First Post by Naomi WM Nishi

Howdy ya'll,

I thought I better jump back on my blog and give people an update.  Married life is going very well so far.  These are the differences I've noticed so far (in about three weeks of marriage)

-  Brian now asks my permission before going out without me

-  I have even more bling on my left hand that I can stare at if I get bored at work

-  I'm excited to do holiday family stuff - now I've always been excited about that, but this year we're getting a Christmas tree.  Brian says a small one, but I'm thinking medium-sized.

- I still get all teared up when I think about the wedding.

- I want to get a dog now, and I want to name it Professor Otis Aardvark (no one better steal it!)

I think those are the big ones.  Otherwise, I'm excited for Thanksgiving!  I think this is my 6th Thanksgiving up at the cabin, my 3rd with Brian, and my 1st as married to him.  If you would have told me this would happen the first time I was at the cabin with Brian for Thanksgiving.  I would have said no way, cause it seemed like he didn't like having people there that weren't his family.  I'm actually surprised that he wasn't instantly enchanted by my hilarity that Thanksgiving - but maybe I'm more subtle-y hilarious than I think.  That's hard to say.

In other news, I just booked tickets to Houghton, MI in early February for me and Brian.  We're going up to see our niece Thora and for Winter Carnival.  I'm super excited; I've haven't been to Tech since I graduated, and winter carnival is the best time to go.  I'm a little nervous that we'll get stuck in a blizzard somewhere, but we'll risk it.  Anyway, peeps, just wanted to let you know that I'm back and blogging.  Cue sigh of relief from all my loyal readers....