Marriage: one year on

My goodness! It is my one year wedding anniversary already? I can’t believe it. It really has gone so quick! I feel I have only been married a few months. It’s crazy. Technically it’s not my anniversary until the afternoon, but what the heck? Time for celebrations right now!

One year ago right now, I was nervously but excitedly lying on the bed I made up on my living room floor, along with my sisters. I didn’t want to be sleeping on my own, so we all crashed out on the floor. One year ago right now I was teasing one of my sisters about ghosts, every movement was making her nervous. It was all in good fun, though. I found it difficult to sleep that night, but managed to doze off at 1am. I woke at 6am but I didn’t feel the least bit sleepy. The adrenaline was pumping.

I am feeling the same feeling right now. I feel overwhelmed with the emotions I was feeling this time last year. I still feel excited about the wedding, even though it happened a year ago. It went so well, despite the hiccups along the way. For instance, me having to purchase a new dress a couple of months before the wedding because the first dress could not be altered. I was in such a panic, I didn’t think I could get one on time. We also had a few people not turn up for the wedding with no notice, needless to say I have not spoken to these people since. They could have at least contacted us saying they couldn’t make it. Oh well, we weren’t going to let this spoil our big day.

The whole planning the wedding was stressful, but totally worth it. I planned most of the wedding arrangements myself. The marriage has been even more stressful, but totally worth it also. The wedding is just one day of fun, the marriage is the thing you really need to work on. Our first year of wedded bliss has been tough, I must admit. With me being laid off from my job in December and not being able to find work since has been awful. It has put a strain on things, but we are trying our utmost best to keep positive. We’ve had to put any other plans on hold such as going on holidays, moving house, etc. I have been told the first year of marriage is the toughest. If this is the toughest it is going to get, I’ll be fine. We may not be wealthy in the finance front, but we are certainly wealthy in how much love we have for one another. We have had our arguments and bad patches, but we are still together and going strong.

One year on: I do not regret marrying Sean. I know now more than ever that he is the right one for me, I made the right decision in accepting his proposal. I love being a wife, I love having a husband. If I could get married to Sean all over again, I would. I’d get him to do all the planning the next time around.

We’re going to spend the day being lazy and just enjoying each other’s company. We’ll be going out for dinner later on, too. Plans have been cancelled. We’ll be eating in. Sean ordered me some flowers on Friday to be delivered today, they did not turn up. We’ve basically been waiting for this delivery, being told by customer services to wait until such-and-such a time. The flowers have not turned up, so Sean will be getting a refund. Not very nice for all this to happen on our anniversary, but hopefully it will get a little better. Why us?