The Date Debate

Jeng's birthday is on 1/04. Mine is 9/14. Both have a 1 and a 4. Add those together and its my favorite number: 5. Coincidence? Yea probably.

While we obviously didn't have any choice in our birth dates, we did have a say in our wedding date. We officially became boyfriend-girlfriend (aka "going steady") on 12/12/04 and then were engaged on 8/08/08. It was logical for us to pick another memorable date as the one we would have to remember for all eternity.

To further make things difficult, this date needed to be: 1) On a Friday or Saturday because everyone would hate us for picking a Wednesday wedding date; and 2) Between June and September 2010 since we agreed to wait until I graduate and before I start a job. (Because if all goes well, I'll be starting a job by the Fall of 2010.) We weren't left with very many options.

Once we took a million other things into consideration (ie. planet alignment, Jeng's 'time of the month', religious and cultural holidays and sporting events, etc.), we finally settled on: Friday, 7/9/10. So friends, if you're wondering why this blog is a bit off-schedule from the others... take a look at the time stamp. A year from now, we'll be hitched. Weird.

You may be thinking: "WTF. Friday!? I have to take a day off from my precious place of employment?!" Consider this. First, do you really hate an excuse to take PTO? And second, its the fourth of July the weekend before so you should already have Monday off. With this Friday wedding, you'll have the perfect excuse for an extra-short week. And for those travelling... even better: just take the whole week off! We have plenty of family fun activities planned... especially for the weekend after.

The date debate has ended. Contracts are signed. Dollars have been dropped. Now we just need you to save the date! And to make it even easier... here's
an Outlook invite to put in your calendar. :)