Snafu correction and honeymoon

So I got an email back from the Diocese and they are going to reschedule us for another Pre-Cana week. No need to pay extra fees! Yay!

Future mother in law, as a wedding gift, is planning to give us their time in a timeshare they are part of for a hotel in Hawaii for the honeymoon. It's been rough because she's sent multiple requests to the company and either gotten no response, or was finally told there were no dates available. It was looking like we were going to be adding expense for a hotel room after all, since the use of the timeshare would have meant no need to pay for a hotel.

But lo and behold, she was able to get us the timeshare in Hawaii! Previously she had been told over the phone with the company that the nearest available date for Ohau would be some time in June after the wedding. Then someone told her to check online, because for some reason, the online data versus the data the people on the phone have access to are different. So after about 3 days of her and the Fiance trying to figure out what case (lower or upper) her logon ID and password were in, they finally got online and found a day open on May 7th, a week after the wedding! They've put in a request for it, and once we get confirmation, we'll be officially set up with a "free" hotel for Hawaii and can start booking flights and stuff.

We'll be staying at the Royal Gardens at Waikiki:

www.royalgardensatwaikiki.com

It's not a condo, and it's 2 miles away from the beach, but at this point, we're not complaining. It has in-room refrigerators and microwaves, and really that's all we need. It also has a breakfast buffet. The photos look pretty nice for the price:

http://www.travelpod.com/hotel/Royal_Garden_At_Waikiki-Honolulu.html

The reviews are pretty good, though any negative ones seem to be from before it was bought out by Wyndham, who immediately started upgrading it. As long as it's clean and no bugs, I'm good.

The first speedbump hits

It was bound to happen...at least one snafu.

Several months ago I registered me and the fiance in the local Pre-Cana program everyone having a Catholic wedding is required to go to. The letter of confirmation was sent to my parents' house back in June. It got stuffed in the junk mail pile on the counter and I only received it this past week.

Yeah, the weekend we were scheduled for had already passed. (eye roll)

(This comment has been censored due to extreme profanity and frustration)

So I left a message with the lady in charge at the diocese begging forgiveness and when can we reschedule. No idea if they'll charge us another $200. Probably will. in the meantime, we both look like asses. At least we still have plenty of time to do it.

On the upside, we took our engagement photos last week! My cousin Sarah took the photos of us around LSU campus, and we're waiting too get them back. The moms are chewing at the bit, so to speak. =o)