h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

So, haven't been around here in a very long time (my PS is woefully un-updated, and will woefully remain that way, and I'm not even gonna _think_ about all the backlog...). I got all sorts of RL stuff to take care of, and I spend way too much time on Facebook, and this place sort of slipped away.
I know many others aren't around anymore, too. Online communities do that. But a few of you still are here, so I figured that this bit of news is worth sharing; after all, this is where it all started - this is where Dan and I first met (or "met", but hey, online definitely counts). We've now been together for about 12 years and we've had all sorts of ideas to solve the long-distance thing, but nothing that worked well. But we're still working on it - specifically, we've now come to the conclusion that since in the next few years I can't see myself leaving Israel (PhD, work, some family stuff I won't go into right now), it's probably most reasonable if Dan comes here. Maybe after a few years we'll both move to the US, but in the meanwhile we can at least start our life together.
( The biological clock stuff is a terrible cliché, so I kinda hate to be thinking in those terms, but, well... yeah, we're not getting any younger.)

So to that end, in two weeks, I'll be travelling back to the Pacific Northwest for a much-needed four-week vacation, and at some point during those four weeks we will drop by the courthouse and get married, in order to start the process that will, at a yet-undetermined point later (but hopefuuly not _too much_ later), enable him to come live here.

It's basically just a technical thing - just getting a piece of paper for logistical purposes - but it still makes me happy, which seems a good reason to share it.

(And yes, this bit of news has been posted on Facebook a few weeks ago, and I only now thought to post it here too. Like I said, this place sorta slipped away. But I'm still fond of it.)

I *am* glad to see you here! Not only because I don't know who you are on fb

Back when I joined FB, I decided that I want to keep that sphere separate from my h2g2 sphere... umm, I think I had a reason for _that_, but not sure what it was exactly. Probably because I had more family there, and friends from school and such, and it felt odd to combine these two worlds.

Not sure how much that's relevant now, both because I'm mainly not on h2g2 and because my FB circle of friends has mostly turned into a bunch of awesome Israeli geeks (I've become part of that community in recent years, and loving it) and that's no longer so different from the h2g2 crowd. Still feels a bit odd, but maybe not as rational anymore. I dunno. Will need to think about it.

Wow! Congratulations.

12 years!? It seems both so recent and so long ago. Years are definitely accelerating for me, especially now that I'm half a centenarian. But h2g2 has changed so much in those 12 years. (not for the better, I'm sad to say... I do miss how active it was a decade ago.)


Anyway, I hope your plans work out well. Oh, and throw away that biological clock. http://youtu.be/6YIz9jZPzvo

I know, right? Seems so weird.

12 years? nah... can't be... I'm still only 17 years old... and... that can't be the case if... oh... great news though! and good to see you here, even if just a fleeting visit.... its certainly not the website it was, here, ten years ago , no more nights not being able to go to bed, because conversation threads were moving so quickly you couldn't escape the lure of follwoing them for 'just a few more posts' ... hope you can get the moving sorted soon as you can, and finally both be living in the same place, whereever that may be

Well, you're basically an _eternal_ 17-year-old, aren't ya?

Anyway, . There's still a way to go, but it's nice to know we're making progress.

Hi - good to hear from you! Much luck with the paperwork.

It's kind of a good time to emigrate, from a US perspective...

Congratulations! Best wishes on your wedding and may you be blessed with children in due time!

yep... basically the eternal 17 year old... in my head if nothing else..... as Abba once described me, "young and sweet only 17..... see that girl.... the dancing queen.... 2legs...." - I'm sure they wrote that about me anyhow

Exactly what others have said; hope the 'paper work' goes well, and easy, and then soon you can get to move on, together

Thanks! And, umm, Elektra, let's wait a bit with the children, okay? I mean, not that it's not an issue at all, but still, it'll be a while before we've figured out our life together to that degree. So the blessing can wait.

Hello LadyP - good to see you around, and thanks for sharing this good news

Enjoy your vacation, and all the best with the paperwork

I'm just glad all is well in your life LadyP and knowing that any of life's obstacles will be overcome in due course

I don't do facebook/twitter etc - far too common

Hey, Lady P-W, it has been a while. I was just thinking of dropping you a note on FB a week or so ago . . .

Good luck with your plans, hopes and logistics.