Happily Ever After

I think its rare that so much time passes for me between my blog entries, but I think I've had a good excuse. Our wedding celebration in St.Louis required some time and organization, but we had a wonderful, wonderful time. More than once has it occurred to me that it is sad that weddings (and funerals) are often the only time in our entire lives when we can gather all the people we love in one place at the same time. Still, we enjoyed it while it lasted. It was wonderful to be around so much love. I feel very blessed to have so many wonderful friends and family members - old and new - who were able to share our wedding with us.

Now that the wedding is over, however, I am embarking - for the first time in years - on just plain old "life." I don't mean it to sound boring. Actually, I am thrilled that at no time in the foreseeable future will I have to take a final exam, graduate from anything, plan a wedding, move, start a new job, or start or end a new relationship. It will just be good ol' fashioned LIFE. Just me and George and kitty living day by day.

I don't want to make it sound like life is all of a sudden perfect and dreamy out here in paradise. School has still been a rough ride. I'm on a real uphill climb to learn how to best teach my seventh grade reading workshop classes. I'm also tackling my "wedding 10." (Most people would try to lose ten pounds before their wedding. Not one to follow trends, I gained ten pounds before our wedding. In short, stress and dieting and I don't mix well.) Still, with the thank you notes, the wedding scrapbook, and photo albums already completed, its time to just be. I've vowed that for myself and for George - who has supported me through several periods of transition in the past two years - that I will not take on any new activities outside of work for the rest of 2007. The temptation is naturally there. I'm dying to learn how to surf, dance the hula, and a few other things out here in Hawai'i. That said, until January, it will be me, George, and my job. How will I manage? Well, look for a more frequent entries here on Lisaville. Aside from that? We'll all have to sit back and relax and wait to see what happens next.


Peace and aloha until next time,

Lisa