For those who've been asking: no, we haven't planned a honeymoon yet.

It's not that we don't want one or don't think it'd be fun to have one, it's more that it's not very high on our list of priorities at the moment. With a shorter engagement it does mean we have to be really clear about what needs to get done soon and what can get done later, and the honeymoon's right near the bottom of the pile.

Part of that might be the overabundance of options. We can go pretty much anywhere if we saved enough money to actually do it, but where do we even begin? Blake and I have varying preferences on what we look for when we travel, but we haven't even touched on it at length. For a time, it looked like we weren't even going to bother with one.

But the advice I've been given by multiple parties is to definitely have some kind of getaway and not to leave it too long after the wedding. The logic is that planning the wedding is stressful and the wedding day itself is intense - everyone is in your face all the time and, apparently, getting a break involves dragging your bridal party into the bathrooms with you so that you can pee without ruining your dress. Oddly specific example aside, it makes sense; decompression is needed. We will also have family and friends flying in from overseas, so we will also want to spend extra time with them before and after the day itself if possible.

For me, I think I will actually miss the stress of planning a wedding. I thrive on projects - the bigger and the more reasons I have for spreadsheeting, the better. In 2011, I and a top-shelf dude by the name of Dave orchestrated a mass gathering of 30 nerds from all over the country (and 1 notable who flew all the way from the US) in Byron Bay. Why? Because we felt like it. In 2012, I engaged in the long and heavily involved process of applying for a visa to stay in Australia. In 2013, we bought a house and renovated it before moving in.

I don't plan to do these projects ahead of time, mind you; they just seem to pop up and I love that they do. And if I find myself lacking one, I inadvertently try to make an existing, smaller project bigger. I reckon that's how I ended up being a half-decent volleyball coach - in 2010, I went whole hog on training plans and getting feedback from players pre-, mid-, and post-season. Using Surveymonkey. And collating the results for my own reference.

I'm a nerd, guys.

It's an understatement to say that my 2014 project turning out to be planning my own wedding. I will genuinely miss it when it's over, but I'm sure I'll find another project before too long.

I think our plan for the honeymoon will be to do a small one closer to home at first - maybe a month out from the wedding just to dodge the busy holiday period. I find the idea of just hanging out with Blake, with no pressure to do or see anything, pretty perfect as far as decompressing after the wedding goes. Then, later on, we can put any money in our Wishing Well towards a much bigger, longer trip.