Married 56 Years and One Day

 

My sister was the first and only one to congratulate us on our 56 years of marriage.  She sent a lovely, warm text that we really appreciated.  I did not put any photos on Facebook so there were no reminders to our offspring or announcements to friends.

We celebrated in our own way and it made a bit of a story.  Over the last four years, we have often used On the Border as a place to celebrate--sometimes with takeout during pandemic years.  We celebrated good medical news, memorably the last radiation treatment Jim had as I recall. 

We are definitely the "old folks" in going to dinner early but we enjoy sitting in the bar and taking advantage of happy hour prices.  So last night we ordered our house margaritas.  Jim ordered a chicken queso from the regular menu and my usual taco order was no long available so I happily switched to quesadillas.

The waiter apologized when my drink came with salt when I had said "no salt."  I assured him it was not at all important.  Our food came promptly and was great. The quesadillas were even better than the usual tacos. 

When the waiter brought our check, he told us we were the easiest customers he had all night.  Maybe that is a line he uses for a better tip!  Later we noticed and pointed out to him that he had missed the drinks on our bill.  He said he had left them off on purpose. It came out even in a way because my quesadillas were not half price as listed on the happy hour menu.  

I hope Jim did leave him a generous tip!  (He said he did!) We were so satisfied with our drink and meal that we decided to postpone a planned ice cream cake purchase for another day--to extend our celebration.  

May we be blessed to celebrate more anniversaries together!  We are thankful for each one.