I Want to Be a Writer... But This is the Internet, Doesn't Everyone?

I've always enjoyed writing and I think I came up with a decent idea. I just need to start doing research. The issue is that I don't know what to do after the writing part of it. I realize that I'm getting the cart waaaaaaaay ahead of the horse, but these are the things I worry about. OK. I will update later. I want to get started.

Wedding Mania

Sooooo, my husband's brother and my sister are getting married exactly one week from each other, in one month from now. I am the maid of honor in one and a bridesmaid in the other. But, with each wedding there are other things going on (isn't that always the case) that require me to play a larger role than MOH and BM (I don't care, you're going to follow those because I'm not typing them out every time). My husband lost both of his parents in his teens, so for his brother's wedding there are things the groom's family is supposed to do, but there isn't anyone there to do them. For my sister's wedding, she had a baby two weeks ago AND has a two-year-old, she's busy with other things.

So, cute, right?

Where I live, the groom's mother is supposed to throw the bridal shower to "accept" the bride into her family. My brother-in-law's mother is deceased, so you would assume that another female family member would do the honors. Here's where that gets sticky. My husband's family were never close to any of the extended members of their family. They live in a different state and they have a weird relationship. Welp, there goes that. There are three boys and my husband is the only married one, so that leaves me... Luckily, I've been friends with all three brothers since middle school, so at least I wasn't coming into this blind, but stepping into the shoes of someone's mom is really hard. REALLY. HARD. I threw a bridal shower, but with work schedules and other life stuff going on, it had to come together really quickly and some people didn't get to come. The bride, even though she didn't complain, I think she was a little hurt. I understand that, my own bridal shower was somewhat disappointing and I got really mad that only one of my bridesmaid even showed. Luckily, my brother-in-law and his fiancee have everything else planned out, so short of renting my husband's tux and buying a few other little things, we're done. But, between the tux, my shoes, the bridal shower, and little other incidentals the money is piling up (we poor). I am honored to have been asked to be in the wedding and if it were the only one going on, everything would be a non-issue.

My sister is an amazing planner. She planned my wedding because I'm basically a guy and didn't want to do it. She is creative and thrifty and we only spent $300 on our whole wedding, which is perfect for us. But, now she has two bebes and her time is spread pretty thin. She hasn't formally asked me to help her with her wedding, but I know that she needs my help right now. I've spent hours on Pinterest and Etsy trying to find cute things for her themed wedding, hoping that we have enough time to make them (again poor) in 35 days. Luckily, her theme is country wedding and we live in the country, so that shouldn't be too terribly difficult. Unfortunately, I'm really bad at these things. I don't have the girl part of the brain that makes these things easy. I worry that I'm picking things out for her that I WANT. 

I love both of these brides and both of the grooms are ok, I guess. =) I am so happy to be included in their special days, I just wish they could have gotten married a few months apart.

Also, I may have to miss some college football and THAT JUST DOESN'T FLY. Don't be mad if I'm checking ESPN.com during our bridesmaids luncheons.