October 31, 2009 at 2:09 AM
Well, well, well.
It's been nearly seven years since I opened my diaryland account and began to write.
Is that true? Can it really be seven whole years? I don't even know where the time has gone, and yet it has, very clearly, passed. All written out for me too. So strange.
When I last left you, over a year and a half ago, Joey and I were nearing our second anniversary together. That in itself feels like forever ago! I mentioned that everyone around us was getting engaged or married, and how badly I wanted for it to be me, getting the ring and saying 'I do'.
It hasn't happened yet, but we're very close.
As in, literally days away.
We've obviously been talking about marriage in the past few years, and have known for awhile that it is the direction we're taking, but the time has not been right. Excuses like we're too young, still in school, not ready for the responsibilities.
It's scary to think about, but we're finally past all that. No longer are we too young or too immature to be married; by next summer we will both be 22, and while that is obviously still very young, it's old enough to be wise in marriage [at least as wise as one can expect]. We've thought everything through -- our plans are well thought out, and although our plans are always foiled by God, at least anything that He does to us is for our own good. Last but not least on that list of excuses is school. While we're far from finished our entire university careers, I'm proud, sad, scared, and amazed to say that we are very quickly nearing the end of round one. We will be graduating in May [2010], and we will receive our coveted X rings on December 3rd -- a mere 33 days away! How does time fly by so quickly? I really don't understand it.
So we're down to the wire. I'm now working at a jewelry store to help pay for our wedding, which will take place on August 20th, 2010. We aren't engaged yet, although I've picked out my ring [and get a 30% employee discount on it and the bands!], and I've actually even bought my dress [on sale at JCrew online, for only $70 USD!].
And now we wait for the question to be asked, to let everyone know, to not have a moment to ourselves to just sit quietly in our love. But we'll have plenty of time for that once we're married, no?