Getting Married in 5 days and I am SO nervous!

Hi Stephanie. That is completely normal. As far as the nerves, I got over them beforehand with a good playlist and being surrounded by close family and friends. Also champagne, lol.

What all is left to do?

I'm right there with you!!

You are not alone Stephanie. I can't believe we are right there! I have dreamed 2 nights in a row that I woke up on my day with severely bad breakouts. I don't like being center of attention and keep thinking I am going to trip going down the aisle. Not nervous about marrying fh though, I am happy to do that part, lol!

Take a deep breath and focus on the things that are most important. This is the day your FH becomes your DH. You get to marry the man you love! Everything else is just extras.

I am sorry that everyone lives so far away, that does it make it harder. What do you have left to do? Everyone on here is so helpful, maybe you can consider us friends and we are always here for advice :-)

I second what STB Mrs K said!! :-)

Ya Stephanie like the girls said, this is totally normal even if you have family around. Just keep breathing make a list in the order of importance and let the small things go. Definitely having nerves about so many people at our wedding too and I'm still a few months out. What can you do other than be yourself and enjoy the day! Let us know if there's anything your unsure of and I'm sure you'll get plenty of advice!

Stephanie, it is normal to feel that way. I dont mind attention but I tend to be controlling so with a destination wedding ( its in Barbados) I am out of my comfort zone because I cant only do so much from here. So I just have to have faith and believe that everything will work out.

Just focus on one thing at a time, do what you can and to make it easy on yourself if something is too hard to make it happen find an alternative and do be afraid to ask for help, I had to learn that myself. You will have a great day.

Thank you so much, everyone. I thought I was going crazy. Well, I still have a lot of finalizing to do but one of my biggest concerns is that my rehearsal was originally supposed to be at 6 PM but, when I informed my planner about it, she told me she has an event planned around that time. So, it sounded easy enough, just schedule for another time. Well, I haven't heard back from my venue to see if that time will work for them (1 PM in the afternoon, which is not my favorite because it's after lunch and it's hours away from dinner), I still have to give him final head count, figure out what method of payment they prefer because the man I've been working with will not be there during my wedding, and all kinds of other stuff lol. I think most of my stress is due to the fact that I can't get a hold of the guy from the venue and I can't get anything else done because of it.

@Kiwana: I, too, can be a little controlling and I think having a DW set me up for a lot of self-induced stress.

I agree with you, having a DW tends to lead to that because you just feel out of touch. I understand you 100% I had that feeling especially at the beginning.

Just keep positive thoughts, and trust that everything will work out. Like I always say even if something goes wrong it will make for great stories later on ;-)

Oh great. I just called the front desk to see where my coordinator was for my venue and he is already on vacation...I have no POC at this time as far as my venue goes. Yikes....

Everything will be just fine. It will all fall into place!

I'm going through it right now..ughghgh I could use as much help as I can get! This is my second marriage and my 12 year old daughter is driving us both nuts! She's going through these mood swings in public! Then she said she was afraid of causing a scene at the wedding..not as though i'm not pulling my hair out as it is..

@ Christine D.: Oh no. Is there a way you can invite someone to the wedding like a friend of her's, that can distract your daughter?

Haha, I always tell my brides that from my own experience (and what I've seen), the last week is the WORST. Very very stressful. But keep your chin up!! On the day of, the sense of relief will be so wonderful. You'll be able to wake up and say: "Well, it's done. Whatever happens, happens- and I'm going to marry my love today!"

I've just started the planning process and my first two days I was in tears from being so overwhelmed, so I can kind of understand. The thing I kept telling myself and I'm sure it will be my repeat phrase is that no matter what happens ( flowers don't get there, food sucks, whatever!) at the end of the day I will be marrying my best friend. To me, thats the most important thing, everything else is luxury padding. Enjoy your day!

That last week...oh my I was nervous! Luckily I had the supplies on hand for my signature cocktail because I'd made so many variations of it when we were figuring it out...Xrated Fusion became my happy place on those stressed out nights. Not enough to get drunk...just enough to make that happy little glow.

Alright, so Sean and I are officially married (well, since yesterday) and I have to say that I was EXTREMELY stressed the day before. I couldn't sleep, eat, or anything. There was so much on my mind, people were asking me so many questions, and wanting last minute requests/demands/changes! My mind was spinning and I, like I said, am very nervous around people. Due to my nerves, I was extremely nauseous and threw up the night before! (Maybe TMI but..I felt so sick ) However, the day-of the wedding, each hour that passed, I felt like I was calming down and everything fell into place. Sean and I had a beautiful wedding, despite the rain lol. Thanks again ladies!

Here are some pictures the pastor's wife took of my wedding. Of course, I am really excited about my photographer's pictures

http://www.tampabayweddings.us/isladelsolwedding5.html