Weddingbee Blog

Many bees have come before me, but I had to dive in. I have far too many embarrassing secrets to share, so I thought I’d go with two that I’m hoping some of you will relate to!

The first, and it should come as no surprise if you read my personal blog and know that Mr. Pencils manages nearly all of the domestic duties of the house, is that in my personal life, I’m incredibly messy and I have a hard time responding to emails in a timely manner. In my work life, I’m on the ball. Emails? Within hours, 48 at the most. My desk? Organized, color coded, file foldered. My Outlook? Every single email has its own folder and I have a task list with deadlines, reminders and flags. Uber Type A.

Yet, as soon as I get home, I seem to lose my focus and drive and I become quite messy—not dirty—just really, really messy. I’m ashamed to show you, but take a look at the image below for my proof:

My second secret is not such a secret if you knew me in high school (which would be odd if you did).

I had braces from age 15 to age 17—from sophomore year to my birthday in October of senior year. If you remember high school at all, you remember that having something like braces is pretty much social suicide. Yet, I didn’t need them until after most of my peers had straightened their teeth (when I was 13, my dentist told my parents I had perfect teeth and would never need orthodontics. Um, someone revoke his degree).

I could care less today that I was a metal mouth during a great deal of high school, and I think it helped me develop a resilience and love of difference. This is pretty clear below, given that during my years wearing braces, I also thought it was really cute to wear children’s shirts (I’m wearing a Ninja Turtles shirt below) and pile on as many bracelets as I could (how did I even type and write weighed down with the entire stock of Claire’s?!).

Anyone recognize my gorgeous friend Alison from my wedding? She’s currently in med school, kicking bootay!

I have far too many secrets I could share, but I’ll stop there. Thanks for letting me expose the skeletons for a bit, hive!