Today, we marry.

There’s quite a few people to thank for something like this. First off, I’d like to thank Jared for coming into my life. There are no words to express how I feel, other than ones that will make me cry from joy and there’s been quite enough of that already. Then there’s my family: Mom, Dad, Sue, my sisters Molly and Hannah. There’s my new family; David and Stephany, and Debra who couldn’t be here today. There’s my aunts, uncle, cousins, and their families as well, and all of Jared’s extended family. And let’s not forget Kika and Pixie, our two kitties who are probably cursing our names while they’re at the vets being boarded.

There’s also our friends, some of whom went above and beyond friendship with their love and support. There’s the ones that we suckered, um, “asked nicely” to stand up with us as we did this whole “getting married” thing, both of whom I’ve know for what feels like forever and I couldn’t be happier that they said yes. There’s the ones that wished they could be here today and couldn’t make it, and are probably muttering right now about the unfairness of it all (I’m thinking of you, Melissa!). There’s so many that came and showed us how much we are both loved, that it’s a little humbling. No, a lot humbling.

But there’s also another group that I would like to thank today, one that, had they not been around, this whole thing might have never happened. And here they are in some vague sense of order:

Sony Online Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment America, Square Enix, Blizzard Entertainment, Bioware, Lucas Arts, Lucas Film, Rumiko Takahashi, Sunrise (a division of Namco Bandai), xkcd webcomic, Jeanie Breedan, Logitech, Razr, Earthlink, Comcast, Charter Communications, AT&T, Ferran’s Hope server, Doomhammer server, Black Rose Society, Kin of the Phoenix, Endurance, The Applesauce Gang, the WoW Bloggers chat room, Ventrilo, Northwest Airlines, Dragoncon, Microsoft and Apple Computers.

Honestly, thank you all.