And...Nobody Cares

It was a whirlwind of kids and hurrying this morning and then off to physical therapy. I live on the other side of town from therapy so I often try to think of other things I can accomplish in the area to make the most of the trip. It's pretty silly because without exception I am wrecked after therapy and barely make it home.

However, efficiency trumps logic for me every time. I was convinced I needed to run a series of errands to inform people I was getting married in a few weeks even though my name won't change. I had been anxious about there being any kind of financial, medical or other such loose ends. I worked my butt of at therapy. It was one of the most intense sessions to far. I think they get caught up in my enthusiasm and things escalate. I've been less sore post workout each time, but today was an exception.

I shuffled my tired bones to my mom's in the rain and convinced her to hit a drive thru for lunch and "keep me company on some errands". Once I had a belly full of McNuggets and fries I was sure we could knock out two of my biggies in an hour. Turns out I was almost right.

The first errand involved us getting there, walking in and discovering that they didn't care/need to know. It was five minutes tops. The second errand involved us impressively getting turned around despite the two GPS's between us. It was brief miscalculation though. Then I waited my turn to hear yet again that they do not care about my martial status at all. Huh. In the end it turned into a "while you're here let's make some updates/changes". I was there an hour in total.

I was wrecked between the wet weather, the PT and all the running around. Whoa. It started to feel like I'd re-broken my hip. It seems weird to me, in a society where everyone makes such a big deal about being legally married, that so little will change for us. All our names will stay the same, we won't move, we won't change the bank accounts or really anything about the daily routine. We will have to run out and get the marriage license squared away in about two weeks and there will be some health insurance changes, but that's it. Huh...