Two Years.

I'm posting this a bit late, but that's just because we have had so much fun celebrating our

TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY

on September 5!!!

We went down to DC and saw the sites you're supposed to see:

Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, WWII Memorial, Vietnam Memorial, Natural History Museum, walked past the White House, ate an expensive hot dog --- I was already tired at that point!

And while I was admiring the dinosaurs....

Adam was busy growing a pair of antlers.

Two years. My BEST two years. I've never been happier than I am now, and have been in the past two years. I'm not saying it was all easy, (do we really need to go there again?), but it definitely has been MORE than worth it. The rewards of marriage FAR FAR FAR outweigh any of the obstacles we have to go through together. 

He is my best friend, and rightfully so. He has earned that title, far and square. He knows my deeeepest darkest secrets. He knows my every breakdown, rational or not. He knows what makes me laugh, and uses that to his advantage daily. He understands, and even goes along with, my strange Seely sense of humor. He knows my pet peeves, my favorite kind of ice cream, and that I don't like mushrooms or onions. He has worked hard and spent the time and love to know me - I mean really know me. And that doesn't scare me. In fact, when I am not with him, I wish I was. I'd rather hang out with him than anyone else -- even though I see him everyday (except when I'm in Europe for a month...yeah that was a bit difficult). We are perfect fits for each other - we are so much alike, but our differences are  balancing acts to our imperfect, ever-changing and shifting life and marriage. I love him. And he loves me. It doesn't get much better than that. 

2011:

Compared to 2010:

Think we've changed?

Perhaps, but only for the better <3

The In-Between Life

For awhile there I felt like I was living 

The Graduated Life.

You know, sleeping in past 10, reading each and every book I ever wanted to in the past 2 1/2 years that I didn't have time for, swimming in the ocean that's been calling my name for the past 2 1/2 years as well,

spending time with family, eating candy and not caring (though I pretty much do that all the time anyway), starting to plan for my trip to Europe, etc, etc, etc.

But now...

it's feels only like the waiting period. For whatever's next. Hoping and praying its a job!

Back of my head-ing it's more living with in-laws. 

However, on the plus side,

Adam started a temporary job working construction for a good friend of the family,

and since the construction site was  1 hr + from Adam's dad's house,

he offered to let us stay in their studio apartment to the side of their house.

It's been a blessing to have a place of our own again, one that's a bit more light and airy and roomy.

Unfortunately, the moldiness of it all is making us both sick.

So I'm working on that one today.

While Adam works all day,

I have recently begun to volunteer at the Humane Society.

I love it so far - I get all the cuddle time I could ever want 

(short of nighttime cuddles, which will come...oh, it's coming. And until then I still have Adam :)

Perhaps I'm still enjoying it because I haven't yet come to the day where I show up and one of them is gone -

and I"m not allowed to ask if he was adopted or not.

Sigh. It comes with the territory, I suppose.

But yesterday I played with 2 puppies and got 6 big scratches

Walked 3 dogs and watched the last one get reunited with its lost and found owner

and snuggled 8 kitties and witnessed one of them get adopted.

At least I'm staying busy!

Also, reading John Green. 

In-Between or not, we are still enjoying the journey.