Look at me--I'm bloggin!

I haven't posted anything in SO long, but not because I haven't had anything to write about. I mean some really heavy shit has gone down in the past few weeks. Like oh....we're married! I'm not even kidding. Fran and I tied the knot in a VERY low-key and fantastic little ceremony at the exact place we met 5 years ago. I mean it. We got hitched within 3 feet of where our first conversation ever occurred. We had 2 witnesses-my very best good friend Ahren Castledine, and her sister, Erica Johnson, who incidentally is Ahren's sister, and the wife of Fran's very best good friend Jed who became ordained in order to marry us. This family being there was kind of special and tender since they were the very people responsible for us meeting in the first place. Also, in the process of being vested the power to marry folks, Jed gained the ability to ABSOLVE PEOPLE OF SINS!!! Seriously. He just needs to say "Kay ya'll are free to walk in heaven and some shit" and bam! Pure as the day you were born.

If you don't know me well, you may not know that I struggle with planning things around myself. Like I cannot even talk about my own birthday without blushing. Its dumb. Needless to say, I struggled with planning this wedding. My man, my husband ( :) ) was the the one who suggested we go to the ballpark we met at. My husband ( :) ) was the one who suggested Jed as the minister. And can I just say? It was exactly what I wanted without even realizing it. I got home from work that day (yes I worked on my wedding day. Someone please have diarrhea all over the place! It's just too crazy to believe.) and Fran asks me "so what are we going to have Jed say?" I was like "ah shit. I don't know. We love each other. We know we're meant to be. We know marriage is sacred and all that. We're going to die together when we're 116 on a mountain top somewhere, drunk as fuck and as in love as we've ever been. Do we really need to have him say anything?"

We didn't have a solid plan by the time we got to the park, but as we stood before Jed he said the most perfect thing anyone could have said. I don't need to repeat it. I'll just say it was no where near cheesy, it was memorable, and it was completely funny. Kind of like our relationship. Thanks Jedder. Also, Erica had purchased a song card that played "seeds of love" by tears for fears, which she opened up and played for us. It was both hilarious and lovely.

We are planning to have a reception and some sort of ceremony a year from now so that we can celebrate with our families and friends (that means all ya'll)!!! Our marriage is definitely something we want to celebrate with everyone---(think vow-renewal and sweet party to follow). We just kind of wanted to get hitched without all of the hooplah for now. You understand.

Married life is sweet. We're kind of on cloud-nine, newlywed style, except I swear Fran's already gotten, how you say...comfortable. I mean he used to be way farty but now he's been farting around so much I'm afraid to light a match. I'm pretty sure that isn't grounds for divorce so... I guess I'm fucked.

We're on vacation right at this very moment. We're headed to Kooskia, ID to a little cabin Franny rented. We stopped in Idaho Falls to cut the trip in half. I'm at the Shilo. You know, that ghetto, yet overpriced hotel chain? It's sweet though because they have free wireless AND a free breakfast buffet which I'm headed to now. I'll end this post by saying that life is good, you guys. Fran and Nino give a shout out as well.
Thanks for reading.