Joie De Vive

5 Years....


5 years ago today I married the love of my life. We were just babies now that I look back. Both still in school and madly in love with each other and all it had taken was me walking into the RA office on April 2nd, 2004. He swears to this day, him erasing my hard drive was a mistake and so not done on purpose. I still figure he's full of it ;) Its the only reason I let him keep coming back to my apartment to help fix my computer.  The next thing I know july 8th, 2005, we're getting married and I've committed myself for the rest of my life to the guy that erased my entire computer hard drive. Hehehe

Not much has changed since then in that respect. He's managed to erase our computers by accident twice since then! However, in every other way possible - things couldn't be more different. We're much older (wiser?), both have full time jobs as graphic designers and are expecting our first baby on the way, a beautiful little girl.

Crazy how quickly time flies by. I remember when we got married, I was thinking "wow, we have so much ahead of us. I can't wait!" Now that we have five years under our belts, I look back and think "wow we did so much already!"  Granted, with a baby on the way, things have to slow down a lot of for us especially financially. No more last second road trips and quick little weekend trips. All our monies are headed towards our little one..... its a huge readjustment but one that we're both beyond happy to make. Its worth it.

Our anniversary ended up being a much more quiet affair than it usually has been the last couple of years. We ended up going to Paradise, PA and staying at a cute little b&b there for over the weekend. Quiet, relaxing and totally chill - exactly what I need now that I resemble a small house. It gave us both a chance to sit back and reflect on our marriage and on our relationship.

These last few years, especially last year, have not been easy. We've had some major ups and downs and some serious events happy pretty early on for us.  Despite it all though, its been really good to know that in the long run we've come out stronger for it. We've learned the art of patience and letting go, accepting each other's faults and supporting our individual strengths. Yes there are days when he just beyond drives me nuts... but despite those handful of days, he is the first one I turn to when there is something wrong, or when I have amazing news.

I think its a testament to our marriage that he is still my bestest best friend in the whole world and no one I'd rather spend every day with. I mean, I get bored of people crazy quickly and still can't spend enough time with him.  The best way to sum up our individual personalities is that I'm Invader zim and he's Grrr ;)

Here's to the next 5, 10, 25 years lobster.
Te amo!



(and stay away from my computer!)