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Friend MeROW80 Check-in: I’ve actually made my word count goal every day this week! 
And after a long talk over Vietnamese food Monday night, Eric has helped me realize that it’s okay to add in another point of view. Which means that things have just gotten SO MUCH BETTER. Ahh.
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EVERYONE ELSE:
Okay, so I don’t have that big huge everything that’s going on in my life post ready for you. I KNOW. I KNOW. I’m sorry. I’m still not 100% health wise (this cough just won’t go away!) and I’ve been putting most of my spare time into either writing or thinking about wedding stuff. One of those things is actually productive. The other … not so much, considering we don’t even have a date set yet. We want to wait until Eric graduates from Georgetown, which will happen next May. (CAN YOU BELIEVE that he’s halfway through with grad school already? CRAZINESS. I feel like we just MOVED here and now he’s already halfway to a master’s degree. Insane.) So we’re leaning towards next fall (which we both want), but we also have to have some big talks about when exactly, since our original idea of October 6 is out, considering half of Eric’s family are farmers and well, October is BUSY. And that would just be terrible if they couldn’t make it. But we’d both be okay with June or late May. Memorial Day weekend is looking EXCELLENT. We just have to find a venue that will have us. 
Someone asked us if we’d just get married on our anniversary – which is technically the day we met, the first day of Freshman Orientation at OSU, since we’ve been inseparable since then and never technically had a “first date”. I have no desire to be a melting puddle of goo in a DC summer on our wedding day, but it just so happens that July 28, 2012 is actually a Saturday, so we’ll see.
At the same time, though, it’d be weird to have another anniversary. By that time, we’ll have been together for SIX YEARS. Do we just not count them? Do we just start over because we’re married? I don’t know! Ahh!
BUT. If anyone is interested, I’ve started a pinboard of inspiration-y pictures for the wedding. Because, you guys, I am SO EXCITED that in roughly 12 months I’ll be married to my best friend. Ahh.
at 11:40 am
1. GO YOU for reaching your ROW80 goals! And of course it's okay to throw in another POV, so long as you can make it work. There are SO many POVs in Game of Thrones, but it's good because it switches every chapter. You can do it
2. You're sort of adorable about your wedding! I agree that June/July would be sweatballs (and no one wants to be THAT bride) but late August would maybe be a good compromise for October?
at 11:41 am
Huge congrats at hitting your word count goal every day! But even more congrats on the upcoming wedding. ^_^
at 11:52 am
That's great that you're keeping your writing goal, even with being sick.
I think more than one POV is fine, too, as long as it's not in the middle of the same scene, and is easy to tell who's POV it is now.
About the wedding date, we picked April for that reason. Who wants to die of heat on their wedding? Sure there are strapless dresses, but most have a lot of layers, and they get hot … especially if you're dancing. They're also heavy, so I wouldn't personally pick a strapless dress again. Mine weighed 15 pounds, and I had to keep tugging it up even though I was practically sewn into the thing.
For my husband and I: our original going out date was June 21, then we broke up and got back together (and broke up and got back together) on Feb 14. Then we were married on April 29 (almost 5 years, now). We count that we've been married for 5 years and just leave it at that. If anyone asks, we just say we've been together for 10 years (from the June date), but friends for 19 (D:). I think having two different dates makes it less confusing personally. That way you can have a special date for both of them, and the going out day isn't overshadowed by the wedding anniversary. If they're far enough apart, you could celebrate them both with a nice date night. We only go out for the wedding one, though, but that's us.
Can you still have a fall wedding after the farmers are busy? Or, ask them to see if they could make it to the wedding even if it was fall. Some might be willing to take a day off from farm stuff to celebrate with you, if they're given enough time to plan for it. You could also try a spring wedding, before the weather gets too hot in DC but late enough so that it's not still cold.
at 12:42 pm
What an awesome post – goals met and wedding chat. Congrats on both
at 2:00 pm
Yay on the word count goal going so well and it's really great to see you looking forward to the future with such excitement.
Feel better.
at 4:58 pm
Congrats on the goals, and yay for the future plans.
at 12:27 am
Yay, congrats on making your word count goals! Also, if multiple POVs are right for your story, you should *totally* do it. As Serena said, the multiple POV thing works wonders in A GAME OF THRONES.
Also, omg, I LOVE inspiration boards. You should post pictures sometime!
Happy writing!
at 1:24 pm
Congrats on meeting your goals and your upcoming wedding!
at 5:24 pm
I am really looking forward to this upcoming post because I'm so excited/happy for you, but real life obviously comes first! Health is important.
And congratulations on the writing! That's one of the best feelings.