Whew. Where am I? What just happened? I know some of these answers, but not all. In short, I am in Fort Lauderdale... just days after a simultaneous concoction of events known as a wedding combined with a 40th birthday. WHAT A MONTH! Yes, it happened... yours truly tied the knot to a wonderful, loving, and perfect companion (xoxo Christine OPRE..no more "Francis") on February 17, 2013. The day will go down in history...well, at least in my history. It was ironic, cool, strange, and unique to also get married on my birthday. But let me just say, that it was a great day and perfect scene to watch my bride walk down that aisle. I know I won't ever forget how beautiful she looked, the images will forever be engrained in my head. But I can still put it in words, just in case some day I get dementia and I need to read this :o)
Bamm. There she was, as beautiful a bride as I could have possibly imagined. And hopefully, as beautiful as she has always hoped to have looked. All of our friends and family were there (most of them, anyway) and glad they came from all over and spent the money they did to be there for us. Everything worked out very well...it just flew by so quickly! We danced, ate dinner, cut the cake...and it was done! Wish we had an extra hour or two. Good thing we are only doing this once, because it was a lot of work, preparation, stress, planning, and money! But she's worth it, and I am happy to now be her husband. After 40 years of not using the word "wife", it sounds a little strange coming out of my mouth but just like the ring on my finger, I will get used to it and use it proudly!
OK, enough of bragging about lucky I am. Actually, I don't consider myself to be lucky as much as occasionally fortunate to have some things go my way. I think this happens because I believe in doing good by others - the whole "what goes around, comes around" thing. I also work pretty hard, and I think good things happen to those who deserve it. SOMEONE is out there making sure these things happen :o)
Flying under the radar on this February 17th date is the fact that it was my 1 year anniversary of running my own business. It's been quite a learning curve in my first year, but also refreshing and rewarding. I just hired my first employee last month and am hopefully that will be the start to bigger and better things business-wise! So far, so good.
Prom #4 for kids with cancer - coming up in May, so no time for relaxing! Once that passes, Christine and I can take a nice honeymoon to Europe. That will be FUNFUNFUN.
Now I go to SLEEPSLEEPSLEEP, 1am on a work night...shame, shame. PEACE.
Brandon
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