This weekend Kevin and I celebrated an entire year of being married. We decided to clear our schedules and just spend a low-key day together, cooking and watching TV. We made french toast for breakfast and lamb with roast potatoes for dinner. We drank mimosas in the morning and wedding brandy in the evening. We also defrosted the cake that's been in our freezer for the past year and dutifully ate a slice each before trashing the rest of it. Freezer cake may be the stupidest tradition.
I guess at this point other people would write something poetic about marriage or commitment or love. The truth is, the celebration felt a little arbitrary. It was nice to have a reason to put aside a day. Especially since Kevin's been out of town for most of the past month. But it's also new and a little weird. We've been together for a long time now. We've been living together for nearly five years, during which time we bought a house, adopted a dog, and basically figured out how to live together. Sot he one year anniversary mostly brought up feelings of "it's only been a year?"
Regardless, it was a good day. It's nice to have an excuse to buy presents for Kevin in the Spring, when grilling and biking accessories are actually available in stores. It's nice to have a day to celebrate our relationship. I'm sure that as we get more of these under our belts I'll become more accustomed to the whole idea of an anniversary.
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