Hey mom! I'm in the paper!

Our official announcement in the paper!

We are getting really good at being official.  

The last part of our civil ceremony ordeal, was to get the announcement and have it published in some newspaper.  We were supposed to get it last Friday, but we have forgotten that other people can be the impediments to our progress.  They called us on Friday and said it wouldn't be ready until Monday.  I called 4 times on Monday to see when it would be ready, and by the time it was, it was too late to go down and get it.

So I went on Tuesday to pick it up and then I went with Pollito's mom to get the thing published.  It cost 35 soles and the man said it would be in the paper on Wednesday.  Yuppi!

Today, on the way to work at 6:45am we bought a paper from a guy on the street.  All of the announcements look the same and they all have the same official wording.  You have to look for your district on the top of the little box and then look for your names in capital letters.  There was a little confusion yesterday with the man who took the announcement about the dates, so when I didn't see our announcement on the first page I was a little worried.

But then I turned the page and I found it towards the bottom.  Yay!! Its sooooo official to see it in print. Basically, in very formal language, it says that Mr. Carlos Saenz Muñiz, from whatever place, of whatever profession, living in whatever house, and Miss. Elizabeth Helen Joe Hatayama, from whatever place, of whatever profession, living in whatever house, intend to be married and that whosoever has a reason that they should not be married should file a complaint in the appropriate way within 8 days.

I took the page today to the marriage people and asked if there was anything else we needed to turn in and they said "no", so we are set for marriage on Feb. 16!  See you at the courthouse!