Tonight L and I will go out to celebrate our last night in New York as a simple engaged couple. The next time we're together in the city we'll be a simple married couple. Seriously though, I actually do feel different, like something big is about to happen. It's exciting, to be sure, but I never really thought about how everything would suddenly come together like this.
The strange thing is that I'll be spending the next five days with L's family, crashing with her sister and brother-in-law in Milwaukee and also seeing my future mother-in-law, not to mention my cute soon-to-be niece and nephew. It will be fun, but I'm calling it the In-Law Airlock. Before I can go to weddingland safely, I have to pass through this very important chamber. In a way it's only fitting since barely three weeks after L and I started dating she spent four days on a charity bike event from New York to Boston with me and my parents, hardly the most ideal conditions for meeting your new boyfriend's mom and dad. No bicycle pun intended, but for L it was truly a crash course in all things Gordon.
L and I are heading to Union Square Cafe for dinner tonight. In addition to being the end of one part of our lives and the beginning of another, it will also be a good way to empty our heads and just be together before what will certainly be a whirlwind week or so leading up to the big day. For anyone about to get married, I highly recommend taking some time to just have a date with your fiancée. I can't imagine starting this next step without it.
One last anecdote before I leave tomorrow.
Reminiscent of her earlier Jessica Simpson-esque moment, L and I were talking about our dinner date.
L: What time are we meeting?
ME: Our reservation is at 8:45
L: Where?
ME: Union Square Cafe.
L: Where is that?
ME: Union Square.
Many thanks to the M-M's for their gift. We'll lift a glass to you tonight.
Posted by The Groom at August 19, 2004 07:03 PMBest of luck to the both of you! I've been reading anonymously since you posted on the Knot a looooong time ago! Enjoy your day!
Posted by: Callie at August 20, 2004 08:23 AMWhat a great idea. Thank you for making my day with your story.
Posted by: Jecsyka at August 20, 2004 11:51 AMThat's so cute, your last date as an engaged couple in the city. Here's to a wonderful day tomorrow!
Posted by: Jen at August 20, 2004 01:16 PM>>ME: Union Square Cafe. L: Where is that? ME: Union Square.<<
That would put Madison Square Garden on Madison Square perhaps? WRONG!
Etc.
Posted by: FOG at August 20, 2004 03:08 PM