1 year later...

So, as many of you are also friends of ecwoodburn (and because I know you pay attention to my journal (just for kicks, I'm tempted to have a pop quiz one day based on what I post in my journal. Could be amusing ;) ) ), you know that today is the official 1 year anniversary with Kristen.
We made it.

I'm in the middle of writing a VERY long post detailing the year in review for me and Kristen.
I find it completely amazing that we've actually made it. That despite the misunderstandings, the fight, the drama, we actually managed to be generally happy together for a year.
I think, reading through our journal, I'm in a state of mild shock that somehow we made it through.. Kristen's third shift job at EDS, a three day fight so terrible it required kareila, dustkitten and blackfelicula to get us to be able to talk to each other again, both of us making minimal money for a time (BBB for me, unemployment for her), the job search that never yielded results in or around Western New York and, of course, moving to Washington.

I'm in total awe of her persistence and willingness to go through all this at my side, through thick and thin, good times and bad, rich and poor, here and there. She was always by my side.
I am in total awe of dating such a woman.. someone compassionate, strong, smart, loving, musical, soft and sexy as hell when she wants to be.
One day someone will need to explain to me what I did to deserve this angel.