Missed it!

I just had the startling realization that Billy and I missed our anniversary. It was a week ago today. Damn. That means our one excuse for a fancy night out has come and gone. I can't believe I spaced it out?! I guess it is a sign that we are old hat. We have 8 years sealed up tight and have now officially embarked upon year nine.

I rounded up a few old photos of us from over the years... The digital date stamping on this first one is totally wrong... I have no idea who took the picture but I am guessing it may have been Michelle. I guess that because Michelle would never actually program her camera to have the right date on it. She might do it nowadays... but not back then.

It was taken on Martha's Vineyard in about 2002 at Billy's Dad's house in Vineyard Haven and it is one of my fave pics of us.



This one is from the shore of Lake Michigan (not that you can tell that about it) when we were camping in Michigan. The look on Billy's face speaks a thousand words... (about what a fool I am, I was holding the camera with my bare feet.)




Ahhh... the Dolly camping days! Pre-Airstream! This shot is from up in The Pecos Wilderness of New Mexico. Sorry it is so fuzzy... it is an old pic and was taken with a crappy old camera. We drove that van up to about ten thousand feet elevation in the mountains and camped that night in an area where poachers were hunting the woods near us. It was totally freaky. We barely slept that night! We are eating canned bean soup here... not dead cow which is what the spinal remains in the foreground may imply.



Another New Mexico shot from out at Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu. We love hiking out there. Just watch out for The Bubonic Plague (it's endemic there, for real.)



This is one of my favorite all time shots from way back. We both look A. Clean and B. Young. It's another Martha's Vineyard shot. We were at a fancy party that night.



Finally a pic from Crab Tree Falls in Virginia. This is pre-Rudy. I think we got him a few weeks later. So every pic after this has him wedged up between us or standing on someones face or something.


We have had so much fun in our eight years together. I look back through our photos (of which we have about 50,000) and I feel so lucky to have seen all the things we have seen and with someone who is so dear to me. People seem to marvel at the fact that we spend 24 hours a day together pretty much every day. I know it is not typical for most couples but honestly I don't think either of us ever even thinks about it. Well, Billy might be thinking about it right now. He may be thinking... "How can I clear this crazy fool outta my scene for a few hours?" But if he is it is well disguised. I am not on to him just yet.

Anyway... I just wanted to commemorate our late/missed anniversary. I had to do something! I love you Billy! Here's to the future! Woooo!