Last year was a banner year for me. I got engaged in February, married in August, and had a huge Honeymoon in Madrid, and a big Christmas with my parents and in-laws. The biggest part though was getting married. It took me a long time to find "the one" and I am 100,000% sure this one is the one. I met my wife in 2009 when I first moved to Birmingham. We met at training for our current jobs and hit it off. Two years later we are married and here we are 4 months into our marriage and both of us are having so much fun. Just last weekend I took my wife to Atlanta for her birthday. Below is a short recap of our activities in the wonderful Southern city of Atlanta, Georgia.
We went to the High Museum of Art for the Picasso to Warhol exhibit and stayed overnight at the Highland Inn on N. Highland Avenue. After the exhibit and a quick lunch at Houston's (Anna's fave) we walked the streets of this cool neighborhood called Little Five Points taking in second-hand shops, antique shops, record stores, and other quirky cool places. We went to dinner at Osteria 832 and skipped down the street a minute to a cool bar called Eclipse di Sol next to our hotel for drinks and a Saints game (not a Saints fan by the way, just wanted to see a playoff game). Sunday we got up and had breakfast at the hotel and went to the Perimeter Mall for lunch with friends and did some light shopping. All in all it was a fantastic weekend with my wife. We had such a blast and really we did it all in just an overnight.
Things like that are what make being married fun. We get to go on small excursions together and it's nice. We can make plans to do something like that and just go. Making long-term life plans with someone is a really great feeling too and it's something I've found I really like about being married. I had no idea what I wanted to do or where I wanted to go or what I wanted to be before I got married and truthfully I still don't. But what is awesome is that now I have someone to help me figure it out and we can figure it out together. We are in the same boat and are each using a paddle to move us along the river of life (wow, that was an amazing metaphor).
In conclusion (because this post kind of has no direction) being married is awesome and it's like the best decision I've ever made. I say that with 100% confidence (which is rare). If you can step away from yourself and be selfLESS and instead of selfISH and actually love someone totally and completely, you can make a marriage. It can be difficult sometimes but it's mostly amazing.
I guess this is what I am doing now, posting personal stuff like this. I guess this is what this blog is going to be about. 2012 is going to be a great year and I think I am going to try to document it on this blog and through my Tumblr as well. Stay tuned.
