sotto voce

I’ve been meaning to write for a while. But my perfectionist side has reigned supreme these couple of months. None of the drafts ever made it to the publishing stage.

In 500 words or less: Life’s been a whirlwind of work, travel, grad school application, and physical therapy. My hip is hurting less and less by the day (good news) and that means no more excuse for this pathetic sedentary lifestyle (another good news).

Also, ... we’re setting a date for the big day. Being young, liberal and practical, we see marriage as a multi-part process. We’ve gone to the courthouse and completed all the paperwork (which means that we’re legally m-) but saving the real wedding for next year when the weather is warmer.  
I never expected to marry this early, of course, but there are a lot of practical reasons for us to do this now. To put it in his words (when his mom demanded an explanation): it bought us a peace of mind. And I can tell you that nothing has changed between the time we signed the papers and now, so I don’t really see a big fuss over it. Besides, we don’t see marriage as the point where we commence babies production. In fact, factory will not start any kinds of production until our net income reaches $300K p.a.
Have I mentioned that we’re both practical people?

It’s actually the wedding planning that gives me occasional panic attack. Where, who, when, how.. etc etc. 
As usual I’m procrastinating. All I can tell you is that it’ll be small, outdoor, and expect good food. I’d love to cater for my own wedding but I know it’s impossible. I guess I can pass some of my original recipes to the catering chef. That’s an idea.

However, all the planning is sitting in the backburner until I actually submit all my grad school applications.  I don’t expect you to know which field I’m doing a master in, because – once again – it’s nowhere near my field of expertise in college. Keep the shaking heads and wagging fingers because there are a long line of folks who wish to do the same. Heh.

I’ve been thinking a lot about starting a new blog and it seems appropriate to close this blog. I’m embarking on a new chapter of my life, which is markedly different from the previous one. Not to worry, I’m not gonna start a knitting/cooking/husband-training blog. There’ll probably posts along those lines in the new blog, but I’ll try to write more on social justice issues. Andrew has expressed his interest in co-authoring the blog. We’ll see. 

Until then,

Yours.