Pre-Dawn
My usual weekday routine involves setting the alarm for around 6am (sometimes 6.10 is I'm feeling kind to myself). But I'm usually awake a little earlier.
Weekends I usually try to allow myself at least a bit of a sleep in, but it frequently doesn't work. Today for instance I've been awake since 5am, and up since 5.30, as it was just one of those mornings when it was clear I wasn't going to get back to sleep.
So the big day is shortly going to start dawning, the cat is having a minor fit thundering round the flat, and I'm sitting here with a nice cup of tea.
David and I both confessed minor nervousness last night, but it is pretty minor. I don't think it's strong enough to cause either of us to do a runner or anything, but it was actually a nice moment, because if he's anything like me, I've frequently felt that today isn't looming with enough import. At lunch yesterday I mentioned that in an odd way the party tonight has often felt like it has greater significance than the 'ceremony' this morning, but I think that's because that's where most of the decision making and planning has gone. The legal side of things involved one meeting each at the Register office and then we just turn up. This evening has, over the course of the last six months, had the potential to be everything from a huge blow-out at Eltham Palace to an intimate affair on the London Eye. I think we're both absolutely certain that where we've come to in that decision making process is exactly right, but it's been far and away the focus of all thought.
So now the birds have started singing, which means that The Happiest Day Of My Life™ will shortly dawn.
And joking aside, I have a strong feeling that that's exactly what today is going to be.
October 15th, 2006 - 00:10
Yer gonna make me cry.
All love and good wishes. We’ll pop open a bottle of bubbly in your honor.