This morning, I got a lovely call from Christa, whom you may remember as the woman with whom I drove from Denver to DC after September 11.

Christa and her highly entertaining and delightful girl B have set a commitment ceremony date! In June! In Hawaii! We are so happy for them.

And a few hours later, my most awesome colleague Kate knocked on my office door and then handed me a fancy envelope…which contained a beautiful invitation to the commitment ceremony that she and her talented and charming girl Shay have scheduled for Memorial Day Weekend! In Zion National Park! Which is in Utah! In the West! You fly into Vegas!

::goes off to look at mapquest and comes back grumbling::

OK, well, I know this, and you know this, but in case you’ve forgotten, the western portion of the United States is really f*ing big.

So even though we would be approximately a million times closer to an old and dear friend, and in the same state as a cool new internet friend, and gosh, it can’t be that far, can it, from another wonderful new internet friend…all those people do, in fact, live extremely far away from both Las Vegas (the nearest airport) and Zion National Park. At least we would probably get to see the no-longer-blogging Sean and meet his wife.

It’s kind of bittersweet, since our budget isn’t letting us go to Robin & Te’s ceremony, and Robin actually performed ours. AND that wedding would be our last chance to hang out with Levi’s Moms before they move to Eastern Europe for a year or two.
Whether either of these other weddings are in our budget is … well, the optimist here is saying “subject to negotiation.” Which is to say, it isn’t in our budget, but I’m holding out hope. Lots of things could change by May and June.

And I just love weddings.