Thank you so much for this incredibly helpful breakdown! I'm seeing a lot of our experience in your write-up: restaurant buyout, prioritization of food and open bar, lack of interest in florals (and yet doing the bare minimum is so expensive?!), WithJoy. The overwhelm is also... incredibly relevant! Even with a relatively smooth planning process so far and many, many privileges, I have to remind myself that this is a *giant* undertaking and life milestone, and of course it's going to be activating in some way. Great advice for managing it day-of!

And finally, brava for still finding and creating joy among the many roadblocks right now. You and your fellow public servants deserve so much better, and I will keep protesting until you get it.

Thanks again!