Syllable And Sound: The First

Happy 2011! Today is New Year's Day, meaning that this is the official start of my commitment to blog every day. For a first entry I'd hoped to have something more interesting to say...hmmm.

I spent the large majority of today enjoying the wonderfully bleak view captured above. On Thursday, my fiancée James and I drove down to Seagrove Beach, Florida to scope out wedding locations (someone in his family owns a beach house there). We had a BLAST on our trip, but eventually all good things must come to an end and today we had to bid the sea farewell and make the six and a half hour drive home. The drive itself wasn't that bad, but it rained pretty much the entire time and while we made the 100 mile straightaway through Alabama we did so under caution to beware of tornadoes. Yay.

But if I had to make a long, austere drive through bad weather with anyone, it'd definitely be James. And this trip was worth even the gross drive. Though we only spent a full day down there, both of us took as much time as we could to really soak up the relaxed beauty that is so natural and typical of the beach. We had a quiet New Years celebration last night, talking with Pat and Xan (who own the beach house) about weddings and watching reruns of Saturday Night Live. As midnight approached, we caught glimpses of fireworks by the ocean. Barely able to stay awake, we said goodnight at 12:05 after a long hug, sharing excitement that this is the year we will wed. We also settled that Seagrove is definitely where we'll have our wedding and where we'll honeymoon! It's so gorgeous.

Phew, my brain is numb from driving. Instead of boring you with unfocused and hazy recollections of the highway, I'll leave you with some photo highlights of our trip.