uh, more wedding stuffs!
i guess everyone will be happy when this part of journal is over, huh?  :P

florida REQUIRES that we read a family law handbook http://www.clk.co.st-johns.fl.us/recording/familyla.htm   before issuing us a marriage license.  then, we have to wait 3 days...  like we were getting a gun or something.  do you think they'll test us on the info in the  handbook?  how do they know if we read it or not?!

i got 1/4 through it and it seems like they're almost trying to talk you out of the whole thing.   

and then there are REALLY stupid sentences like 'It is more than legal permission to have consensual sexual relations with your partner.'  legal permission to have consensual sex with my partner???   just how and when did the gov't take authority over the private sexual acts of adults?  i guess they do still have blue laws on the books in georgia that prohibit fellatio.  :D

anywho...

i'm getting really excited about the ceremony.  i wrote my vows last night.  and tomorrow we're having our first musicians practice for the ceremony.  this one will be in the backyard and the next one will be at the beach so we can figure out how all the instruments sound against the roar of the waves and the wind and such.  i love my musicial friends!!!  :)  i have 7 players for the ceremony:  3 hand percussionists (djembe, congas and bongos), 2 acoustic guitarists (and a looper that works on batteries!), a sax player and a flutist.  we've got a little microphone and battery-powered amp for the flute.  oh, yeah!  it's on, baby!  :D  it's going to be so hard for me to not play something with them!  :)






i love your gentle character;
the patience and generousity
which pour from your actions
into the lives around you.

you teach me tolerance,
faith and acceptance,
and soothe me against a chaotic world.

i love that you will always do the right thing
even when society tells you its wrong;
and the example of morality you set
from following your heart
balances the entirety for us all...

a reminder to stay true to ourselves
and each other.

i vow to stay by your side through the grand
and the grim;
to find happiness in your smile
and saddness from your frown;
to place my heart with yours
in the decisions we make,
to listen to you,
care for you,
adore you,
fight for you,
and be your partner in all things to come.

i promise to appreciate
every moment we share
regardless of the emotion involved
or the circumstance around us;
and to thank the Universe
for aligning us in our paths
in this Divine union
of husband and wife.

our love is as seamless as the sky above
unstitched in hue or line
and i sleep each night with a smile
to know that your heart lies with mine.