Perhaps Tsilli will only get this...
Yes, I have the Alanis Morisette "Thank you" song running as I wrote the title. When Tsilli and I were packed up and driving cross-country together from our respective NY and Chicago lives, we started making up a song (as one is inclined to do on a cross-country road trip) to the tune of Alanis Morisette's very annoying "Thank you, India...blah, blah, blah..." song. It was a joke that never ceased to be funny for us...for instance, anything - really anything - could become inspirational for the song - again, you gotta sing it to the Alanis Morisette tune...
"Thank you, cornfields, Thank you, hippie towns, Thank you, thank you, Flagstaff, yeaaaahhhh"
I'm feeling very thankful as I woke up early and just got an encouraging email from my dear friend, Tsilli Pines, who is in the middle of her own stress of a big Portland move, knee-deep in boxes and new neighbors. But, Tsilli reminded me to keep my eye on the prize:mimmo; that all the concessions we're making for our families in the Italian wedding will give us room to make the Berkeley wedding all the more our own; to hang in there and remember that it's quite "INSANE" (as Tsilli wrote in all caps) to be planning a wedding in a couple of months, so I should cut myself some slack. And, she also said all kinds of sweet Tsilli things like how she wished she could be there with me to offer support, how they *really* wished they could be here for the real deal in Sept., etc which brings me to my thank you, song...
"Thank you, E-mails, Thank you, phone calls, Thank you, Thank you, good thoughts, yeaaaahhhh"
Really guys, even when y'all tell me that you wish you could be here to support me as I go through this, I can feel your support from over here and I am so grateful for it and for you all. It means so much to me to hear your encouraging words and even when there's been communication problems because of logisitical reasons, the attempt is just enough sometimes...like my Theo George who is trying to change his ticket so that he can come to my wedding here...even if he can't, it really is just the thought that counts and I'm deeply touched that you're even thinking of me, so THANK YOU.
Big love, Big Italian face squeeze, Big and grateful thoughts from me to you!!!
1 comment:
Spat,
Thanks for your encouragement! Si, si, this was one of our ideas in a way - that if we got married in sept., they wouldn't have a whole year to break our balls, but less time. But, yes, I know this gave y'all less time to plan to come out here again :-(...I like this 1 year anniversary at emilio's idea :-) But, also, I think we should just plan to have a Buone Forchette reunion party every year...better yet, we'll have a biannual Buone Forchetta festival - one in the states and one out here - you've got good eats up there in portland, don't you?
big love from me and mim!
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