Letter

This is a mass email I sent out. The two people who read and comment on this blog will have already received it. Most of the people who received the email don’t read my blog. As Dan already mentioned in his post about my wedding day, my blog was mentioned by both my dad and brother (best man) in their speeches. So far I haven’t noticed any increase in traffic, which isn’t all bad. I worried for a moment I would be held to some higher standard.

Dear Everyone,

This email is just to let you know very briefly what’s going on at the moment.

This email is going to many people who haven’t heard from me in a long time, as well as people who saw me less than two days ago. In brief, I’m living in Brisbane, Australia, and recently was married to Kate edited (obviously now Earley).

We had a great wedding and really enjoyed the whole day, as well as the reception – it’s great to have close friends and family there to celebrate. Yes, there was love all throughout the air. It seems like a lifetime ago now but it’s only been three weeks today! I don’t have any pictures from the wedding but I’ve attached a few I took on the honeymoon.

We had a fantastic time and returned safely, if a little sunburnt, to our apartment in Brisbane. We’re settling into the unit but taking our time getting organised. I still work casual hours, as does Kate, but since we’re both not studying at the moment we have a lot of spare time. Thankfully we can still pay the bills while spending most of our days together as we both usually work afternoon/evening shifts.

I’m not studying because I’m on summer holidays for another six weeks. The past is so soon distant while the future rushes unchecked towards us. Marriage three weeks ago seems an age gone, while university in six weeks will arrive sooner than expected. Deep thoughts, indeed. I have a lot of some work to do around the house in that time. Most of the items needing organisation are mine – I have several boxes of ‘stuff’ to sift through – and we have a dining table and chairs in the garage waiting for the last two coats of stain/varnish before they can come upstairs. They’ll be a welcome addition to our current seating furniture which includes a director’s chair, two fit-balls, and the office chair in the study. Eating at a table for the first time in our unit will be a momentous occasion. The other furniture (couch, TV unit, coffee table) we’ve chosen, but for some reason they won’t let us take it home. Something about giving them all the money first.

Kate’s not studying because her graduation ceremony was three days before our wedding and she’s looking for full-time work. She graduated from Social Work, but is looking for a job as a lawyer doing some kind of family law, preferably with domestic violence. How does a social worker get a job as a lawyer, I hear you ask. Kate graduated and worked as a lawyer for a year before going back to university to add Social Work to her repertoire. Now that’s done she never has to worry about university again. Unless of course she decides to become a brain surgeon or get a PhD, but I think she’s had more than enough study for now.

Alright, I’ve spent much longer than I’d planned to on this ‘very brief’ email. I’ll try to do a better job of keeping in touch, and if I haven’t personally replied to emails, letters, phone calls, parcels or carrier pigeons, please know that I had planned to. This apology applies to the future as well, just to cover my bases.

UPDATE: Within 10 minutes of sending, I’ve received 12 undeliverable, returned emails.