April 4 is our date!

We've booked it... April 4 will be our wedding day. This is, by sheer coincidence, also my mom's birthday, and Diana's parents' anniversary. Her mom will be missed I'm sure, but I can only imagine how happy she'll be.

We're having the ceremony at the Sanibel Harbour Resort outside of Fort Myers, which is absolutely beautiful. Diana's dad is being beyond generous. I'm having a hard time being OK with all of the money he's willing to spend (but I have a theory about that, which is a topic for another post). The reception will be on their yacht. We're keeping it small, in part by making it a destination wedding, but also because those giant weddings suck. You never get to spend quality time talking to anyone.

I'm beyond excited. You can't have parties like this at home, or in the Midwest in general. This is the right way to celebrate our marriage, uniquely and not adhering to every little tradition (we're not doing a cake, for example), but making it our experience, the way we want. It's also a way to thank some of our close friends and relatives for putting up with our (really just my) shit. And above all, it'll be incredibly informal. I sure as hell won't be wearing shoes during the ceremony. Invitees are welcome to be barefoot as well, while sipping lemonade.

Here's the little beach, which has a warm glow around sunset:

And here's The Princess:

It's a relief to have the place and the day nailed down. Now we have the agonizing wait... eight months.