In less than a month Kris and I will be celebrating our 3rd year anniversary. We never made a fuss about the second, third, sixth month anniversaries, not even in the beginning when a lot of high school couples do. Maybe we subconsciously knew back then that this would last. Normally I'd save this until the actual day, but the subject of our anniversary came up tonight during dinner. We were participating in the practice that normal couples partake in called a date. Just him and me, together, alone, except for the frequent bits of the night when we ran into people we knew, either on purpose or by accident. First was Amy (intentionally), then Sam (quite unintentionally) and then, sort of, Megan, who never actually spoke to us, except when she giggled a hello when I waved to her on my way to the rest room at the movies. We didn't bother to hang around for conversation after the film. Anyway, the important thing, our amazement at the 3-year-mark. I guess what's really so amazing is the fact that it began in high school and even with the distance (however short comparatively) during our first year of college, have managed to stay together and a very healthy and still very fiery relationship. At dinner we decided (and rather pompously and a bit resentful) that it should have been us who were chosen for Homecoming king and queen, that we both thought it was pretty neat that we had been nominated for Winter Courts without even suggesting a word to anyone, and that had we not ended up together, we'd both be dating people very dissimilar to the other and the relationship would never work out. We talked about who we might have dated in high school if we hadn't gotten together, and what Kris' dad would have said (or done) had Kris dated Amy instead. In the end, we decided that fate had done right by us and bought our tickets for the movie. We saw License to Wed, by the way. Some parts reminded me of us, except that we don't fight and our families get along very well. I know, we're disgustingly perfect. : ) And now, with the Bear snoring lightly beside me and two little candles burning with just enough light for me to see the keyboard, I know that there is no where else I'd rather be, and no one else I'd rather be with.