Filed under: Haitus, Marriage, Moving, Randomness | Tags: codename Gael, Mouse
If you haven’t seen this photo on my Flickr yet, you probably don’t know “the news.”
On 7 August 08, I got married! Here’s the story:
We went to go look at a room for rent then Gael said he had to pay a fee at a court for a traffic case he had a few weeks ago. So, we went driving in the direction of the courthouse but he detoured to the mall. He wouldn’t tell me what we were doing there just kept saying he had a “surprise.” I wasn’t too excited because, generally speaking, his “surprises” are new bottles of wine or something, LOL. So, I’m texting a friend of mine and he walks up to a jewelry store & says, “Wanna buy me a wedding band?” My back of my head got really hot and I felt slightly nauseous. I thought he was joking but I went along with it. I had no clue what was going on until we went to the second store across the hall and he said to me, “You said you wanted to elope so I thought we could do that today.” Quelle surprise! 
Apparently in the county he lives in, you can’t elope in the court so he had to find a “civil celebrant” and get married at his house. We had an appointment so we picked out some rings, drove to the courts to get the necessary papers, then drove to the guy’s house. He was a retired colonel in the army and his house had surround- sound music playing. We said our vows then he took a Polaroid picture of us.
On the way home I called my mom and she about died. Later she told me when she called my step dad and told him, some guy shouted in the background, “YOU JUST SAVED YOURSELF 20 GRAND, MAN!” 
So, we’re busy busy moving (back) into my grandma’s from his dad’s house. It’ll be sweet cause she’s only going to charge us utilities (about $100 USD a month) & Mouse can run around outside and lose some weight 
I’ll be busy with the move and getting ready for a party to celebrate my marriage in late September/ early October so I might not be on very much for a while. Who knows, though!
Woohoo! Today marks 1 year for me and Gael. I have to say, this couldn’t make me happier. Before him, I had one boyfriend that broke my heart and then another. Then another. After that I just stopped having “exclusive” relationships and “dated around”. When things got too heavy or intense I broke it off.
I’m sure those of you who have been reading me since last summer remember how dramatic everything was (weren’t a reader then? curious? just click on the calendar & go back to my entries from this time last year.) and what a mess I was.
I have to say, it was all worth it. Through all the rough spots, through all my nuttiess, through it all Gael has stayed with me. I have to give him quite a bit of credit because I’m sure I haven’t always been the easiest person to deal with (though he’s not, either! ♥) yet he’s stayed. I guess I’d have to call that love. Amazing, isn’t it?
Updates on our little life we’re slowly building together?
Either this weekend or the next we’re moving in together. Permanently without constant harassment from people who don’t approve. Though we’ll have to start paying rent, it’ll make both our lives a lot easier.
Our plans of moving to Richmond (Virginia) at the end of the year are becoming more concrete. Not completely yet but I’m aiming for November to have nearly everything figured out.
Aw, actually, that’s it! I thought maybe there was more but not really.
So! Here’s to love! I’m still rather cynical but not as cynical as I used to be. 
Filed under: Moving, Randomness, Relationships | Tags: codename Gael, Last Stop Suburbia, Mouse
Things are changing so fast, I can barely keep up. My relationship with Gael is progressing (what might seem to others) rather fast: we exchanged “I love you”s a few weeks ago. We’re still thinking of living together even though (as I expected) his dad said I couldn’t move into his house. We’re planning on where to transfer to university to fit each other. We’re having tiffs, serious talks, looking at each other’s financial situations, et cetera. I have to admit, I’m enjoying it. It’s scary but exhilarating. I’m hoping he’s the last guy I date. (I guess I’m not comfortable using the “m- word” yet, so I’ll just leave it at that and expect you’re all smart enough to get the gist of what I mean.)
Tomorrow we’re going to try look at those ghetto apartments near his house. Find out if they really are ghetto. If they’re not, then I’ll probably move in around the first of November. My grandma keeps telling me not to find a place in case she doesn’t sell hers but at the same time, she wants me to pack everything up and stick it in the attic for whenever people start coming to look at the house. Fuck that shit. That’s too stressful. Plus, I need my stuff that’s out now. What am I going to do if I need a pair of shoes but they’re covered in asbestos? What a pain! For reals, yo.
Aside from that stress, there’s the issues of Mouse and my job. As for Mouse, if he can’t live at Gael’s house until he sells it and we can afford an apartment together that accepts pets, he’s going to have to live somewhere else. I wish I could say that I’d get a more expensive apartment to keep him but I really don’t make enough money. It isn’t prudent and it, frankly, isn’t feasible. Especially since I’m still hoping to quit working full time to go to school full time in fall of 2008. So, that really sucks. I’ve had him since he was born and while he annoys the crap out of me, it’s going to break my heart if I have to give him away. 
As for my job, I’ve been checking out Career Builder.com today and there are loads of jobs out there. I dont think it should be too insanely difficult to find a new one. I’m going to aim for a new job after Thanksgiving since I already have tickets to fly to Salt Lake City, Utah to visit my (mostly non- Mormon) family out there. I don’t want to get a new job and be all, “Oh, by the way, I already have tickets to SLC for the week of Thanksgiving because I got the time off from my other job. Sorry!” That’s not real awesome so I’ll just have to wait until afterwards. Mm is hoping to get a new position in our company and I’m hoping to take over hers. If that happens then I’ll have a new supervisor and my job won’t suck as much. So, everyone root for us! 
This blog is turning into a diary. How lame. I’m sorry. I was hoping to get away from that since switching to here from Last Stop Suburbia. Oh well!
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