And, things couldn't be better. I have to admit, I wasn't crazy about this whole marriage thing. I am one of those people who say, who needs a piece of paper to make official what we already know and feel. But, it was important to my guy and I know my Irish Catholic family was wondering if I would always live in sin.
The wedding went better than I could have ever planned. The decorator was over the top as was the entertainment and caterer. And, most importantly, our families really rallied and came from all over the world to be there. We were married about 1000 miles from DC, yet, all of DC seemed to be there - Barak, Hillary and Edwards were all coincidentally staying at the same hotel along with their staff and sec. serv. You know it is time to get married when you can run into four different guys you dated in the span of 15 minutes seven states away from home! Yikes, my hubbie had to wonder who the hell he was marrying as my exes circled. It was scary. But, at the same time, fun to run into so many D.C. folks while we were out.
I am still waiting to see the pictures since they went to my moms house and she promptly went on a two week vacation herself after planning this huge soiree.
I am starting to not cringe as much when I am introduced as "my wife", but, the hardest change seems to be my name. I didn't realize how hard it is to give up your last name - it's a real identity crisis thing I am adjusting to. The funniest moment came when we were signing the wedding certificate mid reception (we forgot to do it before we left the ceremony). As the last of the five people to sign, I could be heard in the back saying, "god, they give the bride the most time to reconsider signing this thing, don't they". Then, when the priest said to me, now remember to sign your new name... I blanked. I couldn't even remember how to spell his last name. It was seriously embarrassing, I have never frozen like that before. I finally scribbled something and tried to break a smile for the photos after. uggg.
Don't get me wrong, I'll be ok, I have a great new last name (I keep telling myself that). The one thing I know is... I love my guy and I am the luckiest girl ever to have such a sweet, perfect man in my life!
The wedding went better than I could have ever planned. The decorator was over the top as was the entertainment and caterer. And, most importantly, our families really rallied and came from all over the world to be there. We were married about 1000 miles from DC, yet, all of DC seemed to be there - Barak, Hillary and Edwards were all coincidentally staying at the same hotel along with their staff and sec. serv. You know it is time to get married when you can run into four different guys you dated in the span of 15 minutes seven states away from home! Yikes, my hubbie had to wonder who the hell he was marrying as my exes circled. It was scary. But, at the same time, fun to run into so many D.C. folks while we were out.
I am still waiting to see the pictures since they went to my moms house and she promptly went on a two week vacation herself after planning this huge soiree.
I am starting to not cringe as much when I am introduced as "my wife", but, the hardest change seems to be my name. I didn't realize how hard it is to give up your last name - it's a real identity crisis thing I am adjusting to. The funniest moment came when we were signing the wedding certificate mid reception (we forgot to do it before we left the ceremony). As the last of the five people to sign, I could be heard in the back saying, "god, they give the bride the most time to reconsider signing this thing, don't they". Then, when the priest said to me, now remember to sign your new name... I blanked. I couldn't even remember how to spell his last name. It was seriously embarrassing, I have never frozen like that before. I finally scribbled something and tried to break a smile for the photos after. uggg.
Don't get me wrong, I'll be ok, I have a great new last name (I keep telling myself that). The one thing I know is... I love my guy and I am the luckiest girl ever to have such a sweet, perfect man in my life!
