We got married this afternoon. It was a beautiful, simple service conducted by the preacher of Jim’s church. We held it in the sanctuary of Jim’s church and maintained social distances from the couple that stood up with us and the preacher. That was a bit weird!
One of Jim’s sons recommended about an hour before the service that we live stream the wedding service. We were successfully able to do so and lots of our friends and family were able to watch the ceremony. It is posted on my Facebook page if you missed it and want to go see it. When times are like this you have to do what you have to do to make it work! I am ever so grateful Thomas suggested the idea. I could feel the presence of our loved ones watching.
We took a one mile walk before the wedding. It is a beautiful day in Stillwater and was good to get out and stretch my legs and work off some extra energy. We will probably go for another one when I get the blog written. A cold front is coming in tonight and it is only going to be 46 for the high tomorrow.
After the wedding we came home and had some soup and then changed out of our fancy clothes and into work clothes. I painted some more cabinet doors and Jim is building the two drawers for the kitchen. I need to do some housecleaning this evening.
Not sure I feel married yet! The ceremony was very sweet. The preacher did a great job. We were only at the church for less than an hour. With no guests except for the two attendants it was simple. I’m glad we had our virtual guests.
We don’t have any plans for the weekend. We will continue to work on some projects around here. Hoping the kitchen counter top came in today and the guy can come install it tomorrow. Would love to get it and the flooring done this weekend but we shall see what happens. Monday we are going to KS for one week. I am homesick to spend some time on the prairie.
Next Thursday Best Buy is to come install the new double oven in my kitchen in Strong City. I wonder if they will be able to come or if they will have to postpone the visit. Not sure I would want to go into homes of strangers right now and am not sure I want a stranger in my house right now. Things are changing so rapidly who knows what the situation will be by then.
I have a doctor’s appointment on March 30 to get my blood levels rechecked. Plan A is to return to Stillwater after that visit but that may change. Since I’m not doing taxes anymore I have no reason to have to return to Stillwater and if we decide to we could stay in KS. Not sure what will happen. Staying flexible and fluid right now seems to be what is required.
If I am not needed to help with grandchildren we may go back and forth every week or so. We need to bring Jim’s cats to KS and only pay for one housesitter instead of two though. Jim also talked about me staying in KS and he comes back for several days alone part of the time.
I don’t think I will be opening my Airbnb again for a long time. It is just too much risk right now. I will keep my ear to the ground and see if anyone I know needs some safe space to hang out in and invite them in. I have a rental property that is coming empty the end of March in Emporia that I may reserve for someone that becomes homeless as a result of loosing their job during all of this. We will see what happens on several fronts.
Guessing we won’t be doing any travel this summer. Estes Park is totally closed right now and they were going to reevaluate the middle of April. So hard to know how to plan.
What a day to get married. I’m sure years from now we will be able to tell our story about how we gathered our friends and family via live stream and shared our simple little ceremony with them.
Seems like this crisis is one of those that we will refer to in the future as life before Coronavirus and life after. If feels life changing on many, many levels. My heart hurts for those that are sick, those that have lost their jobs and those that are afraid. Yet I can feel a deep change happening in the world. It feels like the world was slammed with a giant 2 x 4 to get our attention and help us reprioritize our lives.
Grateful to be married, grateful for our friends and family that joined us in witnessing our ceremony via live stream, and grateful for Jim and his love.
Kay, this is beautiful. I feel like we just met for coffee and had an enjoyable conversation. I look forward to more “visits.”