Anniversary

Brian and I celebrate our 38th anniversary this Friday, June 19th. As always, it amazes me that we have been married that long, twice as long as I was single. It amazes me that we knew what love was when we married as we were such young kids with no experience outside of our families. It amazes me that our love has endured for all these years. I think waiting five years to have kids helped us to establish a life together and to fully explore our love for each other. We have always made our marriage a priority, much to Kevin’s amazement that we would want to spend time alone, away from him. He would call his Nana if we were going away and complain and then stay with her and Papa and be spoiled all weekend. Wendy was happy to see us go; I guess she threw the best parties then!
When we were married, videos were an unknown. We tape recorded our vows and somewhere in storage is that tape albeit damaged by now. Cellphones were unknown as well and 8 tracks were in vogue. We bought a huge stereo with 8 trak cabinet only to have 8 traks phase away two years later. We also bought a beta which has the same history as the 8 trak. The first time we got HBO was amazing to us too. No commercials! Whodathought? Lamaze was big...it had to be thought up by a man...giving birth, no drugs...what were we thinking? And I did it again! We saw Elvis in Tahoe the year before he died. I had tried for 3 years to get tickets and finally got tickets for Kim and Wayne and Brian and I. Brian loved Elvis and his music and has been so happy to have seen him live. Rabbit ears were the norm and with aluminum foil and rabbit ears, you could get any of the three big alphabet channels, (abc...) You could buy a car for $3000 brand new! And your payments would be less than $100 per month. Our first apartment only cost us $99 a month and our first house was $235 a month AND IT HAD CENTRAL AIR!! A McDonald’s lunch was under a dollar too, including fries and drink. Microwaves were unheard of and dinner had to be planned in the morning so the meat would be defrosted by dinner time. You had to defrost the freezer once a month and make your own ice. Tap water was all that was available and a drive-in movie in the summer time was the best fun!
Ah, time flies!