Four more years!

JoAnna and I met at a wedding reception on November 16, 2002.  That seems like it's too recent -- I feel like we've known each other much longer. 

I used to keep an online journal on the now-defunct diary-x (I archived my entries before the site tanked). Here's an excerpt from my entry on the 17th:

I met someone last night.

I don't get sparks too often. Too much time settling for the mere fact that conversation perpetuates itself with no unpleasant silences or obvious differences, static electricity from human beings rubbing against one another. 

I'd forgotten what a thunderbolt could feel like.

So are we better off than we were four years ago?   I can't speak for JoAnna, but if I had tried four years ago to predict where I'd be now, I'd have sold myself way short.  I still have moments when the thought suddenly blinks into my head -- "hey, this is really my life.  Neat."  Also, we're still new enough newlyweds to be celebrating anniversaries other than our Anniversary. 

However, I will say that my writing has gotten more than a little rusty since then.  That's lamentable, except that it reflects a lot less time sitting alone in front of the computer and a lot more time living life.  With my wife.

Trapp/Simpson '06: So far.  So good.

Comments

[fitzgeraldsteele]

Awww!

[jim]

just saw this. i'm glad!

also, i am jealous of your actual archiving. my five years or so are lost to the ether.