Anniversary

It's been a year since we were married on a boat by a man with a slightly eccentric way of pronouncing our names. Twelve months have passed since that day in Canada, and I thought the best way to celebrate would be by taking the opportunity to stay late at the office and delete some emails.

Getting married in Osaka

Yesterday I got an email from the organisers of the 2011 Osaka Marathon, asking if I wanted to get married after I've run the race.

Married at last

So I'm married now, which is a rather surreal experience. I keep thinking that at any moment, somebody is going to tap me on the shoulder and tell me that I have to give the ring back until I'm more mature and sensible.

Pre marriage panic

After going out for dinner last night, I conked out completely and woke up this morning, to blazing sunshine.

Hang on, no, it was still Halifax and it was tipping it down with rain. If rainy weddings are lucky ones, then we're going to be pretty much suffused with luck. It's been a fairly calm day so far: I've had two breakfasts, and gone for a drive in my ridiculous hire car, and the rain has continued to bucket down, but as my friends from the UK have pointed out, if there is a flood in Halifax, a boat is the best place to be. So, apres le deluge, c'est moi. Or, c'est marriage, rather.

Not much left to do for the next two hours. We're going to pop down to the bar for a quick drink, then it's off to the boat to get married - see you on the other side.

Lucky Lift

The lift broke down again today. I think it must be an auspicious omen.

Marriage jokes

In Hong Kong it's possible to have your marriage in a McDonald's "restaurant", which is strange, because McDonald's "restaurants" have precious little to do with attaining a state of wedded bliss. Now if it were possible to get married at a McDonald's drive-through that might be more appropriate:

• It would start with you talking to somebody who couldn't quite understand what you were saying
• You might suspect they weren't well-qualified for the role, otherwise they probably would be doing it somewhere else
• It would be over faster than you expected....
• A few miles down the road, you'd discover you hadn't receieved what you'd expected
• But by then it would be too late to go back and ask for what you wanted in the first place
• And you're not allowed to throw it out the window.

Of course, some people say it's bad for your health, or that the government should regulate it more carefully.