Three-Year Anniversary

Tuesday was our three-year anniversary. It was much different from our second anniversary.

Last year at this time, we had just returned from England, both graduated with honors, and we were naively optimistic about what the future held.

Since then, I have been unemployed with a broken leg, and Christine has had her most difficult year of school ever. It was not the year we drank to on our last anniversary.

But we survived it, we're still together, and we still enjoy each others' company.

The weather was much the same as it was on our wedding day. It rained buckets (no tornado warning, though). Christine spent the day working on her summer independent studies, while I looked for jobs (I got an interview set up for Wednesday).

In the evening, we went to The Bonefish Grille. Christine's parents gave us a generous gift card, and we enjoyed wine, an enormous bowl of mussels as an appetizer, and amazing entrees. The special that night was grilled ahi tuna steak with goat cheese and artichokes. I ordered that, and Christine got salmon in an Asian sauce. We finished with coffee and strawberry shortcake. It was a wonderful night.

As Counting Crows said so eloquently, there's reason to believe this year will be better than the last. I'll drink to that.