your song

due to the fact that today marks the 10th anniversary of our wedded bliss, i have been remembering our other anniversaries and the celebrations that they have been. i have also been sending bub love songs all day. its romantic.

first of all, there were only 4 that were very memorable because after the fourth one, i had children and no more memory. i dont know what happens when children enter our lives, but moms all over the world will give a heart-felt AMEN when i say these words: i cannot complete a thought. i cannot remember my name. i dont know what day it is or when i last shampooed my hair. (yes i do. i added that part for emphasis). that being said, i have no idea what we did on our 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, or 9th anniversary. not a clue. sorry.

i do know that i forgot to leave a house key or the garage door opener for bub yesterday and he was left to wander the streets with the kids for hours until i left work, but that is neither here nor there. "why?" you ask "does bub not have his own house key?" well, i will tell you why.
it broke off in the door. not much use to him now.

ok. anniversaries. here goes.

#1: spent our first anniversary at the hotel monaco in new orleans. bub's cousin was getting married that weekend so we went. we ate well. we saw many strange and exciting things. the wedding cake was not a wedding cake at all, but cupcakes. bub saw the marsalis brothers at the funky butt, another story for another day. there were beignets. there were au laits. there was gumbo. there was zydeco dancing. it was lovely.

#2: went to hot springs to visit friends where we were pleased to find our own bedroom, bathroom, living room set up with fresh flowers and an anniversary gift. the gift was for a 'bath' at buckstaff baths there in hot springs. it was memorable, and slightly disturbing as there was much more nakedness than i was expecting (boys and girls were separate before you get all antsy about it) and i never have-- never will drink bath water again. weird. and did i mention the nakedness? oh. and we climbed a mountain. (i use the term 'climbed' loosely. with a brother who is a professional climber, i am fully aware of my shortcomings where mountain climbing is involved.)

#3: traveled to arkansas to visit our dear friends who we met the year before at a preaching conference. this lovely couple sat in our room and played spades with us. you should know that i do not play many games. especially with strangers. in fact, spades is the only card game i know how to play -- well, other than go fish. anyway, we visited them. it was nice.

#4: i was pregnant. very pregnant. my friend (who shall remain nameless) said i was the biggest pregnant person she had ever seen. we went to dinner at one of our favorite steak places and the host sat us in a booth. me and my belly were too big to sit between the seat and the table. it was awful. i did not tell the waitress that my belly did not fit, i just sat sideways. then we went to the mall. for a minute. just til i got too tired to keep walking.

anniversaries are fun. always exciting. always. tonight, for example, we had dinner with bub's family - parents, two brothers, two sisters-in-law and 6 nieces/nephews (plus our own two kids)
like i said... always exciting.
im exhausted.