Combining

Today, I am accomplishing so much it's laughable. Maybe it's just that I'm so used to accomplishing so little (am slacker) that accomplishing the Things I Am Supposed to Be Doing is, like, wicked affirming. Ahem.

This week, we have been discussing things like which insurance company we'll use and when we'll combine our finances and whether it would be better to go ahead and combine our savings accounts into one right now to get our combined total up to the next interest rate level. We are so grown-up. Today, we're starting our budget.

And yet, I wouldn't want to do things like plan how much we'll spend on groceries with anyone else. And maybe we're a little overzealous with our planning. I mean, a budget? At seven months before the wedding? Seriously? And the answer is yes, seriously, because we are moving forward into grown-up land and have never done this before and can use the cushion of time. Nonetheless, this mundanity just means we're combining. Melding our two lives into one.

The highlight of my week so far was last night. I heard poet Billy Collins speak to hundreds of people at the community college in Plano. He read some of his wonderful poems and haiku, dazzled us with his wit, and then signed books. Brandon and I were first in line for the book-signing because Brandon slipped out during the Q&A and stood in line on our behalf. Brandon had me to thank for the Billy in his life, as he had never heard of the man before I came along.

These days, we both enjoy the wonderful writing and

Books that once belonged
to me are inscribed with us
"To Katy + Brandon."

That's my hasty blog worthy attempt at a haiku in Billy's honor. Did you enjoy it? I sort of do. The last line technically is six syllables instead of five. However, Billy literally wrote the plus sign instead of and ampersand between our names, so I think it works.

My favorite portion of the evening might have been during the Q&A when one girl stood up and asked Billy what kind of tea he drinks. His response: "My persona drinks tea. I drink coffee."