Wow I cannot believe it’s been over a year since I have posted on my blog. I feel a bit bad because I should be updating people more… Not only that, my big move to Sweden post seems so much more insignificant now that I have lived here and met someone new and well… I got married guys!! I actually got married. I met the love of my life and we knew instantly we didn’t want to be apart and after a year we decided to get hitched.
I worked a few au pair jobs here in Sweden and in November of 2016 I knew my chapter as an au pair was coming to a close. It was bittersweet. Being an au pair brought so much joy to my life. It had its up and downs, but without the opportunity I would still be back in Seattle waiting for my big adventure I always knew I was destined to embark on. I was so sad to leave the family I worked for, as well. I then realized after the tears were shed over this giant leap I took, that this was going to be the most exciting adventure I would ever experience and not only is marriage an adventure it’s a lifelong expedition. I couldn’t have chosen a better partner to brave the mountains and valleys of this complicated amazing thing we call matrimony.
The day was perfect. It was sunny. Warmer than it had been in a while or than it would be for a month to come. We had planned and decided and undecided and decided again over and over for 5 months. It was too late for any changes and we would have to just go with what we had at that point. My wonderful parents and my sister and brother and four amazing friends had arrived within the week before to help plan and get over jetlag. We all were at work setting up tables and chairs and decorating making flower arrangements and flower crowns. It went so smooth. It was worth all the work, too, because as I walked down the aisle I saw that the wonderful man I had come to love and cherish was there to greet me. It felt like all that mattered was him and I. We were the only two people in the room. It was a dream wedding. The after party was amazing (including the wedding cake I was so adamant about making myself)! We danced and laughed and had the party of our lives.
We had gotten married at the city hall a few days before because of Swedish law. But waking up the day after really made me feel like I was finally a wife. I didn’t know what to expect when I got married. Would it feel the same as before? Would it not really feel like we got married? We had lived together for a few months now so I really expected to just feel the same, but knowing that this man and I were now legally tied to each other that I had a new name I was astonished to find this bubbly, giddy feeling that made me want to squeal like a teenage girl who had just been asked on her first date.
Since then, I have been so happy. There have been ups and downs-not in our marriage-but just with registering myself in Sweden and all the legal crap, but all in all I wouldn’t change anything in the world. I am now Mrs. Riley Dayle Palmu (well I still need to change my name, another legal hiccup).
In other news. I now live in Stockholm, Sweden and I plan to be here for a while. I am so madly in love with this freezing and somewhat strange country. I never want to leave. I am currently working on getting a job and trying to find my passion in writing again. I gave up when I had writer’s block, but I feel I have much more content to write about now!
