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NO MOVIE TODAY

We addressed the wedding invitations this afternoon.

A hundred twenty people.

There are only a hundred chairs. So we expect some dropouts. Please.

If not, there is the lawn furniture and, of course, one can always apply for SRO places.

I am glad that we ordered that extra layer of cake.

It was quite wonderful to work through the names of close friends who we want to stand /sit with us for this special event. Not to get all soupy about it or anything.

Nothing moist happened. Just a good feeling about it.

We have been here ten years and I think that we know more people than we managed to gather together in Boston in twenty years. We must be doing something differently.

Also this is a smaller town. One tends to have time to attract friends and to cultivate them.

Most of the invitees are couples. Or aspiring singles.

There is an excitement that is most surprising among younger friends who see a power of example. A new freedom for them coming along.

It is very important that we do this, get married. Making a statement and all.

And then there are all the great fringe benefits for us. The surprising emotions. The little tiffs over the arrangements. The sudden realization that we have waited for this all these years.

So unexpected. Such a gift. What a way to finish it off!

Well, not too soon for that part. But we are doing it upside down. Thirty three years before we get to have a honeymoon.

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