Celebrating 8,760 days of amazingness
Only 8,760 days have elapsed since the day my wife and I got married. That's 1,251 weeks or 210,240 hours since the day we both said our vows and sealed our lives together. I don't regret doing so. It's been an excellent journey and I'm looking forward to the next 8,760 days. Ok, so it's 24 years in case you're wondering. Today was, and is always, extra special though as it's also my wife's birthday.
We've received many nice messages and well wishes from our friends and family and my wife has had loads of messages saying, "I hope you're getting spoilt." At work I had many suggestions on what fancy restaurant to take her to, what amazing things I could buy her and a plethora of other suggestions on how to celebrate our milestone.
So, tonight when I got home we changed into something befitting the occasion and headed to...The beach. That's right we went to the beach sat on the grass over a fine meal of fish and chips served out of paper wrapping and washed down with a fine vintage of lemon flavoured sparkling mineral water. As we ate the sun started to dip towards the horizon and we chatted about 24 years of marriage and what's to come in our future. We went for a walk up the jetty and back and along the esplanade. It was pretty nice, relaxing and typically us.
You see, we are simple people, content with who we are, our own company and conversation. We don't see the need for expensive restaurants, extravagant gifts or in sharing our milestone with others; We wanted to be together. That's it. Don't take this the wrong way though; We love doing things: Travelling, new experiences, meeting new people and seeing new places, eating out etc. We are also just as comfortable celebrating our 24 years of marriage and my wife's birthday quietly and privately. In fact we prefer it that way.
Thinking back on the time we have had together, 24 years married and 6 years together prior to that, is somewhat overwhelming. We've done so much and been to many places. Back on that day we got married and celebrated with our friends and family I never thought to look ahead; It seemed impossible to think that far ahead. Now 24 years later we sat at the beach sharing our thoughts on the next 24 years to come.
Time moves forwards at an alarming rate I guess. The older one gets the faster it seems to go. I can honestly say though, that the last 24 years of marriage have been the best of my life and if that's any indication of what the years to come hold for us, I look forward to it eagerly.
Thanks for reading.
Images taken tonight. Semaphore, South Australia.
Happy anniversary to you! 24 years-- that's beautiful.
Thanks for your message @denmarkguy it’s been a journey. I’m a lucky guy to have such a great partner. She deserves a few medals for putting up with me! :)
Happy Anniversay and Happy birthday to your wife !! Double celebration, simplicity is key
Thanks @journeyoflife we believe so also. Ours started 30 years ago and after 24 years of marriage wouldn’t change anything. It’s all a part of the journey.
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24 years? I still remember it like it was yesterday. Do you remember almost being late because of the grilled tomato and cheese sandwiches because we hadn't eaten all day? And the kookaburra that laughed in the tree?
Happy Anniversary to you both <3
Yeah, you lot deserted me for toasted cheese! I think it was a good day though. Yeah, 24 years huh? Time flies.
Sounds like she landed on her feet, mate.
I'm punching well above my weight Matt. I'm lucky.
You and me both, buddy.
Speaking of partners; getting this meetup together and I'm stuck on whether or not to extend the invite to partners and/or kids.
I'll be shooting 360 video and doing @nametags for us all, and I'd like to keep it mostly shop talk, I'm also worried about privacy implications if your wife for example would prefer to stay offline and unnamed, it might be a little awkward if we can't introduce our partners.
On the other hand, there's a cool playground there so it'd be a shame to not bring the kidlets.
I'm leaning toward explaining the implications in my update post and letting people make their own decisions.
What do you think?
I'd like to think we live in a world where it's safe to bring a partner to a catch up like this. However I'm not naive enough to believe it in reality. My wife doesn't like her name being mentioned on anything, not even my FB (which is only friends). I don't actually post there anymore anyway.
So, my wife probably wouldn't want to wear a name tag and would prefer to remain anonymous I think. It's a shame. I would like to have her come along. Was it the 4th or 5th? If it's the 5th (Sunday) I think I would bring her along if permitted. If the 4th she it'll just be me.
We don't have kids so I'll have to play on the swings by myself!
I think you're on the right track though. Leave it up to the individual. I'm looking forward to it actually. I was talking with my bro in Finland @tarazkp who would like to come but it's a long drive from Finland to Adelaide. :)
I'm keen to meet you and talk "shop." There's so much I don't understand with steemit and although both my brother's have been a good help it would be great to talk to someone in person.
There's no real substitute is there.
Its like these silver coins.
Money in a blockchain is an abstraction.
Money in your hand feels real.
Sunday Nov 5th.
Naturally partners will be welcome, and I'd love to meet your wife. My Amanda and the kids will be there, I think as long as I'm upfront and clear about the presence of the camera, those concerned can just give it a wide berth.
That’s a plan. Looking forward to it!
Congratulations. That is a really beautiful post. You made me smile 😊
Thanks for your comment. I'm pleased my post made you smile.
Thank you for getting this out. @galenkp