Happy Anniversary to the love of my life,
Elizabeth Ho! We’ve been married for five years, and y’all…I am the luckiest man on the freaking planet.
We’re up in Santa Barbara right now staying at El Encanto, which is the hotel where I proposed all the way back in 2013. We’re with the pups, which is how it was back then, too! Coops was with us, and we were taking care of a friend’s dog named Hubble and they were both there when I proposed.
I made a slideshow of our 9 years together up to that point, and at the end, I played the end bit of When Harry Met Sally when he says that when you realize who you want to spend the rest of your life with, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible. And then I pulled out a ring I’d hid behind my pillow, which she’d already seen because we had them come in and do turndown service 😂, and I asked her to marry me.
She said yes. And cried. And then Hubble snores really loud.
I miss Hubble. He was a handful, but oh was he just a sweetheart.
Anywho…back at this special place and it’s so nice here.
I’m actually posting this the morning after. We got to bed so late last night I didn’t write this out. Sigh.
I know I write that I’m tired a lot, but I have been tired. A major part of that is all the work I’ve been doing in therapy, to be honest. Big emotions are exhausting. Saying that doesn’t really do it justice. It takes a lot out of me. In a good way, absolutely, but it does. And the same thing with the writing and even getting up as early as I do to meet with my editor and go over my stuff…
I’m just going through change right now. I really think it’s that simple. Good change. Great change, even. But it’s hard work and it’s exhausting. I guess I write that all out because I’m just realizing it all for myself right now, there’s totally a reason why I’ve been feeling drained and tired 😂
I’m so glad I’m married to the person I married. I lucked out, big time.
I’m so glad I’m here in Santa Barbara for the weekend with the pups around me.
And I’m so glad I’m tired. Being tired means I’m making effort towards good things. Hard work. And I always feel most myself when I’m working hard.
Love you all! May you all find happy, supportive love, and may you all be exhausted in the most satisfying, releasing kind of way.
I’m gonna go take a nap! 😂
More tonight about what I did “today.”