Happy New Year?!?! No, I'm not 3 months late.

Before April 1 was called April Fool's Day, it was the calendar new year. In fact, the reason it's called April Fool's Day is because when the calendar changed from the New Year being in spring to being in the dead of winter, people would play jokes on the ones who didn't make the switch, and vice versa. That is how we got April Fool's Day.

Today is a different kind of New Year. Today, I'm getting married. It's been four months since I asked my girlfriend to marry me. It's been four (long) months of planning and waiting, waiting and planning. And that day is finally here, when she and I will join hands and join hearts before the Creator and His Son.

It's still pretty surreal. On one level, it's a no-brainer. On another level, there's that little voice (which I've come to profoundly hate in the last few months) that says, "Do you know what you're getting into?? Do you know you won't survive??" and I just have to tell it to go back to where it belongs (use your imagination). On another level, I'm completely relaxed, but on another level, I'm really really nervous. I'm told this is normal.

Anyway, I'm off to get stuff ready to take down to the place for setup.

¶ 10:56 AM