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07/27/2004 Archived Entry: "8 years"

Thanks to a little person inside pushing on my bladder, I've been up for an hour and it's just now 5:15. *sigh* Usually I would have been able to go back to sleep (I think), but I woke up thinking it had to be close to 6 which is when my alarm was set to go off so I laid awake awhile thinking I was getting up. By the time I looked at the time and saw how early it really was, it was too late, I was awake. So, here I sit.

Today is our 8th anniversary. 8 years :) We're keeping it really low key this year, we're not even going out by ourselves. Instead, all three of us are going to spend the day at the OC Fair. Well, actually, Chris and I will be going out to breakfast by ourselves. Tabitha has a ceramics class this morning. So we're going to drop her off and have breakfast together before it's time to pick her up. Then all of us will head to the fair. Even though that sounds unusual, it actually works for a couple reasons. See, since we had our wedding outside, we had it early in the day, being July and all. So the ceremony was at 10:00 and then onto the reception. Since I do not like parties, even my own, by about 4 I was just tapped out and had to get out of there. As a side note, apparently, after we left, that's when the real party started and we still hear about how good our reception was from people who were there. Anyway, after we made our exit, we went to our room (remember, we were married at the Disneyland Hotel, and that's where we stayed that night and the next) and then it all just kind of hit me and I suddenly came off my high and was let down because it was over. I had thought of little else for a year and now everything I had planned was done. Finite. I was very sad. So we decided to change and go out for a bit to get some things at a grocery store to keep in the fridge in our room. While we were out, we heard an ad on the radio for the OC Fair as it was it's last weekend. We thought that sounded fun since I adore fairs and off we went. So we spent our wedding afternoon at the fair. So it does make sense for us to go there on our anniversary. And we're including Tabitha, because what better way to celebrate our marriage, than as a family, because without our marriage, Tabitha wouldn't be here and we wouldn't be expecting another one. It's an odd way to spend an anniversary, but it really suits us and it's going to be a really good day.