april fools' day

monday was april fools day, and also our wedding anniversary :)

we spent the day out and about fresno, doing things we like...
lunch at a vegetarian cafe,  tea at a chinese herbal shop, & records & old cat pictures at an old jukebox shop.

one of my favorite parts of the day was when nate said he found a coffee shop via yelp, that served vegan dessert, & we went to check it out.
(lolz) a guy with a gas mask opened the door & let us know that it was definitely not a coffee shop.

all day i kept saying "wow we did it!" i guess meaning we made it to seven years ? ha, i don't know.

i was just thinking how it's pretty cool that we have our life and each other... how lucky we are, really.
i was born in ukraine, but my parents were nuts and decided it was a good idea to move, with four little kids, to a different country with a language they didn't speak! i always go back to that thought, what if my mom & dad weren't so crazy...how weird, i'd be living in ukraine (?) (actually, kinda sounds cool...ha ha) anyway, because of a few interesting turns of events i met nate in 2004, fell in love instantly, &, well, the rest is history :)

so, i guess the advice i  can give to someone who is not as experienced in being married as i am (lol, kidding, i don't know anything) is, to not take yourself (& each other) too seriously, don't forget to have fun & laugh. that's all.

here's a random video clip i found from a couple years back, while we were in new york.
it's a really weird video, but we were clearing some space on our computer by deleting old pictures/videos, and couldn't delete this one!
i must have had the day off work or something & met nate for lunch at the park for his 30min break...