So clearly the whole wedding blog thing did not work out so well. My attention span for updating went by the wayside in the final few months of planning. Needless to say despite an epic storm flooding our tent and preventing us from doing any decorating/setup the day before, our amazing team of friends and family pulled everything together the day of and the wedding was a huge success. It still feels like it was yesterday though it has been over 18 months now. It was an epic week full of many, many great memories.
Married life is pretty much the same as when we were dating. I think because we had lived together for so long prior to getting married there weren't any of the "usual" first year marriage issues like dividing chores, setting up home, etc. Our day to day life didn't change much, but it was very exciting to start talking about the next chapter of our lives: buying a house, having kids, etc all became very real after the wedding. I guess for me the wedding was just the beginning of our adventure together.
The biggest challenge in our first year of marriage was definitely my job situation. Shortly after the wedding my compensation plan changed and cut my earning potential in half (yay for commission based plans!) and I had to find a new job. Long story short, the new job included an abusive boss, insane hours and no redeeming qualities at all. And as anyone who has ever been bullied can attest, it's hard to keep your own $h^t together let alone be a good partner to someone else. Luckily I married an amazing man who is patient and thoughtful enough to help me through it. Needless to say, it was a rough year for me and, by extension, us but thankfully I was able to find another job in July 2013 and things are getting back to normal.
The bright side of my terrible job was that Hubby also got a new permanent job and with our combined incomes we were able to start saving for a house. So despite the oh-so-terrible-job, being able to focus on the excitement of a new house helped give me something to work towards. We closed escrow on our home in May and are very happy homeowners. We enjoy having the space to have guests over regularly and being able to host our friends/family when they visit. We do have some upgrades planned for the future but thankfully our place is pretty great already.
So that's a quick update on life. I hope to make this a semi-regular update but as anyone who knows me can tell you, don't hold your breath ;)
Cheers!
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