Seven days and counting......

Not long now till I'll be a happily married man! Seven days and a wake up as we termed it in the army. We are making good progress about tending to all the neccesities including, the marriage license. I'm glad that Julie remembered it, it's rather important and in all the hubbub it was a thought very far back in my mind. If we had not gotten it today or tomorrow, our marriage would be in legal trouble. After tomorrow the good employees of the courthouse are not working for the rest of the week and in Texas the paper work has to be completed 72 hours in advance of the nuptuals which are Tuesday next.

But comply with the law we did. A rather good natured experience really.....once we got beyond courthouse security. The first thing that I noticed on the list of "services" in the county clerks office was that I could get a cattle brand registered while I was there, and also purchase an assumed name [I seriously thought about that]. I think that I'm getting a great deal though. A cattle brand costs $16 to register......to get a wife is only $27 more. And to have someone as sweet, beautiful and loving as the bride-to-be is definetly worth the money.

We filled out the forms, pledged that we were not married to any others, were not divorced in the last 30 days and were of legal age and we were done. An interesting thing in Midland County is that most services such as cattle brands, assumed names and the like can be purchased with a check, whereas marriage is a "cash and carry" commodity. When the county clerk presented me with a receipt for my $42 cash marriage purchase I asked her if I needed to save the receipt in case I wanted a refund. Without looking up, she said....No Refunds. Of course I was joking......no refund will be needed. Julie is as good as it gets, end of story!

PS: for our $42 cash purchase we got a really great looking certificate with a genuine embossed gold seal! Marriage is thought highly of in Midland County.