2 Years Down, 48 To Go

*raises his arms in triumph*
We did it!

As of about 4:45 yesterday afternoon, my wife and I have been married for 2 years.

Looking back, it really doesn’t feel like it has been that long. In fact, it’s a blur. During this time frame, we’ve done a lot: We got our first apartment together, hiked to Lake Serene [affectionately dubbed by yours truly as “Lake Poopene”], went on a couple of road trips (Leavenworth [WA], Big Fork [MT], the big one to Carlinville [IL]), played on a softball team (Go Bombers!), survived WFV (Walden Family Vacation) 2007, rode mopeds on the beach along the ocean… it’s been a blast so far!

So I approached my third class professor who has a very casual, laid back, funny method of teaching. When he introduced himself to the class, he had stated that he'd been married for 5 years. After class yesterday, I approached and informed him that it was my 2 year anniversary with my wife. I expected something funny... along the lines of, "Welcome to the dog pound! It's all downhill from there..." kind of persepective.

Nada.

Rather, he completely lightened up and in a warm, caring manner said, "Congratulations..." He talked about how his wife and he typically take vacations on their anniversaries... I didn't have the guts to tell him I was expecting something funny. That's alright, though. The class is gonna be fun!

Back to the story...

To celebrate, we were going to go to the same very nice restaurant in Springfield that we went to during our first anniversary, but my wife’s vision was bugging her and I didn’t want her to drive at night and suffer just to go to a restaurant. SO! Instead of that, I drove back home to Carlinville, picked her up and we went to an awesome Chinese restaurant in Litchfield. We swapped our gifts, ate till we got absolutely stuffed and headed home. Nice and simple, nothing extravagant.

I’ll save the extravagant anniversaries for the fives (5, 10, 15, etc.).

Lori, if you read this, I love you with all I have! *raises Mt. Dew* Here’s to us, and the upcoming year!