Wow! It has been a long time since I’ve written. I had drafted a few posts over the past few months but life got busy and I never finished them. I figured I’d catch everyone up on what I’ve been doing so far this year.

Mark moved to the U.S…. and we moved to Maryland!

After a few years of being in a long-distance relationship, Mark was able to get a job in the U.S. He still works for the same place he did in England (as a civil servant), but in a multi-year posting to one of their American offices in Maryland. Markell and I also moved from our house in Northern Virginia to Maryland. We now live about fifteen minutes outside Baltimore. So far we are really enjoying our new house, neighborhood, and starting to make friends in the area. Markell is finishing his school year at his Virginian school virtually, and will be attending the local Maryland high school in the fall.

I got my first COVID vaccine

I can’t tell you the amount of relief I felt about being able to get my first COVID vaccine earlier this month. I’m scheduled to get my second one at the end of April and will be considered fully vaccinated by mid-May. I got the Pzifer vaccine. We’ve already been able to hang out in larger groups since the majority of our friends are vaccinated (or in progress of getting vaccinated now). My mom is fully vaccinated, Mark is fully vaccinated, and my dad is in progress of getting vaccinated as well. We are also looking forward to being able to travel to destinations that are opening up to vaccinated travelers. I am hoping that the Pzifer vaccine will be approved for 12-15 year olds in the next few months so Markell can get vaccinated.

We moved our wedding from mid-June to late-August

Due to COVID and Mark and I’s wedding being in England (with my half of guests coming from the U.S.), we made the hard call in February to move our wedding from mid-June to late-August. The vast majority of people we’ve invited will be able to get vaccinated by August and travel will be starting to open this summer, so we felt it was the right move to make. We were also fortunate that eleven of our fourteen wedding vendors could work with the new date that our venue had free.

That’s all for now – I will start posting our travel and life plans as we make more of them in the coming months. Looking forward to the rest of spring and summer ahead!

What have you been up to lately? Do you have your COVID vaccine yet?