Married Life

Well it’s been over a week of happy married life! I have never felt more blessed.

My mom keeps asking if I feel different. I’m happier, but he makes me happier everyday I know him.

The weirdest thing was going back to school after spring break. People ask, “how was your break?”

“Great!” I reply.

If they knew I got married they go on to congratulate me and ask about wedding or married life. If they don’t know the conversation skips this step and we move on, them never learning that I am now married because I don’t know how to tell people. I also feel weird telling them because they are just acquaintances and they probably don’t care that much. The people that care, know.

However, I did realize my neighbors don’t know, and they might care to know who is living next to them. It started yesterday when I went out front to pull weeds.

As I was walking around the side of the house to turn on the hose to fill the chicken waterer I saw my neighbor also pulling weeds. We talked about the weather, how quickly the weeds grow, how it was actually hot yesterday, and how typically my backyard is about 10 degrees color because of trees. That’s when I mentioned we were getting the trees cut down, all 11 of them!

            “11 trees! I didn’t realize you had that many! We got lucky and didn’t have a single tree.” She exclaimed.

            “Yeah, I didn’t realize I had that many. Nothing will grow back there and the yard is a mud pit. I’m hoping getting them cut down allows enough light so I can grow grass and expand the vegetable beds. But I will miss how cool the back yard is.”

            “You could always plant a couple fruit trees for shade, and if you’re here long enough you can get fruit.”

She knew I was getting married so I think she was hinting to see if we were moving. I told her Vince and I had talked about fruit trees. BUT STILL I didn’t actually say, “oh by the way two Saturdays ago Vince and I got married.”

Oh well maybe someday someone will tell them.

I don’t want to sound like I don’t want to tell people. I am happy to say “I’m married” or  “this is my husband,” but I feel like I’m “bragging” by saying “I got married.”