Tales of a New Marriage

February 28, 2021

Grace Bianco here. I have been married for forty-nine days.

The morning started off with my husband getting into bed around 6:30 after working all night. I curled up next to him and fell back asleep.

My alarm went off at 9. I was still so tired, and finally, I had my warm and comforting husband in bed with me. However, I needed to get up and go to church. I needed to surround myself with people even if they were all strangers. I needed to get out of the house, and focus on God’s word.

After church, I got back into bed with my husband. It didn’t take long for me to fall back into a peaceful and deep sleep.

I slept for about an hour and a half. It was 1:30 when I got out of bed the second time. I smiled. The day was almost over, and my husband would be up in about the next two hours.

I spent my time reading the Bible and reading from a book I have been reading.

My husband woke up a little after 3:30.

“That gives us two hours before he will leave for work,” I thought to myself.

I do that a lot these days. I count the minutes I have with him. I have no one else here, and I was so used to him always being home when we were living in our actual house. My days are starting to blend together, and so, I savor my time with him.

I am making it sound super depressing, but it’s not as bad as you’d think. I just get excited about the little things, and it makes my days seem more happy and less lonely.

Of course, the two hours flew by, as they always do.

I hugged and kissed my husband goodbye.

I called my best friend who lives in California. I practically word vomited everything. I don’t even know how many words she got in. I was just so happy to have someone to talk to after my husband left.

After we got off the phone, I started cutting and making potatoes for my husband to take to work. We brought our tiny air fryer. So, I had to do tiny batches. It took me almost three hours before I was done cooking them all. I read and did laundry in between the air fryer timer going off.

I sat in the bedroom afterwards, and then, I heard a loud thud. My heart started racing. I started hearing every little noise the old house made. It took everything in me to not panic. I locked myself in the bedroom and turned on our little fan. I blocked out the noises, and took a few deep breaths.

“I’m fine,” I said out loud to convince myself that I really was.

I ended the night on my phone. I fell asleep after 12… Excited that in just a few hours I would sleep even more soundly with my husband next to me.

That was my day… How was yours??

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