X-Men: Wolverine and 7 Years
May 15th, 2009 by Bethany
The other day was our 7th wedding anniversary! I wasn’t in the mood to write at the time, but it was a good day. Seven years is a good, solid number, isn’t it? We are still so happy, and I am grateful to be married to my good husband.
An example of his wonderfulness (it’s a word now!) is that he remembers for us that our first date was on Bastille Day in the year 2000. He took me to dinner, then to the toy store for a preparatory explanation of the movie we were about to see, then to see the first X-Men movie. We had a great time on that date and got married two years later. In the nine years since, Colin has made a point of taking me to each of the X-Men movies in the theater in honor of our first date. Isn’t that awesome? I like to think romantic stuff like that doesn’t matter to me, but I get really excited when he makes a point of celebrating “us” together.
Good Kimberly offered last-minute to babysit ALL THREE KIDS so we could go out that night, and Colin planned the whole date. I love planned dates! Even when they cost zero dollars, or when I don’t even like the plans, I love it just that he plans ahead. After a very, very long day wrestling with the little ones, re-showering and putting some makeup on and going out alone together was impressively refreshing. Colin had looked up the new X-Men: Wolverine movie and made phone calls to find out which theaters had it on the largest, digital screens and at what time, then decided on a restaurant nearby for dinner. We picked up our tickets, then took a little walk around the downtown area, and headed to dinner at a fun Mexican restaurant. After dinner, we discovered that we’d locked the keys in the car, but we have roadside assistance coverage with our car insurance so it wasn’t too much of a stress and we decided to just watch the movie and then call the insurance to have the car unlocked. The movie was neat (not flawless, and I recommend watching it on Clearplay at home for those of you who, like me, prefer to skip the violence), and afterward the tow truck/locksmith guy came very quickly. We got home to sleeping children and a lovely babysitter who didn’t even imply a desire to strangle us for being gone so long. She even giggled with us over the fairy band-aids we got her that we made with “real fairy wings.” Thank you Kim!
We spent much of the evening patting ourselves on the back for our marriage accomplishments. We’ve made it through three relatively unpleasant pregnancies, had three relatively pleasant children, bought a house, moved several times, changed jobs, dealt with unemployment and financial stress, done grad school, supported each other in various callings at church, and managed to enjoy each other in the process. It’s good to remember some things you’ve done right once in a while. Here’s to forever, Colin!