so six weeks from this friday we get married…
…and i’m freaked out!
not about the whole “getting married” thing…i’m at peace with that. but there’s a lot to do, a good bit of cash to raise, and sending out at least a facebook invite probably wouldn’t be a bad idea. as you know, this site is occasionally used by me to sort things out in my own head…kind of a “think out loud” sort of thing. so that being said, i’m gonna use this sixer to make myself a pre-wedding “to do” list…
i – makin’ it legal – before we can do jack squat we gotta get the license did. fee appears to be just over eighty bucks, but we both have to be there with i.d. to make it happen. on the upside, texas doesn’t do a blood test (which i always thought was to establish no familial ties, but the ufb says is to check for genetic markers for handicapped kids or some such shit) so it should be pretty easy in n’ out…just like the burger we’ll have after!
ii – get our grub on? – originally i was gonna go all stereotypical lockhart kid and get some bar-b-que brought in…an easy call now that black’s bbq has an austin location about five minutes from the wedding site. but then it morphed into just appetizer kinda shit, and now the ufb is just talking about just doing a desert table so we can do some cake stuff, but that’s it. i don’t know about all that – we’re gonna be there from 3pm on through the night and there’s not a lot of restaurant action around the locale…so we might need to look into a little something at least for us.
iii – what’s yo’ number? – i need to call the hotel and get the room number for the suites we’re using. everything i’ve put out just says “the penthouse suite” but there’s actually TWO (one on each side of the hotel), which i figured out AFTER i called in a semi-panic because the link i had for our block of rooms also allowed me to upgrade to the penthouse suites, which i thought we had reserved…but as there’s TWO sets, that’s why it was available. getting the numbers will be important so i can…
iv – are you on the list? – this week the facebook invites will go out…also need to get a few “real” ones ready for family and friends who avoid the evil time-sucker that is facebook. few and far between, that later lot…but the former fits most of my family, save for my sister, so it’s gotta happen. dad’s on that list, and he’ll be happy because…
v – the bitchin’ camaro has gotta go – for the first time in a long time i am looking to be a one car guy. when the malibu died in 2006 it got garaged and i got the camaro. when the time came to get something else, i got the bmw while both sat. now the malibu has been gone for almost a year and the camaro is LOOOOOONG overdue. i got the tire situation i think figured out, and it seems to be running okay. now to just get the battery fully charged (and make sure it can hold one) and it should be on craigslist by early october…just in time to pay for a november wedding!
and finally…
vi – to do it right or do it fast – the classic debate of any guy, but this time it’s mutual with the ufb…we could just elope and say “fuck it” then head to new orleans. not to spoil anybody’s plans, but this option has not been completely removed from the table.