Random weekday thoughts
I've had three wedding nightmares in a row this week. Which is funny because it's probably the least involved I've been in the wedding all semester (not constantly blogging, reading about, or planning my wedding). I blame you, flaxen curls, for putting these idea in my mind :P (not really ;)
This time I was at the ceremony and sneaking up the aisle to ask my Mom to please run home and get the programs and the rings that had been forgotten, and she was just hissing at me to get out of there, because people could see me and it was just too late. So tragic! Anyway...
On the other hand, a handful of things have happened recently that have made me very aware and appreciative of the new way in which the Mr. and I are linked - just as powerful a realization that 'this is it' as getting married will be.
1. I'm in this longitudinal StatsCan survey, and have been since I was 15 (it's about students and post-secondary educational costs or something). Anyway, this year for the first time I had to talk about my common law spouse and what he does and how much he makes, etc. When I got off the phone I went over to the Mr. and laughed (he'd been listening), and said, 'wow, you're really a part of me now'. It was a giddy feeling.
2.I was filling out an insurance form, I got to put him as my emergency contact for the first time ever - and it felt pretty good.
3. Finally, when coming back from Paris (I swear I'm not mentioning it to rub it in!) we finally got to fill out the same silly goods declaration form because we are part of the same household (and really it meant that he got to fill it in for us, which was fine by me, because for some reason those things really stress me out. I'm always afraid I'll accidentally be guilty of bringing something back that I'm not supposed to).
And here are a few shots of us in Paris, just for kicks:
Marie Antoinette's Temple of Love:
Mike scares me by ripping up the map:
The model used to make the real Statue of Liberty (stumbled upon quite by accident):
Versailles Palace Gardens:
Paris by night (this is as close as we got to the Tower, because I still resent it from waiting in a four hour line to go up it):
Arc de Triomphe:
Awesome Air France plane food! (including free wine!):
Famous Hall of Mirrors at Versailles:
Why do I look confused?
Because last time were in Paris, this was here:
It's a piece of art called Maman, and there are several of them in the world. (Including Ottawa, Tokyo, London, Paris, Havana, Washington, Boston, and I forget where...). But apparently the Paris one is gone now! And we were looking forward to re-visiting it.
Have you had a moment that made you realize you and your person are in this together? How did it make you feel?
This time I was at the ceremony and sneaking up the aisle to ask my Mom to please run home and get the programs and the rings that had been forgotten, and she was just hissing at me to get out of there, because people could see me and it was just too late. So tragic! Anyway...
On the other hand, a handful of things have happened recently that have made me very aware and appreciative of the new way in which the Mr. and I are linked - just as powerful a realization that 'this is it' as getting married will be.
1. I'm in this longitudinal StatsCan survey, and have been since I was 15 (it's about students and post-secondary educational costs or something). Anyway, this year for the first time I had to talk about my common law spouse and what he does and how much he makes, etc. When I got off the phone I went over to the Mr. and laughed (he'd been listening), and said, 'wow, you're really a part of me now'. It was a giddy feeling.
2.I was filling out an insurance form, I got to put him as my emergency contact for the first time ever - and it felt pretty good.
3. Finally, when coming back from Paris (I swear I'm not mentioning it to rub it in!) we finally got to fill out the same silly goods declaration form because we are part of the same household (and really it meant that he got to fill it in for us, which was fine by me, because for some reason those things really stress me out. I'm always afraid I'll accidentally be guilty of bringing something back that I'm not supposed to).
And here are a few shots of us in Paris, just for kicks:
Marie Antoinette's Temple of Love:
Mike scares me by ripping up the map:
The model used to make the real Statue of Liberty (stumbled upon quite by accident):
Versailles Palace Gardens:
Paris by night (this is as close as we got to the Tower, because I still resent it from waiting in a four hour line to go up it):
Arc de Triomphe:
Awesome Air France plane food! (including free wine!):
Famous Hall of Mirrors at Versailles:
Why do I look confused?
Because last time were in Paris, this was here:
It's a piece of art called Maman, and there are several of them in the world. (Including Ottawa, Tokyo, London, Paris, Havana, Washington, Boston, and I forget where...). But apparently the Paris one is gone now! And we were looking forward to re-visiting it.
Have you had a moment that made you realize you and your person are in this together? How did it make you feel?