I’m not sure if I mentioned but I am getting married in roughly two weeks. I have spent the last month moving all my prized possessions out of my parents’ house. I’ve also spent time deeming what is truly “prized” and what is “trash” worthy. If you track my monotonous movement for the past several weeks, it goes something like this: box, trash, box, load, drive, drive, unload, walk up the stairs. REVERSE. REPEAT.
Moving is never fun but starting a new life is. We got our marriage license last week. I was shocked at how the line for parking tickets strongly outnumbered the one for marriage licenses. I guess marriage is becoming less common, that or we skipped a ton of people in line.
We bought our first piece of furniture together. Being a designer, I am a huge fan of great design and unique furniture. The couch was something we both agreed on. It’s not the trophy couch but it’s new, nice, affordable, and OURS. It was delivered yesterday and I spent hours of back breaking work trying to put things together. Thank you IKEA for making me self sufficient and very sore. Our apartment is coming together nicely and I am counting down the days til the wedding. This freaks me out. It’s so soon. I still have to do little things before the big day. While not at work, I’ve been filling out dozens of job applications for positions in my field. This is what my post-graduate life looks like until I can make a decision about grad school. I feel old. Life is passing by too quickly, but thank God no wrinkles to show for it.
Back to this couch. I’m extremely ecstatic about it, even though it isn’t the most perfect thing in the world. I don’t think Israel, my soon to be hubby, was as excited about this couch as I was. Maybe it was because I did some hands-on assemblage and learned to appreciate it a bit more. The same goes for my life. I’m excited to embark on a new journey, even though things aren’t perfect. I’m happy. Granted, my ex-maid of honor threw a fit about not wanting to wear the bridesmaid dress and threw a tiny wrench in the system, but that didn’t get me down one bit. I am ultimately happy because for once, I’m doing something that I’m completely sure about. I don’t get many of those instances in life where I’m completely sure about something. This is one thing that I know is a step in the right direction. I’m sure there will be many more of those “steps” to come in the nearby future.
P.S. Did I mention I graduated with a BFA in Photography/Digital Media…business cards to follow soon.
Toodles,
Ari
