"I feel like an adult"

The Ginger got mad when I said this - I get why, I am in my twenties with a solid marriage, a college degree, full-time job in my field, a house, etc. etc. etc. I should have felt like an adult a while ago. But it wasn’t until this weekend that it finally hit me!

We took a day trip to the Christian Clay Winery in the Laurel Highlands with my parents this past weekend. It was a great day - wine, food, autumn - and it really felt like I have grown up. This trip seemed like something my parents would have done with my grandparents. A wine tasting isn’t something you do with your parents until you’re of age, most likely. Well, I guess I have been to a winery with my parents before, but I was about 12 years-old on vacation and I had grape juice instead. This trip just really felt adult. And I have to say, I liked it!

I’m enjoying this new relationship with my parents, a more grown up one where we don’t bicker as much and I’m not as embarrassed to be around them (sounds cruel, but you have to know my parents, or maybe you can imagine the shouts and cheers echoing the gym while I performed for Winterguard in high school). I’m looking forward to more days and trips like this. 

Year Two = Cotton

Autumn has always been my favorite season, and now for the third time, I love it even more! On October 1, 2010 I married the Ginger, my best friend.

Like last year, we tried to follow the anniversary “themes”…year 1 = paper, year 25 = silver, year 50 = gold, etc. Cotton is for year two, and I think we did a pretty great job of following that! We stayed at a lovely bed and breakfast in the South Side of Pittsburgh, called the Morning Glory Inn (cotton sheets, towels…our version of the theme!).

Our room was in the attic suite, with tasteful and antique furnishings, very unlike it's past as the servants quarters in the 1860s. The best part about the inn was outside of it. An amazing little courtyard is encased by the historic building with plants everywhere and twinkling lights. It’s obvious to see why so many Pittsburgher’s choose to marry in the space.  

Even though it’s only been two years, I love that so far we’ve tried to make our anniversary special. I get that as we get older, our lives will become more hectic in different ways (ie. kids) and it will be harder to keep this as important but I really hope we try to still celebrate the comittment we made to each other.

Now I’ve gotta starting thinking of ideas for next year…year three = leather (umm…I feel like either a hormonal 15-year-old boy or a dirty old man when I think about gifts for this theme!)