Celebrate!

This past December 28 marked 18 years of wedded bliss! Because Chris was in the U.S. for his father's funeral and I was here in Austria, we did not get to celebrate our anniversary. However, yesterday, we celebrated in style! We made the 45 minute road trip to Hungary for some serious pampering.

But, before I get into all that ... here's a little picture of Chris at a local travel stop sipping coffee and nibling on a semmel (a typical bread here in Austria). This photo is actually for Chris' Mom. When we lived in Norman, she and her husband, Jerry, would make the 2 hour trip from their home in Altus to our home. They would invariably stop once, if not twice, for coffee along the way. We just thought it was so funny. Well, we are turning into them! Yikes! We barely got out of the city when we stopped at this little roadside stop for coffee! Oh well, if getting older means you enjoy life enough to have a cup of coffee with the ones you love, count me in!

Now, I don't know if I've mentioned it in previous blog posts, but Austrians are a very dog friendly society! Dogs can be found on public transportation, in markets and in resturants. This particular travel stop had a place for Hunde (dogs) to get a little nourishment as well: a free food and water buffet just for doggies!

Hungary is just 45 minutes away from Wien (Vienna). There is a border town, Sopron, that many Austrians migrate to because of cheap haircuts, cheap wellness treatments, and cheap dental work. A full-body massage in Wien was around 67 Euro. However, for 62 Euro, I got a full-body massage, an eyebrow wax and lip wax (no comment please!) and Chris got a 100 minute hot stone massage! Kaching!

This doesn't look like the young couple that wed over 18 years ago. The girl had big mushroom hair, lots of lipstick, and huge glamorous earings. The boy had big glasses, a mullet (ha,ha,ha,ha ... with a perm in the back!) and was a stick! However, this picture is sweeter and dearer to me than that December day when they walked out of a church for the first time as Mr. and Mrs.! Thank God for a friend who happens to be your spouse! Life isn't always easy or fair or fun ... but it sure is wonderful being able to share it my Chris!