Last weekend Gretchen and I marked the end of our first year together and the beginning of our second. =) I took a little time off from work to give us a longer "weekend" (I still needed to be back Sunday morning for church), and although it's never long enough when I go to see her, it was a fun trip, all the same.
We took care of several wedding-related items: registry shopping at Bed Bath & Beyond; working on our "guest book" plates (more on them in a later post when they're finished); and looking at invitations (the samples I'd ordered were much more impressive online than in person... nuts!).
On Friday, our actual anniversary, we spent the morning and early afternoon running errands and taking care of some veterinary issues with Maggie. (Poor bunny!) Then it was in to Indy for the
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra's final concert of the season, featuring hometown boy and violin virtuoso
Joshua Bell. The concert was great, and Joshua Bell was, as expected,
brilliant. It was a fine way to spend the evening.
We got to the concert hall an hour early instead of scrambling in at the last minute (which is what we thought was going to happen, after some downtown direction miscues), thanks to me not switching my phone over to the proper time zone. That was just fine, since we then had a chance to take care of Gretchen's chocolate craving at a very conveniently located chocolatier! (Her eyes were
way bigger than both our stomachs... we had an ungodly amount of turtles to take home. *LOL*) Some turtle cheesecake got us through the concert nicely.
Afterwards, I caught a horse-drawn carriage, and we enjoyed a ride around downtown - it was a beautiful night to be out! Some very spicy shrimp cocktail and a delicious crème brûlée to share rounded out the evening's "dining" (somehow we made out just fine with only desserts and appetizers). After a power walk/final sprint to the parking garage, whose operator had already shut down despite it being at least five minutes before midnight, and we were on our way home.
(Well, there was a little "adventure" finding the freeway, which only proves my contention that I, at least, need a GPS embedded in behind my left ear, but we won't talk about that.)
Of course we traded presents, and I'm the proud recipient of the best quilt ever (sorry, Grandma!). =)
It's hard to believe that a year's gone by since I logged into eHarmony and discovered that Gretchen from Indiana wanted to begin communications with me. So much has changed in a big hurry, but that's great by me - I've been waiting for Gretchen for a very long time, after all! Each day with her in my life has been a gift - there's nothing I want more in life than to spend it learning how to love her better and better.
OK, I'm done with the mushiness now. ;) Being engaged to the most amazing woman in the world does that to a guy, though...
Labels: personal, wedding
"First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shalt be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thou foe, who being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it."
Don't you think I need the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch? =)
