Our Anniversary...

I have to apologize ahead of time to whoever reads this post, Rich is working his first 7:00pm-7:00am shift at the hospital and I'm missing him. I am in a sappy mood! I am dreading having to climb into bed alone tonight. We will usually watch Everyone loves Raymond in the evenings together, it's our favorite show. I tried watching it tonight and I'd start to laugh and then I look around and I'm by myself!

Our 6 year anniversary was last Saturday. It feels like we've been married longer than that. These past 6 years have been wonderful. Rich is my best friend and I feel lucky to be his wife. He's a good dad, our kids adore him. He's always been very involved with our kids, he doesn't just sit back and let me change all the dirty diapers he's always felt it's his responsibility as a dad to help out as much as he can. One of the first things that attracted me to Rich was his ability to work hard. He's works hard at everything he does, he gives everything 100 percent. This year Rich decided he wanted to change careers and go into the medical field. We both thought we were done with the school phase in our life after he got his degree. I was looking forward to going on more family vacations and not always having to eat off the dollar menu at Wendys! It was probably a year after he graduated, he realized that he wasn't happy working in construction. Rich does love to see buildings go up and realize that he had a part in it. He just worried about the stability of his job and he didn't see himself moving up in his field like he thought he would. It took a huge leap of faith for us to make this move. It's a scary thing to make such a big change, but it feels right. I hope our kids can realize how special their dad is, that's he's sacrificing his time with them now so they can have a better life in the years ahead.

Our past anniversary's we don't usually go all out and spend too much money on each other. Most of our marriage he's been in school, so all are money went to tuition and books. Without fail, every year Rich would write a a coupon for a 1 hour massage given by himself. He knows that my favorite thing. I always know I'll get a massage on our anniversary, valentines, mothers day and my birthday. We are a very cheap couple! I would always cook Rich his favorite meal, which isn't hard to do. Meat and potatoes and chocolate cake. I assumed this anniversary would be the same as our past ones. Instead Rich cheated and spent money and got me a running skirt, running shirt and some shoes. I thought it was very sweet he went shopping for me. But I was also a little bothered he spent money. Then he proudly told me he got all three of those gifts for 20 dollars at Target. He was very proud of himself for getting such good deals, and that he got me a gift. I love my gift, but I would have been just as happy with his homemade coupon for a massage!