:our 3rd:

i suppose i forgot to mention that we celebrated our third anniversary last week.
it was a much needed day(s) of togetherness.

jared actually had a couple days off in a row, which also happened to be days chloe was in daycare. that meant lots of uninterrupted adult time.

it’s funny how spending quality time with someone reminds you of why you love them and that given time, you can work things out. but it takes a lot of work.

last monday we spent intellectual time together, haunting monica’s in the early morning, discussing questions on faith and love, solving nothing, but gaining new understanding.

tuesday i worked, but we did make time to go to the natural history museum, since it was free tuesdays at balboa park. there wasn’t a whole lot that we haven’t seen before, but there were some lovely photo exhibits on southeast asia, only re-igniting my desire to make a pilgrimage to india (probably for the obvious reasons).

wednesday, our anniversary, we took chloe to daycare for a drop-in, and then headed off to cowles mountain a bit east of here, to make the mile or so hike up and down. it was the perfect day to do it, with the perfect person. it was good to exercise outside, rather than in a studio, and it was a really good time of hashing stuff out. by the time we reached the bottom, we were laughing and playful.

jared wanted to go to cowboy star, a new cowboy chic, meat and potatoes kinda restaurant in downtown. we had a good lunch there, followed by a yummy chocolate cake thing…for me, of course.

the rest of the day was just a good time of being. no work, no kid (for a while), no errands. that’s a rarity, so we reveled in it.

we are grateful to all who remembered our day, sent cards and notes or simply called to acknowledge it. i think we sometimes underestimate the incredible feat of completing each year of marriage. i am learning this myself

here we are at the top of cowles mountain. it was foggy in the morning, which turned to a white haze, so it’s difficult to see the city below. it really is lovely: