"Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays."
-Henry Youngman
Little did I know that when I started this "Single Southern" blog that I would eventually not be single one day. How time and life flies when you aren't exactly making plans. So on August 28th I officially dropped the Ms. and became a Mrs.....a Mrs. Hammond that is. What an amazing feeling to be married.
Thanks to great family and friends we had the wedding weekend that some only dream about. As everyone told us it would ....the time certainly did fly by. It is hard to think that after 8 months of planning, stressing (at times) and strategies..that it could all be over in less than 48 hours! No kidding...it flew by. In the midst of it all we enjoyed our time catching up with family and friends and celebrating every minute the we could squeeze in. Truly when you stop to think about it...it is one of the few times in your life that you get to have all the people you love surround you with hope and happy wishes. Just amazing. More pictures and comments to follow in a future post.
So now we have been married for three weeks and we are starting to get into the routine of life. After an amazing honeymoon in Punta Cana (with our dear friend Hurricane Earl) we returned to our home in Raleigh to our spoiled son Winston and a stack of dirty laundry. Reality started to set in quickly. I think the first few days we simply tried to recover and bring our heads out of the clouds. We started to unpack, unwrap wedding gifts and try to make sense out of the chaos that was forming in our home. After a few good naps and one crying breakdown (by me of course) we got our act together. We ventured out on our first "joint" shopping trip to Walmart (Josh hates Walmart) and survived the dubious tasks of grocery shopping and cleaning. We got through it....but quickly decided that maybe I should do the shopping and Josh do the cooking! Ha!
It is so funny and amazing to me all in one thought that we are 1.) married and 2.) living in very tight quarters. For the last 7 years Josh and I have lived on our own and basically lived like a bachelor and a bachelorette. So not only are we getting used to being "married" we are just getting used to having a roommate again. I laugh at this because it is the little things that we are finding adjustments to (where to put the groceries, how one might do their laundry and why we both need more sleeping space). We have already concluded that we will have to purchase a king size bed for the new house that we intend to buy. We are just two very independent sleepers and neither one of us wants to give an inch in that bed! To be continued....
So other than adjusting to a 1-hour commute (each way) to work every day.....the new Hammonds are making it. We are learning the very fine art of compromise and the importance of taking time for ourselves. Now don't get me wrong...we are only three weeks into this marriage thing and we still have plenty to learn. But I think so far....we are doing a spectacular job. I look forward to the coming months as we adjust to one another and to joyful art of marriage.
JAR
