The Things We Carry

As has been painfully evident over the course of the last few months, my interest in keeping this blog active has waned considerably. When I first started writing this last year, I was excited at the prospect of keeping friends and family in tune with my adventures across the world. But just as I have become immersed in a daily routine here in Hong Kong, so to have these same friends and family become immersed in their lives back at home, and so the initial honeymoon phase of me writing and getting excited to see who commented on my piece the next day has fizzled out. I'm not sure what my next plan of action is regarding this blog. I may take it in a totally different direction. I may euthanize it. As for now, I'll play it by ear.

Speaking of honeymoons, I would like to go one shortly, because earlier this month my beautiful girlfriend and I were married in a small office in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, P.R.C.. We went for a quick marriage because I want her (and she wants to as well) to live with me in Hong Kong for the upcoming school year. We got married before the semester because I knew the paperwork to get her here would take at least 6 weeks. So I play the waiting game and hope that she will be here by mid-October at the latest.

Over the winter we are planning to have a ceremony in her hometown. After that, a short honeymoon, then back to Hong Kong, and then (if the US government allows it) I will bring her stateside with me and we will have a big wedding there. All this is purely speculative of course, as things have a way of impeding your path and causing you to fall flat on your ass (nice banana peel HKU). Asshole universities aside, I am truly enamored with my beautiful, thoughtful, caring, intelligent, and amazing new wife. I can't wait for her to join me here in thsi city, so we can start carving out our own niche, and continue on with what life has to offer.

Until next time...

Attn: Naomi

Any word yet?

I haven't heard a thing. Phone calls all this week until I know for sure. Keep me posted. Something is amiss here.