Back in 2009, when chele's radical sabbatical of fun and adventure (AKA getting laid off from my job of 13+ years) was thrust upon me, I took the time to try some stuff I'd always wanted to do. Some of it didn't work out, some did, and I learned a lot. Then I landed my current job and here I am. The end.

No, wait. That's not the point of this story.

One of the things I did was to get ordained online. It was part lark - I always wanted to be a Reverend - and part practical, for a business I had been considering. And then the weddings started.

In two years' time, I married seven couples. I knew all of them well because that was the rule... I only wanted to do ceremonies for people I knew. It made the ceremonies so much more special because, hey, what a cool thing to do for a friend. And I knew that I'd never feel good about charging people to marry them. I'd have to do that if I married strangers, and that would have felt weird. Plus - how do you perform a ceremony that's so personal, and so important, to people you've met maybe twice in your whole life? Maybe they teach you that at not-online-ordained-reverend school, but I couldn't make that work in my head.

So now... it's a really cool thing, to get together with these dear friends and think "Yeah, I *married* you guys to each other." What a mitzvah! 

ANYWAY!

Now it's Saturday and, of course, we have a heap o'things on our plate because that's the way life has been lately. One of the things is pretty big, though, and I don't want to say anything to jinx it. I promise to dutifully report on it tomorrow, with pictures.

I did a pretty good job getting my low carb eating back on track and, honestly, I feel a lot better when I do. Of course last night my friends tempted me with some Thai food and how could I resist? Eh, a little rice is okay.

And now I must go roust the boy out of bed with some coffee so the day can begin. Ciao, amici.