July Recap

Ugh, where the hell did my summer go?

Here we are 12 days from the wedding and 3 days until we leave for the wedding with a million things left to do. OK, so not really a million. And to be honest most of the things we have to do are just me wanting to not have unpacking to do when we get home from the wedding.

What's been going on? Right.

Two weekends ago we went up to Illinois for Gen. Belgrano's wedding. A good time, and a welcome respite in the storm for Nena and me. It was nice to spend a day or so enjoying ourselves in a place where we were not the center of attention. We just blended in and remembered to enjoy each other.

The wedding itself was also beautiful- a reminder that weddings are about the people being married and as such they should reflect the people being married, not the institution of marriage. Weddings should have significance for these two individuals being married- if other people get it or like it, that's nice too. At the end of the day though, these events should reflect life, not tradition.

I've been blessed to have been to so many weddings as of late where people only did things that meant something to them, not weddings where things were done because that's how they're done. I can only hope my wedding conveys as much.

Then, my parents were in town for almost a week. That was really cool. My dad and I got a shitton of work done on the house and my mother unpacked a bunch of stuff. Seriously, my parents' visit was a Godsend. Without them, the game would be significantly behind where it is now. And that's a great thing.

Friday- Corn and I rented a Uhaul to get our stuff out of our respective apartments and into our respective storage units. Considering we were moving the last weekend in July- we totally lucked out. Instead of 105 degree heat we had drizzle and temps in the 70s. It was beautiful. In 7 hours we managed to clear out two apartments and drop the contents off at four different locations. It was brilliant.

Now everything Nena and I own is in the garage. Which is rough because we need to clear out enough of the garage so that we can park 'Turo in there on Thursday morning. It's starting to get done, slowly but surely and I think we're going to have room to spare by the time Thursday morning rolls around. Then again, Nena says I'm way too optimistic about these things.

OK, that's what I've got for today. . .more soon.