Wedding and the Aftermath

Wow. I've been on the sidelines at weddings. I've stood up with the bride and the groom, smiled in photos, and heard the horror stories. And now I can honestly say: until you go thru it, you have NO idea. My friend J in korea always asks "how are you feeling?" and I gotta say, I felt ALL the emotions the week leading up to the wedding. Fear, doubt, excitement, love, the abject terror that something was going to go horribly wrong and we wouldnt be able to get married after all... all the things that added up to just STRESS. Then there was trying to coordinate this and that and make sure people were having fun and seeing people who came in from out of town, many of whom were meeting J for the first time... I felt like a plate spinner at a fair, and all the plates were just slightly unbalanced. The hotel was... not what I expected, and I had a small, emotional moment sitting in the room that I thought was a suite. I had to tell a couple people that I was not accepting any level of teasing regarding certain things, and even told my brother in law at one point that I couldn't handle him at all in that moment. I think I made it thru without being a bridezilla... maybe just a bridezil. 🙃 

Either way, it was wonderful to see the family and friends who came into town. Unfortunately A had an early morning mishap with her car on Wednesday, but thankfully she is ok and refused to go home before the wedding. I'm glad she was there. People finally got to meet J, and I'm pretty sure they liked him. My older sister liked people, which was fun to see. The feedback I've gotten so far has all been positive with the exception of the check in process for the hotel, so I'm calling it a win. The ceremony was quick and painless, the reception was fun and apparently we partied thru the tornado sirens 😁, the bar crawl wasn't as extensive as planned but was a very good time as well. Everyone got back to their homes safe and sound, and those who went to Scarborough the next day also seemed to have a good time. 

We did it!

SHOTS!

start of the crawl

west coast and east coast family

Our original honeymoon plan included staying in a wine barrel down by js favorite meadery in Seguin. We ended up doing a stay-cation instead and I am glad we did. We were able to really settle in to our apt. We hung up most of the art, unpacked, cleaned, did laundry, cooked, went out to eat, saw his family, and just generally figured out how to live together. I'd say it took me a good 3 or 4 days after everyone left to really decompress. It was a good week after the wedding before we were fully unpacked, and honestly I can only say that we are if you PROMISE not to look in the guest closet. 😉

The first week of marriage has been lovely. Even the kitty cat seems to be adjusting well.

He likes his tree, and can hop up by himself, even with only 3 legs. 

Lots of kitty cuddles this week. It's been lovely.

So we go back to work this coming week (blah) which means going back to not seeing much of each other during the week. That's ok tho, cuz we have weekends together and so far we've agreed on at least ONE goblin day per weekend during May. Tho we did get a lot more done around the apt than I thought we would, so there's that. He does need to finish his move this coming weekend, so that's a thing, but all in all we are in a good place and happy to be starting our lives together. I love this man so, so much. 🥰🥰🥰🥰

Mo came to town today, so I picked her up this AM and we spent the day together eating, having coffee, playing with the pup, and ended up doing a half price books crawl. (They are pup friendly and it was SUPER humid for the Kitiara.) J went back to work today. I go back tomorrow. It's been a good couple of weeks.

Regular

Wedding glam! Hehe

Anyway, back to reality and all the usual stuffs. Hope all of you are having a good time with business as usual and keeping healthy. I seemed to have picked up a nasty sinus thing that I'm trying to KILL!!! Hehe. Much loves, MUAH! 😘