Wedding Planning in a Pandemic

Dear Readers,

We cannot be more relieved that our 'wedding celebration' had finally taken place in the most ideal way possible under the circumstances of the time. I honestly didn't find wedding planning too stressful until we were faced with all the uncertainty caused by COVID19 (state) restrictions. Our wedding celebration was postponed once. We kept our marriage registration on the original date with a simple legal ceremony of 10 people. How did I feel initially about this postponement? Pretty damn devastated and upset. The decision was made early on in the pandemic during the first lockdown. To increase the chances of having both families present safely, we had no other options.

Two weeks before our wedding, a 3-day lockdown occurred throughout greater Queensland. Victoria classified us as "Red Zone" that instance. This meant that anyone who visits Queensland and (re)entering Victoria must complete 2 weeks of hotel quarantine. Luckily our lockdown was lifted after the 3 days and Victoria adjusted our restrictions to be "Orange Zone", where only a COVID19 test and self-isolation was required until test results returned as negative. Those 3 days were probably the most depressing 3 days of the whole wedding planning journey- as half of our family are travelling from Victoria. It rained everyday of the week leading up to our wedding. At that point, I wasn't too bothered anymore. AS LONG AS OUR WEDDING CAN GO AHEAD without further restrictions... then all is ok, #PEACEOUT.

Very luckily, our humble wedding day was filled with sunshine. It sprinkled mildly for a few minutes in the morning, then blue skies. Thinking back on every little event that happened during our wedding still puts a smile on my face. The atmosphere, our venue filled with our family and friends, music, food, fun... it was beautiful. It was as perfect as perfect could be. There were surely a few insignificant errors, but on the grand scheme of things... so insignificant they were. We enjoyed the celebration so much. What great memories we shared with our loved ones.