Anniversary Week (8 years!)

Yikes! How does this happen? Weeks go by and I haven't blogged. After about a month of slower days things suddenly became busy. There is much to update and I'm not sure where to start. Well I wanted to post about our anniversary so I'll start with that.

Andrey and I had a nice anniversary. A bit strange, but nice. Strange in that it was an all around untypical day. I worked all night at the clinic the night before and stayed late well into the morning to help as there were three women in labor (including the woman I was up with all night; poor thing was having a very long difficult labor making just enough progress for us to be able to keep her in the clinic), four postpartum moms and their babies, about five women waiting for a pap smear and tetanus shots, and new patients waiting to be interviewed. I stuck around to help as long as I could but eventually had to leave to get some rest. There were several extra staff around by then to help. I was disappointed I wasn't physically able to stick around long enough to see my patient deliver. I haven't had a birth in SO LONG so I was really hoping to get to deliver her baby. Okay, so that was beside the point. Needless to say I was tired.

Andrey was tired because he was up in the middle of the night to watch the World Cup final at 2:30 am. He had a few friends over. So he slept a bit in the morning then went to work when I arrived home around 11. Then I slept while he worked for a few hours. When he came home he woke me up and I stumbled out of our bedroom in a fog to find some beautiful lilies and roses in a vase on the table. What a nice surprise!

The afternoon was strange because we just puttered around the house and were a bit lazy together. By the evening we finally decided to go out for dinner, which we did and shared a bottle of wine that just about put me to sleep, but it was nice to get out.

After eight years, I'd say, we don't look half bad. It's our love that keeps us looking youthful. ;-)

I just have to give props to my wonderful husband. He is still my favorite person to be with. We laugh together often, get along great and make a great team. I knew he was the right one to marry but I didn't know how perfect he was for me until after we got married. Since then, I have been amazed at how the Lord gave me something even better than I could have asked for or imagined. Wow. I'm still blown away by that.

Andrey continually amazes me at how kind he is to me when I'm not the most lovable. He just seems to know what I need. He is affectionate and encouraging. He speaks loving, kind words to me daily - especially first thing in the morning when I am too sleepy to return the kindness.

He is a joy and a blessing and I am so very thankful for him. The lesson? Delight yourself in the Lord (and wait for His plan to unfold) and he will give you the desires of your heart (Psalm 37), even before you even know what those true desires are. God is good. We experience His goodness and love in each other daily.

So I guess this has turned into an anniversary post. Will update the rest soon...