East/West Expansion

So this morning Courtney and I had a nurse come to our apartment because we just got life insurance and they have to check our health to adjust our rates. After an array of questions about my health and family history. If Mom and Dad are reading this she commented on how young you guys are. Then came the height and weight measurements. The bad news is after 6 years of holding off the “freshmen 15″ in college it finally hit, I gained 10 pounds. You can say it was “man-a-fat destiny”. I figure it was bound to happen.  Here’s a manifest destiny painting to tie that bad joke together.

 So after coming out of shock that was induced by my recent weight gain the nurse rubs some salt into the wound by telling me that I was only 5’7″. I’ve been living my whole life thinking I was a mammoth standing at a proud 5’8″. The nurse told Courtney that there would be more of me to love, which I laughed at. So long story short, no pun intended, getting married makes you shorter and wider.