so sarah and i are now married. it was a wonderful and beautiful ceremony and we are both so grateful for the multitude of people that helped to pull it off. the reception went by terribly fast and is a big blur to us both, but we’ve both heard from a good number of folks that it was enjoyable, the food was good, and people wish the party could have been longer. so all in all, i’d say it was a successful event. and besides…..all we wanted was to be married….and that’s happened…..so that’s a good thing!

now we are on our honeymoon and we thought it would be a good idea to post a honeymoon journal-type-thing not only so that our friends and family can read about our trip, but also so that we can have a written record of our memories that we can look back on as the years progress. so, in taking advantage of the free wireless internet provided by our hotel, i present you with the Cozart Honeymoon Journal.

so today (monday) is not technically the “first” day of our honeymoon. i guess you could say that our honeymoon began yesterday, july 3. but we spent that day (and night) in the city that we live in so we’re not going to consider that as part of the honeymoon. so with that out of the way, today was the first day of our honeymoon.

after getting the first good night’s sleep (10 hours!) in quite a while, we awoke and began packing for our trip to charleston, south carolina. neither of us had ever been to charleston and so we were very excited not only to be in a city with so much to see and do, but also a city with a nice, relaxing beach. we set out for charleston at about 2 pm (et) and arrived at about 5pm or so. after finding our hotel (the holiday inn riverview) and parking, we checked in to our room to find we were on the 8th floor of a 14-story building with a tremendous view overlooking a harbor on the ashley river.

we got settled and about 6pm decided that it was time for dinner. we had received several warnings about traffic since it is the 4th of july and decided to give the hotel restaurant (on the 14th floor with a panoramic view of the whole city!) a try. however, we soon read that dining there on this evening would be by reservation only. we decided to give it a try anyways, gave the restaurant a call, and were told that if we came up at that moment then we would likely get a table. and get a table we did!! they served a wonderful seafood buffet with everything from jalepeno shrimp to alaskan snow crab legs (my favorite!) complete with an assortment of starches, salads, and desserts. it was wonderful! nothin like having seafood in a coastal town.

after dinner we returned to our room to watch an episode of 24 (yes….we are THAT obsessed) while we waited until it was time to go outside to watch the fireworks display. we were told this display would start about 9:30, but we were apparently lied to and only got to see about two minutes of this particular display (that was closest to our hotel). however, we returned to our room where we still heard the sound of fireworks going off. we went out onto our balcony and were amazed to see that we had a panoramic view of about 8 different fireworks shows at various distances across the city. it was a sight to behold! after being out there for about an hour or so (new shows kept popping up as soon as others would end!) we came back inside and decided to call it a night.

tomorrow we are planning to spend the good part of the day in the city and will probably take a tour or two. but most of all we just look forward to relaxing and enjoying the city. tune in tomorrow to see what kind of trouble we get ourselves into!