On Monday, Eric surprised me with a text:
“Marriage License Friday afternoon? xoxo”
Awwww…it made me all warm and fuzzy inside that he was thinking of these things. Obviously, he’s been helping with the planning, but seeing that message made me extremely happy! So, I made sure we had the paperwork (downloaded off the Osceola County Clerk of Circuit Court website) and necessary identification…and after Eric got off of his Friday 1/2 day of work, it was off to the Courthouse! I drove us, and the location is so convenient, about 5-7 minutes from the condo, and apx. 25 to Eric’s. The most difficult thing about it all was finding parking! But when we did, it was all smooth sailing!
Look how excited he is after we parked!
Anywho, after finding the spot, driving in almost a circle around the courthouse square, it was go time! Thanks to record-breaking high temps, this walk was a little warmer than I would have liked, but it made for some sun-shiny pics:
It made me happy that the buildings look a lot like WSU!!
Anyway, the place was a lot bigger than we thought it would be, but it made it kind of more like an adventure…I had to check the Directory, and found that the Marriage/Passport office was located in bldg.2, the largest building in the complex!
More college-campus looking surroundings!
Walking up the steps, I peeked in and saw that there were metal detectors and lots of signs with rules, so I put the camera down for a bit…inside the courthouse, we went up the elevator to the second floor and quickly found the office of Passports and Marriage licenses! There was a very short line, which was nice…then we were called up!
The actual applying process was super simple. We presented our application, then the clerk had us sign the appropriate sections. She also asked for our IDs and as she typed away into the computer and checked off the sections on our application. What she said next kind of blew my mind, in a humorous way.
“So, Eric, your ethnicity says ‘Caucasian’ so I am going to enter ‘White.’ Kristina, your ethincity you listed as Asian. We only have White, Black, Hispanic or Other. Which one do you identify with?”
“Umm, I guess Other?”
Haha…yeah, so I had to joke to Eric that he is marrying an ‘Other.’
Anyway, the rest was pretty non-eventful…we paid ($97.50! Florida has one of the highest…I think only Minnesota is higher @ $100…the lowest is $10 in CO, apparently!) as it was starting to set in… then we had to raise our right hands to take an oath and then the clerk had us sign and initial appropriate sections of the license. The clerk explained the validity, and that we had to send it in 10 days from the wedding day, and that it was valid for 60 days (how cool, ours expires on 12/25, lol). We also found out that in FL (at least in Osceola county) you don’t need to have witnesses to sign; only your officiant. However, we think we’ll have some sign…decisions!
Eric cheesin’ it up (thanks, honey, for modeling!) after we left the office.
After that, we went down the stairs back outside and took a little walk outside…okay, I giddily skipped around the square…and we snapped one more pic, I decided to run up the steps of the historic courtyard!
It’s like Where’s Waldo? Haha…
So, it was a great day in the world of wedding planning..and we even got a little sight-seeing in!
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