First Anniversary

(Yeah, I know. It's been a while.)

It's the first anniversary of our wedding. If you were there, you can check the back of your little blue dish to confirm this. Andrew is working today, so we had our low key celebrations mostly yesterday. Andrew picked up two bags of chips and some ice cream, including a pint of Ben & Jerry's Chubby Hubby for me. (No comment on the name, please.) I gave him a bunch of DVDs, including one with material from the first five years of Sesame Street (which is before either of us were born).

So today, I've been by myself since about 6:30 or so this morning. I put away the laundry and cleaned the rabbits' litterboxes. I walked over to the grocery store t get ingredients for the homemade guacamole that I will be making for the first time tonight. Right now, I'm taking a short break from cleaning the upstairs landing in the hopes that something much better will replace all the stuff I'm clearing off of there. Since I can't do things like exercising, going for long walks, or cleaning without a few podcasts to keep me entertained, I went and loaded up the iPod before I started. So I just finished listening to a "This American Life" about - and I did not realize the irony of this until near the end - break-ups.

This may sound like I'm complaining about how mundane or lonely my life is right now, but I'm actually not. I've had my ups and downs lately and throughout my life, but I'm happy. I've been fairly productive with my days, and when that's done, I never lack for entertainment. My husband loves me and while neither of us are perfect, he does regularly show me that he cares. My family is happy and healthy. I've got a roof over my head. I have friendswhose company I enjoy and they seem to reciprocate. My life may not always be everything I want it to be, but it's good and I'm largely happy with it.