Thursday, June 12, 2008

50 Years!

WOW, is that a long time! Try to imagine what was going on in the world 50 years ago? I did a quick search and here is a short list:

In 1958….
U.S Mail postage was 3 cents
Credit Cards were born (yuck!)
NASA was created
Michael Jackson was born (who knew the impact he would have?)

Over the past 2 weeks, Angela and I have been honored to be invited to, not one, but two 50th wedding anniversaries. Both of these celebrations were friend's parents....oddly our social circles don' t include many individuals that are even close to achieving this type of goal.

The first 50th anniversary party was held at the Washington Nationals Ball Park. I know what you are thinking; many groups often attend ballgames and sit in the nosebleed seats. Well, not this group. Apparently we have a friend that travels in high society. Our friends family (who are REALLY nice people) are friends with the owners of the Nationals. So, the celebration was held in the owner's box at the National Ballpark. That place is AMAZING! It is a double suite directly behind home base, where we ate and drank like kings all night. Unfortunately the game was rained out that night, but everyone had a great time regardless. The couple even had their wedding song played in the stadium and their picture on the Jumbotron. Very cool!

The second 50th anniversary party was a little lower key but everyone still had great time. The event was held at one of the son's house not too far from Gaithersburg. Again, the food drinks, and people were amazing!

Attending both of these events really inspires me. Angela and I are "only" ten years into our wedding vows. As I reflect back over those years and moments we shared during that time, they still seem fresh, living in the forefront of my memory. It gives me hope, that maybe; just maybe if we work real hard, surround ourselves with good family and friends, and get a little luck alone the way we might be one of the few to celebrate such a momentous occasion.

In closing, no matter where you are in this journey called life, stop and take time to love, laugh, and enjoy because it happens so fast!


....And now back to your regular scheduled programming....

Wow, what happened there? I must have blacked out? Anyway, no time to rest and not being one to rest on my previous accomplishments the day after I returned from my successes in the triathlon world I began training for my next event, a Half Marathon. I joined a local running club help me with this accomplishment. We meet twice a week, Wednesday’s are our speed workouts (I really need some speed!) and Saturday’s we work on increasing our distance. I really like the group. They are really fun people and several of them are triathletes as well. I will keep you posted on my progress.