I always wondered if it were possible to have someone else write the introductory blog post for me. You know, kind of a "question and answer with the adorable couple" sort of thing (dream big, right?).
Well, since hiring a freelancer to do the interview on a graduate student income is out of the question and since I have my own degree in journalism, I guess all you get is me...and my husband to be.
Husband-to-be Joseph and I are getting married in t-65 days, hence the name of the blog post. We are super excited about the getting married, less-but-still excited about the actual wedding, and PUMPED about the honeymoon. However, as a graduate student, my schedule is a little more than hectic at this point; between finishing a thesis this summer, moving, looking for work, thinking about Ph.D. programs, and figuring out this whole "husband and wife" thing, I have a bit of a full plate. So one or both of us proposed the following (over beers of course, and somehow before we even got engaged): Instead of taking a honeymoon the week after the wedding, why don't we take a honeymoon for an entire year? Sounds amazing, right? We thought so.
Husband-to-be Joseph and I are getting married in t-65 days, hence the name of the blog post. We are super excited about the getting married, less-but-still excited about the actual wedding, and PUMPED about the honeymoon. However, as a graduate student, my schedule is a little more than hectic at this point; between finishing a thesis this summer, moving, looking for work, thinking about Ph.D. programs, and figuring out this whole "husband and wife" thing, I have a bit of a full plate. So one or both of us proposed the following (over beers of course, and somehow before we even got engaged): Instead of taking a honeymoon the week after the wedding, why don't we take a honeymoon for an entire year? Sounds amazing, right? We thought so.
not beers, but I think you get the point
So this is a blog for ourselves, our friends, and our families to keep track of our crazy lives for the first year. We plan on traveling the world one week at a time through food, drink, books, art etc and learning as much as we can about each place before we go on our actual honeymoon.
A little about us:
-Joseph finished his Ph.D. 4 years ago and now works as a software engineer for a biotech firm. He likes to tell me how is day at work went and I smile and nod because he works with computers. We are lucky I know how to check e-mail at this point. He is a wonderful gardener, an expert pickler, owner of too many science-fiction books but just enough cookbooks, and a card carrying friend of the library.
-I am currently a graduate student at the University of Alabama finishing my degree in Food and Nutrition. I am a sun worshiper, lover of all things school-related, proponent of bourbon on gamedays and cheap beer at the lake, hater of long distance relationships, and more than likely a professional faller.
We met at a beer tasting in our hometown of Gainesville, Florida, started dating the next week. He proposed last summer in Rocky Mountain National Park, on top of a mountain. And we are getting married... in 65 days. AWESOME.
yeah, he proposed here. pretty luck girl, right?
this is so cute... adding to g-reader right now. i love the pre-honeymoon exploration idea and can't wait to hear about all your adventures.
ReplyDeletePre-honeymoon trip for a year!! Then once you find the best place you'll go there for the actual honeymoon? Why didnt I think of that?!? Although, it never would've worked with nursing school and won't work now with a baby. :( bummer!! I can't wait to hear the stories!
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