Doing life with this guy is the greatest adventure. There aren't a lot of photos of us together (because I always have to hold the camera) so when there are they're usually phone photos, selfie style. We took the opportunity to grab a quick photo for our anniversary since we always try to take at least one nice one every year. It captures the way we spent our anniversary pretty well, actually, since we kept it low key this year. My mom took the kiddos for night at her place, and we headed out for dinner at Deseo Bistro in the village. I highly recommend this restaurant, by the way. It's fancy food that tastes like comfort food, and the service is phenomenal, as well as the atmosphere. They're not paying me to say any of this, I just love it that much! Try the brussels sprouts. Trust me.
After dinner we did a little browsing through a nearby board game store, and then went to see The Martian in the theatre. We both read the book over the past couple of months, so we had pretty high hopes, but the movie did disappoint just a bit. That's usually the case when you read a book before seeing the movie. I understand that they couldn't fit anything in, nor would it have even been a good idea to try, but I feel like it was a bit of a missed opportunity. The book is amazing. Go read that instead! (Still not being paid.)
After the movie we just went home and watched a little Netflix before crashing and getting an amazing nights sleep in our own bed, uninterrupted. Perhaps not as exciting as you would expect from a ten year anniversary, but it was just right for us. We never get a good night's sleep in a hotel bed, and then there's the rush in the morning to pack up and get out, and this way we avoided all of that. We did still wake up early in the morning, some habits you just can't kick, but we enjoyed some kid-free video games and then Christmas shopped all day in the city before heading back to my mom's to pick up the kids. It was efficient and practical and suited us pretty well. We have a history of making grand, elaborate plans and having high expectations, which usually leads to arguing and disappointment, so we've learned (in our ten years) that it's better to keep things low key. Let the star of the event be yourselves, your conversation, your time together, and try to be realistic. That way, more often than not, we end up pleasantly surprised.
And now I'm sitting here all bummed out because he's not right beside me right this minute. I miss him desperately all day while he's away at work and still haven't gotten the hang of this only-seeing-him-evenings-and-weekends deal, despite the fact that we've been doing it for years. I'm not sure I ever will, to be honest. While we were Christmas shopping, I suppose I kept bumping into Matt without noticing really, and he remarked, "Your spacial awareness could use some work. When are you going to get it that we occupy two separate spaces in the world?" The answer is never. I will never get that. In my head we are one entity, overlapping. I guess there are worse problems to have.
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