Coinciding with the birth of Evelyn, my best friend Jose married Nancy at an impressive ceremony in Central Florida. It was the culmination of a great weekend I still enjoyed greatly even though Somara says I continue to remind her that I didn’t get to relax much the whole time. Well, I was thrilled to be in the wedding party which involved more than just showing up to do Catholic aerobics and eat the food the two families paid for. I think it’s more of a ribbing on how Somara got spend time at the nearby theme park (we at the hotel next to Universal) with her sister and I had to get fitted for a tuxedo.
The story is really about the happy couple. I would say they’re both digging the marriage thing. Jose has gone on to a new career in the Census Department (I think it’s still a division of Commerce) and Nancy received Jose’s used iBook after I sold him my previous MacBook. I knew I’d get my Apple hooks in her!
We hope to visit them again in Orlando or get them to come out to Austin. There remains a ton to catch up on with Nancy because she grew up in a part of Houston Somara was from (the Gulf Freeway area) and I had fond memories about (1983-84). Nancy’s dad got transferred to Florida (he worked at NASA) so she completed her education in the Sunshine state and obviously worked in the region where she met Jose. A cooler gathering would be Las Vegas but I think Sin City is a guy thing and I feel an Austin trip is more in order despite the lack of theme parks in my adopted home.
If you know them, drop them a line to congratulate them.
Should my memory serve me correctly, anniversary number two is cotton like it was for the Lowrys last year. Probably not a practical gift with all the humidity down in Orlando yet I think I can scheme up something funny.