The honeymoon has officially ended. Besides the fact that everything is a little more exciting with a wife, it's back to the normal daily grind of school and work for David. He just left for work and we are not in each other's presence for the first time since we were pronounced husband and wife four days ago.
Things have been almost magical for the last four days. Marriage has been completely different from what I expected. Like turning 18, it's almost anti-climactic how little difference you feel from one day to the next. One day I wasn't married and the next I was, but on both days - David was my best friend and my partner. On both days we loved each other with our all and wanted to see God glorified through our relationship.
The wedding solidified our commitment though and it is so exciting to be going through the stages that follow. Being carried through the threshold at the honeymoon suite, consumating our marriage ending a five year wait, revisiting an old prom date restaurant wearing "Just Married" beach sandals with a suit and an evening formal gown because David had forgotten his shoes - these were all so fun to experience. The honeymoon was such a special time for us because we had not seen each other for almost 6 weeks before the wedding. We talked the days away while walking on the beach, going out to eat, relaxing in the condo, or, a lot of times, even during sex. Our conversation was so special to me. I think that may be the one thing that definitely seems different now. It's so amazing to watch David talk and know that for the rest of my life we will need to sit and share our feelings and emotions and days with each other through conversation. What an integral part of our future! When I sit and listen to him now, I know that it is because I love him and I'm working on our future.
Seeing everyone for the first time after the wedding and being called "The Newlyweds" or "Mr. and Mrs. David Martin" was so refreshing. We went to change my name this morning, but without much success since we won't receive a certified marriage certificate for 10-14 business days. David is cherishing his moments with me and was extremely happy to wake up to "this beautiful woman" laying next to him this morning. (Every other morning we've woken up in a room with shutters that darkened the room, so today was actually the first morning he could see my face when he rolled over.) When we go out he takes my hand wherever we are and hardly lets go, giving me a strong sense of protection. He's been careful to constantly refer to things that used to be his and mine as "ours", like our cars or the apartment. His attitude has been so impressive and I hope that I can encourage it just enough to maintain it!
We have a lot of work to do on getting settled into this place, but it's exciting for me to have the opportunity to impress my new husband with my ability to organize and conquer a disaster such as the current state of our (!!!) apartment. Tonight, after he left for work I wandered from room to room, trying to begin an organizational scheme for the clutter. This was quite difficult since most of his stuff is still in boxes, except for what he's pulled out in a hurried frenzy of looking for something. Also most of our furniture is still at my old apartment in Gainesville and it cannot be moved here until August when I graduate. I wandered into each room about five times before I decided to let that all sit for tonight and work on all my other assignments for the night: getting this first blog of mine done, catching up on our sex journal (my wedding gift to David), studying Organic for at least 30 minutes, finding a Publix to shop at, and then attempting homemade pizza for the first time. David has said he doesn't like homemade pizza except for my sister's, so I'm going to try to achieve his high standards. Yikes... lots to do...
I suppose I can stop writing since this is definitely my most successful blog yet!
(: I'm going to post this... I hope David is ok with everthing in here.
Welcome to my life, fellow "David's Blog" readers!
Posted by David at May 9, 2005 07:19 PMJoy, your awesomeness in blog composing is not a shock to me...I always knew you had it in you. Congrats on entering that sacred union of marriage, but even more congratulations on entering that other life altering stage of becoming a blog writer....you have now formed a bond with all other bloggers out there that will lead to a life long commitment and dedication to online journaling:-) Or not.
Love you both!
Posted by: JennyJ at May 10, 2005 10:06 AMHey Joy, it's awesome to see you post on David's blog :-). You should have him set you up as an author so that you can post with your own name (he can also set you up with a e-mail address).
Posted by: Nate at May 10, 2005 08:11 PM