negative one month wedding anniversary

It’s April 20, 2011.

According to my math, Emmelle and I are 31 days removed from our blessed union (I actually just counted off the days in my Outlook calendar). We've fallen into a predictable ritual over the last week – come home from work, cook and eat, execute on some wedding logistics, sleep – which will remain our routine for the next month.

I feel calm and steady, probably because I’m having a difficult time grasping that this significant event will finally come to fruition shortly. I also feel a sense of relief; I can’t help but feel that we are in a state of limbo, removed slightly from reality until we return from our honeymoon. Some examples: all of the exorbitant spending, the gifts being shipped to my office on a daily basis. There will definitely be some sort of consumer withdrawal when this is all over. As much as I look forward to the wedding ceremony and reception, I’m looking forward to building a home, saving, focusing on my career, diverting my consumer spending habits to critical items such as cuff links and time pieces (ahem, that’s plural).

And Emmelle? She is nothing short of amazing. Emmelle is dug in deep into her fox hole and completing all necessary tasks with proficiency and efficiency, really in a way that only she can. I have read and heard from multiple sources the meltdowns that some prospective brides experience leading up to the big day. Not this girl. She’s a machine and potentially going through a trial run for a career change to event planning/wedding coordination. Her even-keel nature has shone brightly through during this entire process.

What else? Hhhmmm. My hair is probably longer than it’s ever been in my adult life…Emmelle has received a series of facials recently…I’m still a shirt and tie short of a wedding day ensemble…I’m also a whole suit away from a wardrobe change…we’ve gone on some neighborhood jogs for minutes at a time (I don’t see a difference in my body, however)…

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There’s 31 days left and there will surely be plenty of documentation on that day. But I’d like to remember the next 30 days as well, all of the details that we need to complete, any disagreements, any overwhelming emotions that linger, let’s use this as a keepsake just like all of the photographs and wedding day material.

More (frequent) updates to come in the coming days and weeks.

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