I have taken a break from my blog as frankly, life got a little busy. Bill, all know as my husband and someone I have worked with for….over 15 years….asked if I could arrange to have President Bush at the Alta Mesa Opening on October 3rd and well, I did. A huge event and my blog had to get parked for a while. But I am back as promised and was sitting here tonight thinking where do I start on starting up again?
Brainstorm….only by chance. Its November and I just had a little conversation with my husband as our 15th anniversary was last month. October 3rd to be exact. He forgot.
He laughed.
It’s funny because we both forgot. I forgot so badly that tonight I actually had to go in search of our marriage license to remember what day it was.
We had a lay up to help us remember as our anniversary was the same day as the Alta Mesa Uranium Plant Opening in South Texas. An event my team and I spent months planning. Invitations for 300 guests, catering, photos and a reception the night before. Sort of sounds like planning a wedding right? At least on the surface …. With a few more complexities.
And on that day, our special guest, President George W. Bush even asked me, as I walked into the ready room, if I was married to this guy (he was talking to my husband) and all I said was ‘happily’. By the way, very gracious and a wonderful guest. I can’t say enough wonderful things about his team and security detail. We shook hands, grabbed a picture and I was gone to make sure everything was on track out front.
Even the prompting of the 43rd President of the United States could not jog our collective memories that it was our 15th wedding anniversary.
But this isn’t any different than other years, we have not remembered our anniversary in 15 years. The first year was embarrassing, my mom called to wish us a happy anniversary and when I got off the phone, I looked at Bill and wished him a happy anniversary. He looked terrified as it was around 8 pm and obvious he had forgotten. I let him off the hook quickly and let him know it was okay, I forgot too. The look of relief on his face was obvious.
To this date we have never celebrated our anniversary, never taken a trip to honor it, never gone out for dinner (except by mistake), never bought a card or sent flowers. It works and we are happy, joking that we celebrate being married by not fixating on a single day. Too cheesy I know…scratch that.
But I will say one thing, October 3rd is a good day and it was a great day this year. Maybe, just maybe we will remember someday that its our anniversary. I seriously doubt it, its like a mental block….
I am pretty much certain that on that cool Fall day, on a riverboat by the Yukon River, I married the perfect guy for me.
