A Year of "Firsts"

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At the beginning.
I have seen a lot of posts recently, regarding what people have learned in one year of marriage, such as this one, and this one, and soooo many more. While I don't know if I have just been noticing them because I am in this season of life, or if the FBI agent watching my web searches thinks that I will enjoy them, I know one thing...I can't really relate. I love reading these blogs about marriage, money, and all things domestic, I like knowing that there are people out in the world that I have never even met that are in the same place as me, but I can't relate to their lists and lists of lessons learned. In one year of marriage, I think that the only thing that I have learned is that I know nothing. Now, I don't mean that in a self-deprecating way, I just really think that this whole year has been me realizing that life really can be difficult. ( I know, I know, you all told me... you were right 😆)
   This is not to say that this year hasn't been really, really fun. Which is hard to reconcile with the fact that it has been a little difficult, but it has been akin to a really bumpy adventure. I love it I really do, but I haven't learned anything yet. I remember at this time last year I thought that I would be able to do a blog post saying that I had 365 things that I have learned in a year. That thought makes me laugh really hard now, which I guess is at least one thing that I have learned. That is to say, sometimes, learning is slow. We did do a lot this year, and I am really grateful for the year that we have had together, to learn about each other, even if I didn't learn any deep life lessons that will make me a better person forever and ever. ;) This has been a year of firsts though, and I thought that instead of trying to share some of those instead of deep life lessons that I can give to the world from my 20 year old vantage point I would go ahead and tell you what things we have done for the very first time this year. In case you are interested in that sort of thing. :)
We went somewhere on our own for the VERY FIRST TIME!

We moved into our own apartment for the VERY FIRST TIME!



Me trying to show Caleb the key




Me trying to do something, but there's the apartment!


We learned how to budget (If you need a good tool, check this out!)

 We went to Virginia with Caleb's family
Sadly, the only picture I took

We went to Austin for our very own getaway weekend for the VERY FIRST TIME!
I didn't take a picture there either, this is in San Diego

We figured out new schedules together ( I don't have a picture of that)
We had our first fight (I don't have pictures of that either...)
We started school together!
One of us graduated!
Friends, don't try to clap and take pictures.

We planned our first vacation together.
We went on a road trip together for the...second time, but this time we could stop somewhere overnight. ( Also, my siblings went last time, I promise it was all very proper. ;))
We went on a cruise together for the VERY FIRST TIME!
Catalina Island, I actually took pictures this time!

We both had a 21st birthday together

We both had a wedding anniversary. (For the VERY FIRST TIME!)
I am thoroughly looking forward to doing everything for the VERY SECOND TIME!


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