Friday the 13th, Poison Ivy, and The Seven Year Itch

I just love a good movie, don't you? This blog, however, is not about any of the above referenced movies. (And only one is worth watching. I'll leave it up to you, dear reader, to decide your own favorite)

In 2006, on a beautiful fall day, my good friend and I took my son to the Atlanta Aquarium -- a first for all of us. It was a wonderful day for all of us and we joked about how well everything was going for a Friday the 13th. A Friday the 13th in October no less. My friend and I dropped off my son and went out to spend some time together. Since August, we had grown closer and fonder of each other; rekindling a friendship and a flame that continued despite a 14 year absence from each other (both of us on our personal adventures). We didn't want the night to end.

So it didn't.

We realized that this was a special connection -- a true friendship full of trust and understanding, mutually goofy senses of humor, and a passionate attraction to one another. I was the first to say the three words (naturally - lol)

That was OUR Friday the 13th seven years ago. Its an anniversary we celebrate every year. Usually with Zaxby's. But that's another story.

So how did we celebrate our anniversary this year? Well, you know all that clearing we've been doing to get the land ready for the graders and the well? I apparently don't know what poison ivy looks like and am covered in a grand rash and itch to distraction.

I did still get my Zaxby's however.

The moral here? Don't know there is one except that I need to learn what poison ivy looks like. As for "The Seven year Itch" that's supposed to happen in relationships? For us, its only skin deep at least and with enough Ivarest will heal soon enough. We're still ridiculously in love and still each other's closest friend and confidante. Two years later we were married.

We celebrate that at Cracker Barrel.