December 2006 Archives

Everyone writes a retrospective, right?

I haven't been writing. Obviously. I hadn't taken any really inspiring pictures in quite a while, either, until a few days ago, when I took my cousin on a little photoshoot. I'll post those someday. Maybe.

I don't imagine I'll ever forget 2006. It's the year I got married (July 15th) and the year I turned 30 (November 29th). I got sick four or five times (three of those times were within three weeks of one another, all centered around my 30th birthday, which did nothing for my burgeoning little mid-life crisis). Stupid magical recurring stomach virus.

Marriage is blissful. Truly. We're very happy. I'm so amused at all the people who ask me, "So how's married life treating you?" They ask that as though it were an innocuous question, but it's so loaded with meaning and insinuation. Are you fighting yet? Is it working out? Do you wish you'd dated longer? No, yes, and no, thank you... we may have done the majority of our dating from 2,000 miles away, but I wasn't mistaken in my knowledge that Scott is my soulmate.

This was the year when I set some plans aside for now, even as I began to dream of a new future. I'm hoping that 2007 brings some of those dreams into fruition.

A happy and blessed new year to you all.

-Rachel