As of Sunday, we have survived our first year of marriage! It's gone by so fast I can hardly believe it. Our first year was no bed of roses by any means. Personally, I think those people who say that the first year is the easy and blissful year are liars. Before I scare any of my unmarried friends, let me tell you that marriage is absolutely wonderful, but it is a lot of work. Our trials were mainly in the financial sector because I was unemployed for most of our first year and then at one point, we were both unemployed. There was also the car accident, health problems (mainly on my part), on top of learning how to be married.
To celebrate, we drove down to Cedar City for the Utah Shakespearean Festival. We stayed at a bed and breakfast called Amid Summer's Inn, which was wonderful and we highly recommend it. The hosts were very hospitable and accommodating; the breakfasts were tasty; and our room was very comfortable. Plus, it was walking distance from the festival. We saw two plays at the festival: Pride and Prejudice and Much Ado About Nothing. After seeing Pride and Prejudice, Stephan decided to download the novel onto his iPod and he has agreed to see the six-hour A&E series in one-hour increments. Of course, I have to agree to read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as part of the deal. Yay?
I really wish we had been able to stay in Cedar City longer, but I had to go back to work today. Employers should give their employees a week off for wedding anniversaries. We had so much fun in Cedar City that we might make this an anniversary tradition. Yes, we're nerds, but we're cultured nerds. Ha!
What are the plans for our second year of marriage? The one we're definitely shooting for this year is having Stephan graduate from college. He is determined that he will graduate in 2011, one way or another. Hopefully, he'll have a job when he graduates, and it may very well mean that we will leave Utah. We shall see what this year brings.
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