me n you

the eisenhours at the heineken experience in amsterdam (photo: jm.miyoshi), originally uploaded by mjane.

did you know mackenzie and i got married on november 10, 2004? just less than 2 months after we flew away from our chillin spot at 1306 armacost to France. our wedding day was a tuesday. we got hitched in st. paul de vence by the town mayor, 4 being the total of guests who were able to be there.

a week after - traditionally the time when the happy couple goes off on their honeymoon - mack and i moved to paris straight up. we hadn't even found an apartment to live in in paris yet. this is for real. we moved with a small suitcase and backpack each, and we stayed at the peace and love hostel in the 11th arrondisement while apartment hunting. the room was so small that a room for 2 consisted of bunkbeds and a shower. mack got the lower bunk. the newlyweds didn't even get to sleep together! but at least we got a view of the canal st. martin. luckily we got to check out of the hostel only after 2 nights as mack hooked up an apartment he found through a friend.

our new place was 10 meters squared. if you don't have a picture of how small that is, our bed was also the sofa. while sitting on the toilet, you could reach the kitchen and stir what's cooking on the stove. and this is the best: you can't close the door to the toilet "room" (if i can even call it a room) because the room is only big enough for the toilet, not for someone actually using it. to be blunt, mack and i were forced to do our shit on the toilet in front of each other.

that was our first few months of marriage.

when we moved back to the south of France, we stayed in mack's old bedroom at chez eisenhours. that went on for 6 months before mack seriously hooked up our current spot in st. laurent du var. right on the beach. and a 5-minute walk to Galeries Lafayette and the mall. does my man know and love me or what?

now, after having this spot for almost a year, we're moving again... à la belle ville de barcelona. i'm not even going to speculate what we'll find as a proper apartment for a married duo like us over there. j'en pense pas. as long as i'm doing this with mackenzie right here next to me, it's all good. this guy has got my back for real.