December 21, Winter, year 20

Ye gods, and I thought Jill's wedding was crazy. Apparently I was misinformed on the crazy aspect of it all! Eve has her beat by like… thirty thousand gold worth of wedding plans.

It was sheer insanity. Since it's winter, all the flowers are gone. Everything used was dried. And oh Goddess but it was freezing! I had to wear a pretty dress—I borrowed it from Lyla, thank goodness—and so my legs felt like ice blocks the entire time the wedding was on. Thankfully common sense prevailed and everyone used the basement of the church for the reception, though it made dancing difficult.

Seriously, with Gray and Jill, Muffy, Karen, and the whole of the Flowerbud population—which is actually a little bit bigger than that of Mineral Town—all crammed into the basement of a teeny church, it's a wonder that Jack and Eve had any room to dance at all.

But what a dance. They didn't waltz, they freaking tangoed. Even though Eve is almost five months along, they still danced the tango.

I think I'm in awe. The tango is… the most romantic dance. Period. The fact that Eve pulled it off in her dress, with Jack is just…

Oh yeah, definitely in awe. Those are pictures in my album that I'm never taking out.

It sucks that the journey there takes almost a full day, even on Honey, otherwise I'd go visit them more often. Especially now that it's winter and the only thing I really have to do that takes up a large amount of time is mine.

Don't get me wrong, I like mining. The Dig site is just… cold. Really cold. Really, really cold.

And I have to admit, I missed dancing with Skye. It just didn't feel right to dance with anyone so I sat out a lot. Pretty depressing for me.

Jack said that I was being all moony. He… still doesn't know why I cracked up laughing, but I thought it was a pretty amusing unintentional pun. "Mooning" over a Moon Person… the irony is just ridiculously perfect.

I guess I have been though. There's been some nasty snowstorms recently, so I'm pretty sure the path between villages is closed for a few days until Uncle Tak and Zack shovel through it to trade goods.

Which reminds me that I need to finish knitting the hat and scarf for him. His old ones are in tatters, and it'll make the perfect Christmas gift.

I can't believe it's almost time for the gift exchange already. I'm still trying to finish up everyone's presents… it's not easy. I've been doing an insane amount of knitting for so long that my hands are starting to ache. On the plus side I've been able to watch some old favorites on TV while doing that. I've only had one power outage from the storms.

I'm still in debate though. I mean I've got hats and scarves knitted, but it seems a little silly to give a set to Skye. His seem to be in perfect repair after all… and I'm not sure I'd be able to stop myself from giving in to the silly, girly side of me and putting a heart on it.

Wouldn't that be subtle?

Heh. Seriously though, I should probably spend a couple of hours at the Dig and see what I can find. Hmm… Dig first, knitting later. I've been sitting to much anyways.