I’m wading back into the blog. Yup, I’ve not added to the
conversations in over a year. It has been a crazy whirlwind of a year. I had
every good intention of posting the story of the Phoenix run of January 2012,
but shortly after getting home from the race, my boyfriend, EW asked me to move
in with him.
My prayers were finally answered; I would be living with EW.
But, with those prayers being answered came all the cluster of moving and
settling into a new lifestyle. The cats didn’t settle in as quickly as I did,
or was it me that didn’t settle so quickly. Suddenly, I had a shorter distance
to drive to work, but because of the horrific Northern Virginia traffic, I
picked up an additional 30 minutes of drive time. For the friends that listened
to me bitch about that for weeks, thank you and God bless you.
As anyone knows who has lived alone for any extended period
of time, the adjustment to partnership living is not always a smooth
transition. I work bizarre hours, so the romantic notion of dinners together
with a lingering glass of wine was far from a reality. Plus, I still had tons
of races on my calendar which required weekends away, leaving EW alone when he
thought we’d have idyllic romantic weekends.
We did manage a long vacation to Maui and two wonderful weekends
out of town to celebrate our birthdays. We had delightful bed and breakfast
experiences revolving around some of our favorite restaurants. We were able to
spend one weekend at The Inn at Little Washington and then another at the
Greenbrier. Needless to say, we pampered and spoiled ourselves and felt it was
all quite necessary.
Life continued to roll along and at times it felt as though
it snowballed out of control. In the late spring we began to discuss an
engagement and wedding. No dates were set, and though we had discussed it over
the years of dating, the event was drawing near and we needed to make decisions
about finally marrying. I was thrilled and as most of my friends will tell you,
I was waiting for the ring on the finger and had been waiting for a long time.
EW and I had discussed what I desired in a ring and we
seemed to be at odds about his likes and mine. Insert laugh track here, then
why ask me what I want???? After hiccups, bad starts, web searches, and jewelry
visits, EW made a decision on a purchase totally different than what I wanted.
Again, those that know me well know how funny and fractious the entire ring
purchase was. In the end, EW outdid himself and presented me with a ring far
beyond my wishes. For that, thank you, thank you, and thank you. It is
stunning.
So, then it was time to decide a wedding date. Holy running
blisters. I wanted to get married on 12-12-12 and EW wanted to wait until we
had been living together a year. We had been dating for well over 2 years and
by then, living together for well over 6 months, so in my mind 60 days made no
difference. And, damn it, I wanted the cool anniversary of 12-12-12.
Ultimately, I won out and we did marry on 12-12-12. It was a
simple civil ceremony in Annapolis in the company of 6 good friends. It was
sentimental, funny, and stamped with both personalities. EW’s romantic and
serious nature was imprinted all over his wedding vows, and my self-
deprecating sense of humor was peppered throughout mine.
So to complete the marital bliss, we adopted a beautiful
little girl, a chocolate lab puppy named Gumbo. She is a true joy, though a
wild child at times. The cats are still trying to figure out what happened to
their quiet bucolic life in the big house. And to add to the excitement of
married life, we have purchased a home and will soon move out of the rented
house we currently occupy.
Did I say life has snowballed? It indeed has. I will say
that there have been absolutely hilarious moments over the past year. There
have been adjustments with some terse words, tears, a stamped foot or two. But
all in all, we have loved the wild ride that our lives have been on since the
day we met.
I would not change one single moment of the crazy past year.
For the first time, I have been able to spend all of my holidays with EW. We
did not split holidays with our family members. We cooked for friends and
entertained them in our home; all the while basking in the warmth of solid
friendships.
I’m overjoyed that when I say goodnight to EW, it is now
whispered in his ear, next to him in a cozy bedroom, rather than over the phone
while he is off on business. I’m also thrilled that his trips to Alaska have
wound down a bit and we are not apart as often. I love being home with EW.
Simply put, I love EW, aka Nanook, Voldemort, or MWNN. I
feel truly complete and I have not felt so in a long, long time.
So, now that I have started writing the blog again; the
crazy stories wrapped around idiotic headlines and life in general will
continue. I have missed poking fun at myself, and believe me, there have been
plenty of incidents that I should have written about. Perhaps I’ll reflect back
on some of those crazy times and share them. Lord knows I can twist the humor
out of anything.
Thanks for reading, stay tuned!
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