.

2. Make something out of it. Unfortunately, I don’t know how to make things.

3. Store it. Who knows if I’ll ever have a daughter, and chances are the trends will be completely different by then anyway. Why would I really want to spend the money to have something saved in a box? I don’t think so.

4. Trash it! This is my favorite option so far. I’d like to hire a photographer to do a fun photo session of me in my dress jumping into a pool, playing on the beach, or rolling in the mud. How cool would that be? Maybe I’ll do that soon!

I’m open to any other ideas seeing as I don’t really have the extra money right now to do a random photo shoot!