i get to see this hunk of a man in concert this thursday with emily. we're way excited.

i've always been a fan of harry, although i think my love for him was sparked when i first saw my favorite film of all-time. he did the entire soundtrack, you know. watching the film is such a pleasure for me on many levels and i never get tired of it. mike and i even considered using "it had to be you" for our wedding song, but it was overthrown by this sappy bryan adams tune. it really is the perfect wedding song and since i first heard it when i was a teenager, i imagined it as the song.

anyway, back to harry.

he's so charming and sophisticated. he has that old fashioned flare and grace not often found in most contemporary men. every time i watch 'hope floats', i stare in awe at how perfect that role was for him. he's the quintessential "good guy", who just happens to be famous. he's quite handsome, although not in a typical way; i actually prefer his brand of quirky, slightly goofy looking masculinity. his face is attractive, but with a sense of humor. perfect. i fell in love with him all over again after hurricane katrina, when he did a week long report from new orleans on the today show. he was the only celebrity who i believed understood and cared about the impact that disaster had on the city. his pain was really genuine. and when he took his shirt off and gave it to someone he rescued from the rubble, my heart skipped a beat. not only was he chivalrous, but he was strapping and heroic...in a very sincere way.

so we have lawn seats for the show, which means we can dance around and maybe draw attention to ourselves. i should make a sign! maybe a picture of him from 'hope floats', wearing his cowboy hat and dancing with sandra bullock. or should i say sandra bullock's body with my head pasted on top!

so, it's all over. the wedding, the honeymoon, and the anticipation of it all. i think i'm still absorbing it in my own way, reflecting back on everything in little bits at a time, trying to piece together the entire experience. i knew it would be fleeting but i think i managed to step back and look at everything while it was swirling around me, really taking it in. the wedding was beautiful; in many ways it surpassed my expectations. all the little things i had worried about i didn't even notice, and all the big things i hoped would go smoothly pretty much did. one regret: i hardly ate anything the entire evening. i told myself i would enjoy the food and the pie (yes, we had wedding pie. it was really cool!) but i was so energized to dance and talk to everyone that eating was the last thing on my mind. speaking of dancing, i did a whole lot of it; i was determined not to sit much and to get down with all my favorite people.

i will admit to a little post-wedding depression. it hit me all at once on sunday night and it didn't last long. i was packing for the trip, rushing all around the house on very little sleep and suddenly i just stopped and started sobbing. i was a bit sad the rest of that night, but atleast i had the vacation to prolong the experience.

i cannot wait to see the professional pictures; i'm sure i'll see lots of things that i didn't even know happened. i know you all are anxious for pictures too, so i've created an album that will have to satisfy your curiosity for now. these photos are courtesy of my great friends emily and laurie. they managed to snap away through most of the night, giving me enough to put together a sort of chronology of the entire event. though not the best quality, most of the pictures are still pretty good and they'll tide me over until i get the proofs. click HERE to view it.

i also made a honeymoon album, which can be accessed HERE. we went to punta cana in the dominican republic and really enjoyed ourselved. it's super hot there, everyone speaks spanish and drinks rum, and they love love LOVE michael jackson. i'll go into more depth in a later post i'm sure; still winding down from the trip. just ask me in person about it and i'll talk your ear off.

so, i guess that's it. i'm a married woman now...with a new last name that most people can't pronounce. but atleast i've moved up alphabetically! i've been waiting my entire life for that.

so, as you see, today is june 1st. which makes tomorrow june 2nd, the day i am getting married.

my stomach is all knotted up. with good knots, though...promise.

maybe after the honeymoon i can get back to blogging again.