Archive for the ‘marriage’ tag
Changes
To say I’ve fallen off an update schedule would be a gross understatement at this point: the last time I posted I was sitting at Espresso Love in Edgartown, on Martha’s Vineyard, home for the summer to work and save money for my last year of college. Now, it’s something like 11 months later, and some things are changing, and others are way too much the same for my tastes. I’ve been starting my mornings at Espresso Love again, which is a great way to start them, after driving Ivona to work, and I have my first shift driving a cab tomorrow morning. And while some of these things are painfully too familiar, it feels like one era has ended and another is beginning.
On marriage
When people ask me if I’m happy I got married, I generally tell them it’s the best decision I’ve ever made, and every day with Ivona affirms that. People ask me why I got married so young, and while there are a lot of reasons, sometimes I just say “I guess I was the marrying type,” which really means “I’m sick of people asking me this shit.” I have canned responses for tons of questions. It probably comes from years of driving buses and cabs, and being asked the same questions constantly. But my answers about marriage, while they may be canned, are also deeply true. It’s not being married that’s so great as much as it is the person I’m married to, of course. But you know what I mean.
The Bulgaria I look forward to seeing
When I was in Bulgaria a couple years ago, it was March; spring hadn’t yet taken hold, and things were a little dreary and grey. Ivona and I will hopefully go back at the end of May or June. We’d like to do another wedding ceremony there for her family, on our one year anniversary. Man, it’s even weird to write that. The idea of a one year anniversary really cements the fact that I’m married. I love it, but sometimes it’s hard for me to even fathom that I’m really married, let alone for eight months now.
Anyway, since I’ll be going this year in a warmer time of the year, I’m excited to see how different it is. Ivona’s been helping her mother with something for one of her English classes and stumbled upon this great gallery of pictures from Bulgaria, which has me psyched to go back and explore more of the country.
Also, we might be going to Turkey for a honeymoon, since we never got to have one before. It’s supposed to be very cheap for some really nice luxury resorts. After finishing 27 credits this semester, a vacation will be welcome, I’m sure.
