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zyzyly ([personal profile] zyzyly) wrote2016-02-29 10:46 pm

February XXIX--The second anniversary of an eight-year commitment

wedding

It is our second wedding anniversary! We've been married 8 years! 29! What?

That's one of the reasons we chose this day to get married. What?

So hard to believe, which is the same thing I said last year when I posted about this. Interestingly, it was the last post I made for a long time after that. Anyway, we both had to work and then come home and do homework, so that's what we did, and we will have a nice lunch together tomorrow after school.

In the picture, Malida looks excited, and I look calm. I was actually super jet-lagged, having only gotten in that morning and then whisked off to have photos taken. I had no idea what I was getting into, but was open to the adventure of jumping into something and seeing where it went, which was true of almost everything I did back then. Eight years later I am happy I did. She is a wonderful person to spend this part of my life with.

I had to leave a little early this morning because I had a lot of stuff to do today at work before I came home and dove into the paper that was due this evening, and just now submitted. My cohort has a Facebook page and everyone complained about having to write this paper, which kind of made it easier, since we shared the misery.

When I left for work the sun was just starting to come up over the little park at the end of my neighborhood. This isn't the park we walk in--it's just a few trees, a soccer field and some benches. We just voted on whether to put in a walking path around the perimeter, so hopefully one day soon it will be one of the parks I walk in.
This is the first thing I see at the end of our street, and if I leave at the right time, it is a lovely way to start the day. Like today.

morning

[identity profile] pasticcio.livejournal.com 2016-03-01 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
Beautiful!

Congratulations you two!

[identity profile] zyzyly.livejournal.com 2016-03-03 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks! Hard to believe it has been 8 years.

[identity profile] gurdonark.livejournal.com 2016-03-01 11:42 am (UTC)(link)
Happy Anniversary! I hope the park gets its sidewalk.

[identity profile] zyzyly.livejournal.com 2016-03-03 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
I am hopeful--we did a community survey a few months ago and the response was very positive.

[identity profile] thoughtsbykat.livejournal.com 2016-03-01 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy anniversary! That's a lovely picture. I love your morning sunrise photo.

[identity profile] zyzyly.livejournal.com 2016-03-03 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

[identity profile] w. lotus (from livejournal.com) 2016-03-01 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy anniversary!

[identity profile] zyzyly.livejournal.com 2016-03-03 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks!

[identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com 2016-03-02 02:41 pm (UTC)(link)
What a beautiful sight to meet your eyes each morning.

That's very cute that you were married on a leap day--you will be young newlyweds for quite some time :-) You both look beautiful in the photo.

[identity profile] zyzyly.livejournal.com 2016-03-03 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
I suspect the richest things in life are just these little moments, and all it takes is a moment to recognize them.

[identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com 2016-03-03 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
I think you're right.

[identity profile] amaebi.livejournal.com 2016-03-03 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
Congratulations and many happy returns!

[identity profile] zyzyly.livejournal.com 2016-03-03 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

[identity profile] ticklethepear.livejournal.com 2016-03-03 01:01 pm (UTC)(link)
lovely!

[identity profile] luscious-purple.livejournal.com 2016-03-04 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
Happy Belated Anniversary to the two of you!