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I am feeling a little (well a lot) overwhelmed going into my last year of academic courses for my graduate degree. I will finish with courses about 3 weeks before the wedding which is a blessing, but very stressful at the same time!! Is anyone else attending school while planning your wedding?
No, but I wanted to tell you how awesome it is that you are making it through all that! Nice job! I hope you'll have those 3 weeks free to do all those last-minute things.
I am starting law school a few days after the wedding, so that will keep me occupied (very occupied) and help me not feel that post-wedding depression that so many fall into....
Yes, I am working full time, going to school for my MBA AND trying to plan a wedding! It is very hard. Especially because there were times I just wanted to focus on the wedding planning but couldn't because of school. I just finished my last class 2 weeks ago and the wedding is in 6 weeks. I will get a 5 month break from school and go back in January.
I am sure you will enjoy every minute of the honeymoon!! You will deserve it : ) Good luck!
That was me! I got engaged halfway through my masters program (after the first year with one-ish years left) and got married this past June after an 11 month engagement. My summer semester wasn't too bad, but the Fall was pretty stressful. I feel incredibly lucky that my spring semester was easier (in my opinion, not in the opinion of all of my classmates) and I was able to plan while I was doing externships in the field. It was stressful at times, but there were 5 of us from my graduating class doing it, and so far everyone seems pleased with the progress and results. I'm not saying it's easy, but it is possible. My advice: don't work on school or the wedding all the time. Do your schoolwork and get what you need to done for the wedding, but make sure to take time to just relax and do something not related to either of the other two. Taking a break from both school and the wedding helped me be more productive when I returned to work and kept me (and those around me from going insane! Good luck!
I got engaged 9 months before I started law school, and I've still got another year of school... wedding isn't until Sept 2010. So, needless to say, the bar + wedding details = no fun.
Mr. G is in a PhD program, but he's not really involved in wedding planning, so I envy him on a daily basis :)
Yes, I'm finishing up my last year of medical school... and trying to plan for our June 2010 wedding (which is 2 weeks after my graduation). I totally feel ya! Just take it one day at a time... I keep telling myself that our wedding is just one day, but my medical career will last 30+ years! I have to keep my priorities straight, which is hard sometimes!
I'm getting married during my christmas break from my last year of law school. The planning is a lot more stressful than I had anticipated. My fiance is also in grad school- he's writing his dissertation for his doctorate program right now. It's definitely not easy!
Yep - I'm ABD and we're moving to Europe on September 30th, exactly one week after our wedding, so I can do the field work for my dissertation. This is *not* easy!
Yuppers - Same boat!
I am going into my 2nd year of PhD! Luckily my courses are done but I am initiating my main research project which is tough, and I will be teaching an anatomy course at another university so I am busy busy busy!
Luckily I work well under pressure!
Good Luck ladies! And I know who to come too when I need to vent!
Yikes, this makes me nervous--I am starting my first (and only--woohoo for 1 year master's programs!) year of grad school in two weeks, and the wedding is next fall! I will be done in May of next year, which gives me a solid four-five months before the wedding, so I hope it won't be TOO stressful.
I got engaged with four months left of my masters program in library science. Since I was so excited to start planning, I always use wedding planning and weddingbee in particular, as motivation to get my done. If I fnish my readings, I can spend thirty minutes on the bee! I'm really glad I will be done in two weeks though. Props to everyone struggling with this!
yes! *raises hand* studying for board exams and wedding planning...i'm taking a 2 week exam prep class and often find my thoughts wandering to stuff that needs to be done and i'm having a hard time making decisions... :(. He says to think about all the money I'm spending on the prep class should help me to re-focus back on the lecture. Not so easy though(!)
Changed my schedule from taking the boards before the wedding to sometime soon after we get back *sigh*
Me too. I'm getting married smack dab in the middle of fall semester, so no immediate honeymoon for us 
, unfortunately. Wedding planning is by far the best procrastination tool EVER.
Grad school and wedding planning? Yup, that's me too. I'm doing a PhD in astronomy and I'm in what will hopefully be my last year because I just want to graduate and get it over with already (I'm in my seventh year now! Seventh! Gah!) and not be a student anymore and get a real job (a postdoc or similar, I guess). I finished taking classes a long time ago and I'm doing thesis research now, trying to get papers published and whatnot, and it's exhausting. Wedding planning can be a fun distraction from the research, but it's also an added stress factor, especially when I'm doing some wedding-related stuff and I start feeling guilty for not working on my research every single waking moment like I'm apparently supposed to do. Sigh.
Yes! I'm finishing my last exam less than a week before my wedding! But thankfully, I'm on fellowship, so I won't have any teaching responsibilities to get in the way.
I'll be planning a DIY heavy wedding during the notoriously horrible 1L year of law school.
Awww ladies, I am so relieved that I'm not the only one going through this!! I am actually cramming my 2nd and 3rd years of my Ph.D. into one year (this coming year) so that I will be finished with courses before our wedding in May. I just keep telling myself that there is an end in sight.
We will definitely have to support eachother with all the stress that comes with school and weddings!! 
I'm halfway though my masters. This fall I'm taking 2 classes while still teaching full time. I've tried to get somethings out of the way this summer, but it's still going to be crazy! Don't be afraid to take people up on their offers for help!
kinda, not as bad as ya'll have it. I'll be taking the last class i need for my UG degree, finally. I've been trying to finish for 8 years now.
Presently, I have a contract job & but don't have any contracts at the moment. So I'll be taking my last UG class, trying to find a FT job & planning the wedding.
I am in the same boat. I am uber stressed out because I just defended my thesis three weeks ago and now need to make some revisions on my thesis and submit them to the graduate school before the September deadline so that I can graduate in December. My wedding is in 6 weeks. I am on the verge of collapse for sure!
I got engaged right before I finished my second master's (I also have a law degree). I started planning my wedding this summer, about the time of graduation. I've been soooo bored without school even with the planning, that I've enrolled again (but this time for an associate's in digital communications). I also work full time as an attorney and coach beginning triathletes. Sometimes I think keeping this busy helps with organization and minimizes procrastination. At least for me. My engagement will be 13 months. I've managed to secure a reception venue, buy my dress (hanging in my parents' closet), get my maid of honor's dress (only one attendant), get the church & officiant, and hire a photographer. Oh, and find a hotel for oot guests.
iswimibikeirun - We are getting married on the same day (9 months from today yay!) I agree that keeping busy helps with organization and getting things done! I am impressed that you have all of those degrees too!!!
I am working full time and finishing up a Masters of Science degree while planning our wedding. Luckily by the time I got engaged I was just working on thesis revisions which decreased the amount of time I had to spend working for school. Good luck, I know it's not easy! 
I finished fellowship 2 weeks before our wedding. I was so glad to have those 2 weeks in between (though I had to work every day), because classes, full-time work, and moonlighting gig were killing me!
Oooh ooh me too...***sigh***
I'm starting the first year of my Ph.D. (tomorrow actually...ahhh!), which from what I hear will be the most difficult. Our wedding is at the end of May, 2 weeks after classes/exams are finished. Oh the stress!!!!!
I'm working on my PhD, and my fiance will graduate from medical school 2 weeks before our wedding. I'm mostly worried about how much time I'm going to take off from research for the wedding/honeymoon. I don't think my advisor is going to be very happy when he realizes how long I want to take off (a few days before the wedding, 2+ weeks for the honeymoon). So far, balancing the planning and the research hasn't been too much of a problem, except that I spend way too much time reading Weddingbee instead of getting my work done!
I'm about to start my third year of my Ph.D., and my fiance just graduated from law school this past May. We are taking a pretty equal share of the wedding planning, especially since he doesn't start his corporate job until January, so I have been able to balance school & planning just fine.
My main worry is that our wedding takes place at the end of the spring semester. I shouldn't have to TA or take any classes in the spring, so it shouldn't be a problem, but I'm worried about taking the "official" time off anyway - probably about 2 weeks total.
How involved is your FI willing to be? I was a BM for some friends . . . she was a second year med student & he was working. She told him she'd get married on Christmas Eve (her school holiday) if he planned. He did just about everything! He picked our dresses and even bought our dye-to-match shoes. Of course the two local BM and one local GM helped him as much as we could, but I think he even addressed all the invitations.
Well I am done with grad school but I know the stress of wedding planning while teaching three college courses this summer. My advice is to get as much done well before the wedding, a little at a time. Unfortunately I am not very organized but keeping a planning notebook does help!
We got engaged a few weeks ago, and I start grad school next month. We haven't completely settled on a date yet, but we're planning for summer 2010. I really wanted to do an October wedding, with pretty Minnesota autumn weather, but everyone pointed out I would be in the middle of school. The hardest thing now is trying to find a date and venue that fits into our budget, while also trying to find a university position to help pay for school. I'm alternately excited and annoyed about it all.
Yup! MS in Mech. Engineering here... but, the wedding won't be until after I graduate (hopefully! done in august '10, wedding in may/june '11) so not too much stress yet :)
part of the reason we're waiting so long is that we want it to be after I finish, and then only summer is appropriate since FI has a 6 year old & 18 year old sister, we're getting married in Malaysia, so they need 2 weeks + time for jet lag, and college just isn't that flexible! so, a blessing and a curse :)
Me! I'm working on getting my masters in Corporate Communications right now and won't be done until December 2010. I do feel pretty overwhelmed and I know things are going to be worse come springtime. I was planning on taking only one class in the spring (I typically take 2 at a time) but I have to take at least 6 credits to keep my undergrad loan in deferrment, ugh. It's definitely a lot on top of wedding planning.
Yeah, I'm there too, but I'm just applying for grad school. I have five schools to apply to, the GRE to take, letters of recommendation to obtain, short stories to write ... yeah, it's a lot. I'm getting a lot of stuff out of the way early so hopefully if we are making plans to move right after our wedding, it won't be quite as difficult ...
Its so nice to hear there are others out there. I work full time, and am getting my MBA at night. I got engaged in January, but the wedding is not until March 2010 so I can spread things out. I will graduate in December, and I can't wait so I can finally get excited about the wedding. I am really glad I am getting the MBA though, and I met my FI in the program. My mom always told me to go to business school where I will meet a nice man, she was right!
Does anyone feel overwhelmed sometimes or not feel like you can fully enjoy the engagement period with homework, papers, and exams to study for?
Kudos to all you ladies advancing yourselves!
I just found out the program I want to start in January has been closed due to budget cuts. Sigh...
I'm trying to take it as a sign though, as working f/t, starting grad school and planning a wedding might be a little too much for one gal!!
I can't wait to start school again though - I miss being in school!
You guys are all awesome multi-taskers and you know your education is worth every moment of frustration and stress :)
MsMarch, I was going through the same thing my last semester of my MBA, which I finished in July...less than a month ago! Working full time and just wanting to go home and think about wedding stuff, not concentrate on papers, group work, presentations, exams, etc... BUT, it will be over before you know it!
Congrats on being almost finished!
My mister was! He just graduated, and will start studying for his certication exam as soon as we get back from the honeymoon!
Me too! I will finish my 2nd year (of 4) of Dental School about 2 weeks before the wedding, and then I'll have about 3 to honeymoon and get back for the start of 3rd year! Luckily my FI knew it would be like this so he made sure to propose early enough to give us just over a year and a half to plan everything. Not to mention we are doing a destination (for us) wedding so that is adding to it! 
@futurejet: yes I give myself rewards of planning too!
I'm in the PhD boat. I'm getting a PhD in biomedical ethics. I finish my coursework spring 2010 and get married nov 2010. between spring and fall I have to sit for comprehensive and do my dissertation proposal. Where do we sign up for the support group again ? =)
Mr. Mary Jane and I are both grad students, and we work full time, and we bought a house 3 months ago.
So yeah, I totally feel you guys. We're B U S Y.
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