We're Celebrating...

Jack and I celebrate ten years of marriage today!

It's felt like 2 hours...

...underwater!

Just kidding, Jack!

Our wedding was a three-day extravaganza. It started at noon on Friday with margaritas with my bridesmaids, rehearsal and rehearsal dinner; Saturday it was hair/nails/etc, nuptial mass, pictures, huge Polish reception; then on Sunday, Popravini (I have no idea how to spell that), where the families and wedding party get together to eat and drink the leftovers and watch the bride and groom open their presents. It's the Polish after party of all after parties, for what is better than fried chicken and noodles after a night of dancing in high heels? Without getting all "Father of the Bride" on you, I remember it all so well.

When I look back at our wedding pictures, I ask, "Who let those two kids get married?!" I also think, "Wow, was my hair really that long?" And, "how did I fit into that dress and BREATHE?" And, "Gee, Jack sort of looks like an Eastern European Keanu Reeves."

I married my own Keanu.

Marriage is tough. Anyone who tells you otherwise is delusional, lying, or not married. You make a choice, every day of your life, to respect your spouse and make decisions for the good of the team.

Jack and I were seriously just kids when we got married. We knew we'd grow up together and it would be rough going for a while. But we focused on the long term and over the past ten years, came up with a few rules by which we abide:

1. Pick your battles. If you're going to fight, make sure it's worth your time.
2. Remember that we're a team. It's us against the world.
3. Do one thing each day that makes the other's life a little better or easier.
4. Collect experiences, not things.
5. Let the other know when you are seeking advice or just want to vent.
6. Challenge each other on personal/emotional/spiritual development.
7. Be those cheesy people who toast each other.

We're not perfect, but we definitely still have a great time together.

One of our life goals together is to be that old and gray couple in the newspaper, celebrating a 50th or 60th anniversary. So far, so good! Here's to marriage (clink!)