Yesterday, it felt so strange to imagine that only 30 days ago we were with all our friends and family in New York. As the hours passed, we could recall where we were and what we were doing, how special every moment was. Around 12:30, I thought, "Leonora started my doing my hair around now," and around 8pm, we danced in our apartment, this time a relaxed Latin dance Eric taught me called the bachata. There was no applause, no friends to jump around with afterward, but we remembered them in that moment, and it made us smile.
It's surprising to us that even though we were only married a month ago, it feels like we've gone right back to normal life, a kind of normal life that we've been living forever. Eric goes to work; I study. We're definitely trying to figure out how to balance all the demands and constraints of married life and work with fun and social time and vacation. I think we'll get there.
We celebrated last night with a trip to Not Your Average Joe's, a restaurant here in Watertown that has some pretty creative cuisine. We split two appetizers (fresh veggie spring rolls and Korean BBQ chicken tacos) and one entree (chicken in a teriyaki orange glaze with sweet potato canneloni). Then we came back home, studied, and watched this awesome show called The Choir. If you haven't seen it, you must. It's a documentary about a British choir director who goes to a lower class British town and starts a town choir (actually three choirs really--one of adults, one of kids, and one just for men) to boost morale. It's a wonderful true story and definitely worth watching (it's on On Demand, for those of you with that feature).
Finally, at dinner, we sat down and told our waitress we were celebrating our anniversary.
"How many years?" she asked.
"One month!" I replied with enthusiasm, and Eric laughed.
We agreed after that to celebrate our marriage at every milestone possible, and to try to do as well in month two as we did in month one!
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