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s and i got married last weekend. i know, i can hardly believe it myself. i've been waking up in the morning with a husband in my bed for the past ten days. i stare at him while he's sleeping and think about how great it is to have a husband lying there belonging to me for real. i've always wanted one and there he is. like a christmas gift. and not just any christmas gift but the one i wanted. it seems like a miracle and a dream all at once. i'm so thankful for him and for our new marriage. i feel like it's a baby bird i have to hold carefully or it will break or fly away. maybe that's because it's so new. in reality, i know our new little marriage is much stronger than it feels.

our wedding was wonderful and i have been replaying all of the details in my head - a more worn and well-used memory is tougher to forget, right? my favorite part of all was the ceremony. we wrote it ourselves, included several very special family members and a very special song. i love thinking about that song. s told me the song's been in his head all week, but he's been substituting the words "wedding rings" for "chicken wings." i like that because it pulls me back from weddingdreamland into our regular life.

our next step is that we are moving to troy, ny (a small city just north of albany) at the end of this month. we are renting one floor of an old brownstone in a regenerated part of downtown troy. it's going to be a temporary place to live until we can find/buy/move in to our first home. i feel like i have been searching for that home my whole adult life. i am breathless when i think about it and i can't wait.

until then, i am finishing out my work life in DC. i've been assigned a brand new month-long project that's interfered with my vision for my last lazy month of work here. but its breathed new life into my job and i'm even happier than before. ironic.

i am hoping that i will be able to keep in touch better via blogging once we move. "midwestern/southern girl moves north, battles snow, starts a uga alumni chapter/football watching club, and tries to find vietnamese food and live without a trader joes." stay tuned.