10.6.02 – boston, MA

valerie and grant are getting married!! yay! it’s about time, i say. it’s reassuring to know that fairy tale romances sometimes do work out.

wedding fever is in the air. the same day i got val’s announcement, i got a similar message from an ex-boyfriend – you know the first love, the one that knocks you off your feet and makes you think that you two alone have invented being in love? yeah. he was that one. i was ready to (and very nearly did) follow him to the end of the earth. when he dumped me i felt like i couldn’t breathe for weeks. anyway, that was a long time ago, and when i got the email i say very still for a moment waiting to see if the old wounds were going to sting. not much happened. “well, then, good luck to her,” i thought. “she’s going to need it.”

i also had the immense privilege and joy of being the maid of honor at callie’s wedding a few weeks ago – wedding pictures are forthcoming when i get like two seconds of free time to myself on this tour, which might be a while from now, we’ll see.