It has actually been nearly two years since I’ve updated this blog, but recent events have now given me very good cause to revive it. A good friend of mine asked me on a date when I was in England for my graduation from Lancaster University last December. Carl and I have spent the last several months dating long distance, with him making a trip to visit me in Indiana in May, and myself visiting him in England and meeting his parents in France in September.
Carl and I had been planning to go hiking in the Lake District on the last day of my visit. After flipping through a few books, we settled on a trail off of Haweswater Resevoir. We stopped to eat our lunch at the first summit (heading towards Swindale, maybe? I’ll have to check the map again), and then Carl surprised me by proposing! Some people might argue with my use of the word ‘surprised’, since I felt there was a good possibility he might propose, but in the moment I really couldn’t believe it! Of course, I said yes, and we are really excited to be getting married in May.
I’m also looking forward to moving back to Lancaster in the New Year. I have a visa that enables me to work in the UK, so I hope to find employment soon after I move. I’ll be using this blog to share updates on life, as well as information about planning an international wedding and marriage-it feels a little overwhelming to think of all of the documents, forms, and visas we’ll need to manage, and hopefully posting what we find out about the process here will help some other person googling for help in the future. I’m pretty excited to be blogging again, and I hope you’ll stay in touch!
