Happy Anniversary to us

Today is our third wedding anniversary. It's gone so fast, but then when I think back, we've done so much - bought a house, had a baby, survived a loss. I hope this next year brings us better things than the last one.

On a lighter note, the weather is terrible - cold, rainy, and windy - exactly like it was three years ago today. And exactly like it was two years ago today. And exactly like it was one year ago today. Last year my best friend turned to me and asked, "Is it going to rain EVERY October 12 from now on?"

I wanted to get married in October because it's my favorite month. I love the red and yellow leaves, the crisp weather...basically all the stuff we didn't get on our wedding day! But it's funny, when I woke up that day and it was still raining (not really a surprise, since it had already been pouring for two days by then), I didn't care. The storm even damaged the church's organ, a fact I learned as I was standing in the vestibule waiting to walk down the aisle, and I still didn't care. (The organist had a giant Peavy keyboard with an organ patch as a backup. Honestly, I was so happy that they could have just not told me what was going on, and I probably wouldn't have noticed.)

All day people kept coming up to me and saying, "Oh, I'm sorry...." meaning the weather, I guess. I kept looking at them blankly and saying, "Sorry for what?" I honestly didn't know.

Happy Anniversary, Mr. NK!