The biggest news this week happens at the end of it. My first anniversary, the first of many to come, is on Sunday. It reminds me of something that Gordon's Dad told him about marriage before we got married. "The first 6 months of marriage you exist on pure love," or something along those lines. It's been a year and marriage is still a breeze when it comes to loving and living with each other. I guess that just means that Gordon and I were supposed to be together all along. We've had our own worries that dealt with bills and money but after a year we are starting to save, trying for a family and looking for a place to call our own. The only debt we have is due to my airplane ticket to Albuquerque which will be paid off in 3 months and we are still saving in the meantime. We've decided to wait until the end of the year to look at our financial situation and then re-examine our housing. We may just switch to a different Air Force house for more space and keep saving.
The fact of the matter of is that I would have to really and truly be in love with Gordon to transfer myself from New Mexico to New Zealand, away from family and friends that I've grown up with all my life. Trying to strike out and make a new life and new friends is not easy when you don't have the means to go out and socialize, when you have to watch your finances. Not having or getting a job has taken a toll on my psyche but Gordon has been supportive and compassionate when I feel blue about it. He supports me in all my endeavors and tries to make my dreams come true. My best friend has become my husband, Patty you're still my bestest friend too! I've done without Starbucks and eating out as much as I used to. In fact, I don't even have a cell phone and I used to use it all the time in NM. There have been lots of changes on my end but Gordon has had to make sacrifices as well, no impulse buying! Marriage has made me a better person, a more responsible person than I used to be.
It will be interesting to look back after ten years and see where we started off and how we changed. I can only hope that we don't change for the worse but for the better. We don't have big plans for the day of our anniversary because we have to go to church. We will be celebrating on Saturday, the 1st, though. We plan to go to Burger Fuel and then to a movie, a real American date night! I don't know if we'll see "Harry Potter", "Transformers", or "The Hangover" those are the movies that look of interest to me that are at the Palmy cinema. Gordon may get me some flowers and I already have his present. I'm just putting the finishing touches on it. We'll probably watch our wedding ceremony on the DVD we have as well.
Kylie and Glen have recently been sick with a bout of...swine flu! Now I know someone who has had it. Gordon and I have been lucky enough not to contract it. They seem to be doing a lot better but for awhile there Glen was pretty sick. I also met up with my mother-in-law to chat with her since she was coming through Palmerston North on her way back from a conference. She seems to really enjoy her trips when she only has to worry about going somewhere and not having to cook dinner or anything.
I've started going to a weekly bible study class on Thursday nights. Gordon gets to watch all the sports he wants while I'm gone studying the Word. It has been very insightful. For the moment, we're focusing on praise by looking at passages throughout the Bible on how praise is used and phrased, etc. Book club is also going along as well. We've had a couple of hiccups in getting meeting dates and times down but I think we've settled on something. It was just me and Lindsay this time because Morgan was helping a neighbor, Jo had to stay home because her husband was working and Emma is in England. The book that we read was "A Thousand Splendid Suns", a very sad but beautiful in its own way book. There seemed to be a theme of oppression throughout the book. Lindsay and I had a good talk about it. I also found out that she's becoming an avid fan of "The West Wing". I guess she watches episodes on the net. We also talked about Mexican food in America and how I was going home in October.
It seems the time has come. The dreaded immigration paperwork has crept up on me. I've started my immigration medical, which ended-up costing me 391 dollars! At least its done and taken care of. We are having our pastor write a letter of reference for our relationship. I'm also gathering all the documentation that shows Gordon and I have been together for a whole year. I may use blog entries to show that I talk about him constantly, maybe not. I just have to print out the photos because I have our papers for the car and credit cards that show we have things in both our names. Gordon went and got his sponsorship papers notarized by the Bulls constable so everything should be squared away for that. It just feels like a pain sometimes to be jumping through all these hoops but what can I say, I love my husband and want to be with him.
Ending on a light note, just like how "light" this blog is. I've been making great progress on my cookbook of New Merican for Christmas presents. I only have to get about 10-20 more recipes down and the thing will be ready to be edited. I've just been writing it in sections. There's the Kraft and Campbells section as well as my miscellaneous recipes. I wanted to put cute little pictures on the sides but we'll see when we have a more finished product. I have to go off and make some banana cupcakes now for our anniversary. I'm getting more motivated by the day so I'll keep up the blog and try to get it updated every two weeks or so. Everyone have a good week, I know that I'm going to have a great weekend!
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