Ok, I know, I know . . .

Haven't posted in awhile, but somehow I'm pretty sure life proceeds as usual for everyone, including me. I'm FINALLY back in town for the remainder of the summer, and pretty much until Christmas. No classes, no required seminars. . . just work work work. It feels pretty darn good actually.

Home life is nice, since I'm unpacking my boxes and we have a functional living room now complete with coordinating couch and loveseat (both cost us absolutely nothing except some ATP expenditure). We'll trade phone service for cable soon, and then it'll be pretty swank, I'd say.

August 18th 2006 came and went without too much fanfare, though I do miss it now a bit. Now we're getting married within the year, making the whole thing even MORE real. It's all very strange, but in a good way. My unthinking gut new this was sweet and right months before actual words were exchanged on the matter. And now it's more than just words. It's real and less than a year away.

I could pretend that I'm not obsessing a bit over details already. It would be a lie, ok? We've got a date, plus ceremony and reception site. My ring arrives from NY this Tuesday. Mom and Dad and Liz are coming to Madison over Labor Day weekend and mom and I will be dress shopping.

It's weird because you spend your whole life randomly thinking about what all of *this* will be like, and these are all thoughts placed in a "maybe" box in some odd corner of your brain. Like it would ever happen, right? Like you'd ever need to consider your "wedding colors" or how to reconcile your love for acoustic guitar tunes when your mom is talking about organists and vocalists . . .

On that topic, recommendations for non-traditional music that an organist/pianist might be willing to play are welcomed.

Ok, let's wrap this up, yes? Getting married feels like taking up roles in some passion play. You aren't completely 'you' anymore; you are "the bride." It seems like one of the few traditions left for WASP folks and we hold to it dearly.

As a final, FINAL note: it's absolutely ridiculous that two people who love each other cannot get married if they are the same sex. Support human love in all consentual forms: support same-sex marriage, people.