Getting married is like buying a gun...

You apply for a license...
And then they make you wait three days.

Things to Do in Boston Next Week

A collection of more to-dos, in the vaguest of chronological order.

• Add my name to the lease for proof of RESIDENCY (Asap)
  
• Sort out health INSURANCE add to Emily's account, or get a separate one. (Asap)
• Start contacting people about JOBS: (Godine & Sedo done), direct e-mails for: Beacon, Boston Magazine, Liz's company, Crimson Life Sciences, Club Passim, Perseus, Shift Comms, German School, Blink Music & others (Asap)
  
• Get an affordable civil ceremony RING (In the first week)
• Apply for marriage license: go to City Clerk's office. Bring ID (passport, birth certificate), and cash (I think $25 if we file in Cambridge). (Asap, by 4th Aug. at latest)
  
• Take a look at the AOS Adjustment paperwork and get applications together (In the first week)
  
• Get a Social Security Number (SSN) (After 2 weeks)
• Open a bank ACCOUNT and a joint account (After getting an SSN) DONE
  

Hopefully most of that can be sorted out before 08.08.08, so that there is less to do then. And I will have a job, I hope! Zaz.

Updated 7/26/08

Movies to see

Feel free to add to or edit this list!

1. BATMAN - out July 18
2. X-FILES - out July 25
3. Indiana Jones - still playing here
4. Iron Man - may still be playing (Did you see this one? I forget.)
5. Wall-e

Photos a day

People look like their dogs I suppose.

Oscar stealing people's seats.

To-Do upon Dan's arrival.

1. ASAP, but a minimum of 4 days before the civil ceremony: apply for marriage license. Go to City Clerk's office. Bring ID (passport, birth certificate), and cash (I think $25 if we file in Cambridge).
2. ASAP, but no more than two weeks after Dan arrives (wait for him to be entered in the system): Apply for Social Security Number. Bring passport, birth certificate, all visa documents, and application form.
3. ASAP: File for AOS and EAD. Much more on this later.
   

Wedding Planning - Dispatch No. 4

Things to do while in EVV 8/20-8/26:

• Marriage Counseling with Pastor Joe (3 hours)
• Meet with cake decorator Carolyn (about 1 hour)
• taste, decide on flavors and design
  
• Meet with coordinator/florist Doug (about 1 hour)
• confirm colors, talk about specific flowers
  
• Dress fitting in Owensboro (about 3 hours, with driving time)
• Meet with chef Doug to set menu for Rehearsal Dinner (1 hour)
• Meet with chef Scott Schymik and Coordinator Andrea at Kirby's to set reception menu (1 hour)
• Meet with photographer Lvonne (probably upwards of 1 hour)
• she may want to do some photos of us, but mostly she'll want to get to know us and talk about our style

Photos a Day

A picture of me, now that the digital camera is fixed again, with a slighlty wonky nose and self-cut hair.

Oscar looking relatively coy for a bulldog. His nose is flatter and his hair whiter than mine.

Wedding Planning - Dispatch No. 3

In the grand tradition of To-Do lists, I give you: Wedding Stationery To-Do List.

• Invitations: design and make
• Invitation, Reception Card, Driving Directions, Hotel information card, Registry card, Rehearsal dinner invitation, Reply card, Reply card envelope, Cocktail party invitation (night before)
  
• Place cards & Table numbers/names
• Menu cards
• Ceremony Programs
• Weekend itinerary card, directions and city information for welcome bags
• Schedule for wedding party
• Napkin rings
• Thank you cards - design our own?
• Cards for pastor, parents & attendants
  

Photo Flashback, 2006

Now that my digital camera is working again, here are some lost-in-the-aether photos from Herm and from Coventry 2006.



Silly sunglasses ahoy.

Back in Guernsey: Doing Things

Done in Berlin

1. Mailing things: books, jackets, jumpers, clothes
   
2. Kündigen insurance stuff (automatic via Helios)
   
3. Went to St. Oberholz
4. Eaten falafel on Oranienstr
5. Paid pre-requisite excess baggage to QUEasyjet
   

To Do in Guernsey

1. Find out temp. possibilities (contacted: OSA, Leapfrog, Dreamjobs, Situations, Firstcall): This needs my housing license/rights to work--DONE WITH OSA/SOURCE
   
2. Compare costs of shipping vs. checking extra bags
   
3. Go through things and pack stuff to bring to U.S.
   
4. Buy a new large checked bag. £20 at sports shop. From £50 at Creaseys
   
5. Set aside things to ship to U.S. - Books? Subwoofer? Clothes? Other things
6. Work out whether I get tax rebates--FILE FORM & WAIT FOREVER - needs all income details from Accent/RBC in order to
   
7. Sort out bank accounts (close Lloyds)--DONE & TRSFR TO HSBC
   
8. Have a nice dinner with families
   
9. Hang out with the boys
10. Get a haircut--DONE 7.7.08
    
11. Get an external hard drive
    
12. Walk and play with the Bully--DONE FAIRLY OFTEN
    
13. Make sure paperwork is all together
14. Develop photos (or in Boston?)--DO IN BOS - nowhere develops Ilford HP5
    
15. Take photos of Guernsey and people there
16. Sort out clothes to keep and clothes to get rid of
17. Look for rings? Size R or 83/4
    
18. Check in online from 21/7/08, 13:40