A long, drawn out process

Ok, so I suppose, that over a month ago, when I blogged that I was back, I was over-exaggerating. But I did think that I would be able to start blogging again, not as often as before, but enough to keep everyone interested. Then, as the days went by and wedding plans got more and more intense/over-blown, I simply ran out of time and energy. But now that wedding is over, Fiancée has become Husband, I have much more time to dedicate to my old pursuits, so here I am, once again.

Of late, my time has been consumed with getting my house in order. I think we’re almost finally there – there are only a few touches left. For instance, we have some appliances coming this week, that should help finish things off, then there’s the whole debacle of pictures. I have a load of frames, and pictures to put in them, I just haven’t gotten around to printing up the pictures, putting them in frames, hanging them on the walls, etc. They just sit in the corner of my living room, staring me in my procrastinating face. They mock me.

Another thing is that I’ve been doing is changing my name. I never knew that this process was so long, or so draining. I started the process over a week ago, at the Social Security office. When I finally got that taken care of, and the new card mailed to me, I had to go on a blitz of name-changing. Hitting up the Drivers’ License division, the bank, and various other locations. I love how many things they have you bring to get this going. You have to bring ID (of course) but not just one, like, a few. Your social security card, birth certificate, marriage license, a lock of hair, a sample of blood…ok those might be exaggerations, but my heck that’s how it feels sometimes. Luckily, I’m nearing the finish line of name changing. I thought I was pretty much done until I was reminded that I had to change over my car title. Of course, there’s also the passport that I have yet to do, but since I have no plans to leave the country, I’m not worried about getting that done right away.

I just can’t wait for all of this extra stuff to be done with, Of course, once the pictures are up, and the names all changed, we still have thank you cards to do. But I’m trying not to think too hard about those – I’ll live for a little while longer in my ignorant bliss of having everything done.