Marriage Certificate Proccess

Why didn't anyone tell me why it was so damn expensive and so damn difficult to arrange a local ceremony? The judge costs a tiny fortune (according to my budget), it's been difficult to search, get in contact and find an eligible, compatible, available judge. Judges, I've found out, also don't like to reply back to common people such as myself. I must admit though, I was able to, after much seeking after, found the perfect judge who is awesome. If you're in the Madison Area, look for Judge Hepfinger to officiate your wedding. He does a wonderful job, who is a lovely, lovely man. The booking, applying, process are another ordeal.

Anyhow, we've made it to here, finally and we're officially on the roster, the date is reserved, the fees are paid and those who were supposed to be made aware--official, familial and otherwise--have been notified. All that is left is the details, such as what I will be wearing, if we'll be buying a new set of rings as we've been advised by our well meaning friends, or to purchase that weekend getaway to Door County?

It seems, we'll figure the rest of our questions shortly, considering that we have no other time left and that the day of destiny is in front of our steps.

Our Next Step In Life

Quite a while ago, S and I have decided to put on silly rings and eventually get married. In order to show our efforts on that front, we held a closed, intimate and small engagement party at my parents' house. When we came back, much happened and nothing at all happened at the same time that we were too busy being alive, we left little to none consideration at all about the future. It was hard enough getting by, the extra stress of thinking, discussing, coming to a conclusion and taking action towards a future seemed undue burden and unusual and cruel punishment. We put it all aside and focused all our energy and healing, getting better and moving on. Now that we have, it was time to have the proper discussions, arguments and to drive at a common, similar goal and conclusion with a clearly stated action plan.

We have, and S and I believe that it is now time to move on to the next stage of life. We should be officially and legally married. We're in love, engaged, living together and planning a wedding for August 2014. There is no reason why we shouldn't be married now, instead of later. We've realized that we have been living like a married couple, acting, thinking and planning like a married couple. There is absolutely nothing at all that's different about us, then about any other couple roaming on this planet, freely. Why not officially document and have our commitment and love be sanctioned by a body of government? We're ready and have been test driving these responsibilities. It's time we thoroughly mounted the task and responsibilities on our shoulders and made everything real, rather than pretend.

So we will be getting married and have started applying for our marriage certificate. We will be married on May 24th, 2013. I can't wait until the day is here.