As of last Saturday, Jose and I have been married for 7 weeks and I have to say, married life is great. It’s not actually much different than pre-married life (which was also great) — but the fact that I’m still working through the process of changing my name reminds me that we’re married now. 
We will be moving into our new house in less than two weeks, and I think that is really going to seal the deal. Married and living in our first non-temporary home! I can’t wait.
We finally got the CDs of our wedding photos from Christine last week, so I suppose it’s time to begin the wedding recap! Without that, I think I’d feel like my wedding blog would be forever left unfinished. I’ll be posting full recaps with photos in the coming days, and in the meantime, if you missed it, you can check out the sneak preview Christine put on her blog a few weeks after the wedding.
Before I get into the recaps, I wanted to reflect on one particular thing…
Over the six months we took to plan our wedding, I never bought a single bride magazine. I did, however, read about a zillion wedding blogs, and in doing so, came across a surprising number of wedding recaps that included a list of the bride’s “wedding regrets.” They talked about things they wish they’d done differently, dresses they wore but didn’t love, picking people they didn’t like to be in their wedding party, projects they wanted to do but ran out of time for, money they didn’t spend and wish they had, or did spend and wish they hadn’t. You name it, and there’s probably a bride out there that regrets it.
I LOVED our wedding. I loved every single second of it.
Did it go by too fast? Yep. Did I feel like I didn’t get a chance to talk to most of our guests? Oh yeah. Did I cringe when the DJ started leading people in choreographed dances, which was one things I most definitely did not want? Big time. Do I remember a single word of what the minister said during the ceremony? Nope.
But regrets? I can’t say I regret a single thing. I loved the day. I loved my dress. I loved my hair. I loved the food and the decor and the building. I loved being surrounded by almost everyone who has ever been important to me in my ENTIRE LIFE.
Yes, it went by too fast, but good things always end too soon. I didn’t get a chance to talk to most of our guests, but we did get a least a short moment at every table. The DJ ended up basically checking off every item on a list of things I’d told him NOT to do, but in the end I decided not to care because people were still having fun. (Even my parents were dancing!) And even though I was so nervous and excited during the ceremony that I couldn’t concentrate on what our minister was actually saying, I remember looking at Jose and saying “I do” and clutching his hand so tightly he later told me that with his new ring on, it hurt.
The way I see it, that’s the important stuff.