It looks like last year I made it until about April until I stopped blogging. I'm not going to make any promises for this year since clearly I'm not really cut out for timely updates on my blog. But my (very) few posts from last year did make it much easier to get to my blog entry from our last anniversary which made me realize a few things:
1) January is not really a great time for travelling in any year, especially by plane.
2) I did this exact same thing last year reflecting on my 6 year anniversary.
3) Although I came up with a question for this year, I promised my sister I'd come up with another but then I didn't so she'll just have to deal.
Which brings me to my question for this year, "Why do I put up with Jay?" This year's question is pretty easy to answer since there are so many reasons why I fell in love with, married, and continue to 'put up with' Jay. It would be harder to come up with reasons why I would have to 'put up' with him. So, maybe I should change the direction of this post a little bit and do that instead. After all, I'm not really very good at the gushy stuff, especially on a blog that will be read by at least 2 other people... So here we go, my reasons for needing to put up with Jay:
1) Jay does not like massages. And more importantly, because he hates them so badly, he can't imagine why anybody else (like me) would want one.
2) Jay beats me at almost every game we play. Whether it's MarioKart on the Wii, cribbage, bowling, iPhone Scrabble, running, poker, etc. He even beats me AND Jamison at Uno every time. And really, it doesn't even stop at games. He's better than me at most things. But FINALLY, I have found the one thing that he does NOT excel at (not to be confused with Microsoft Excel which he is very good with). And that one thing is: Tubing. Like snow tubing down a hill. Saturday, Jay and I went up to Soldier Hollow in Midway and over and over (and over) again raced down their hills on tubes. Not only did I beat him down every time, but sometimes he couldn't even make it all the way to the end and had to stand up and walk the rest of the way. So sure, yeah he can build a deck, run, drive, spell, cook, work, follow directions, etc better than I can, but on a steep downhill slope with a giant tube, I AM the champion every time. Here is a nice shot of Jay riding up the tow on his tube.
3) Jay does not like Mexican food.
4) I'm not positive, but I think there's a very good chance that he thinks I'm crazy.
5) He will not comment on this blog entry.
Well, that's it, I'm out of reasons. Luckily (for me), it's pretty easy to look past all this. Unfortunately for him, I'm pretty sure he got the short end of the stick when it comes to our relationship. Jay is an insanely good father, husband and person and I really am blessed to have had 8 amazing years (so far) with him. Happy Anniversary Jay, I love you!!!!!!!
And for next year..... What is our 'song'?
