APRIL 27, 2011

five years ago we stood in a living room with a peculiar man. that peculiar man was the judge who would marry us. i kept looking around his living room, perhaps because i was nervous, but mostly because there were thousands of sand-angles figurines starring at you from every corner, which is very unnerving when you are about to say your vows.

so much has changed in five years. pawpaw is no longer with us; he is in heaven with his bride. i no longer have that skirt or necklace. my dad has a little less hair now. but some things haven’t change. andreas still has the same hair cut. my mom still wears her heart pin. and we are still together. i thought our five year anniversary would look a little different than it does today. regardless of what i thought, i am honored to have andreas as my husband today and for the past five years. we have grown, laughed, traveled, stretched ourselves and enjoyed life together. i can only hope for these things and more in the next five years.

our tradition is to celebrate this anniversary with cheesecake, since after getting hitched we had dinner at the cheesecake factory like it was any other day. so tonight we will celebrate with friends a small milestone of five legal years of marriage.

APRIL 19, 2011

i should be doing a million other things right now, but i am not.

i should be: writing a paper (or three to be exact), applying some elbow grease to an almost finished fireplace, paying a parking ticket, or exercising.

instead: i am sitting staring at the beautiful dogwood tree in our neighbor’s yard. thinking about my norwegian family nestled in a cabin for påske ferie. anxiously waiting for our doctor’s appointment on thursday. listening to iron and wine. on my way to take a bath and finish my book.

some days it’s best not to do anything at all.