Thursday, July 28, 2005
It begins
February 2005: after 35 years, our USNavy daughter has decided to get married. A relief: weren't sure she'd ever wed, were growing convinced that there would never be a grandchild -- which, given some of the guys she'd been with, wasn't necessarily a bad thing. The fiance appears a nice guy, although we've not met. He's 40, also on active duty. So this is not a rushed, sudden decision. Both mature, accomplished people.
But both in the Navy (he retires next year), and in different parts of the world. She's a sonar tech, currently assigned to a destroyer based on the east coast; he's a weather tech, on a base near the Arctic. And although her ship won't be doing a long cruise for a while, there will be short underways. The wedding will happen in September, here, in her hometown in Ohio. Long distance wedding planning. Parents will carry the coal. And will post about it--
But both in the Navy (he retires next year), and in different parts of the world. She's a sonar tech, currently assigned to a destroyer based on the east coast; he's a weather tech, on a base near the Arctic. And although her ship won't be doing a long cruise for a while, there will be short underways. The wedding will happen in September, here, in her hometown in Ohio. Long distance wedding planning. Parents will carry the coal. And will post about it--
