Love Hurts

Well, it only took 1 month - 26 days - 23 hours and 10 minutes before Jennifer and I had our first fight. I'm not blaming her for the fight, and I'm not acting as the innocent bystander either. Pointing fingers is a game I don't like to play. But today I found out that you don't have to use JUST your pointer finger to get your point across.

Life takes you in odd directions at different points in your life. Whether that is going to college in Alabama or deciding whether to play Madden or Halo before the Eagles game, life was only about me, myself, and I until marriage. I didn't have to consider someone else in every decision I made. Suddenly my taco, underwear, and Sopranos night turned into spooning on the couch during American Idol. Taking 4 Tylenol PMs and falling asleep at my computer screen while IMing random friends turned into pulling the bed back at 10:00pm every night after letting the dogs out. Things changed.

But all of the changes didn't matter. I was on cloud nine and loving every minute of it.

So of course, just as soon as we got married, my cloud nine turned into a tsunami. And the storm brought me back down to reality. Sure I need to do what is best for me. But I also need to consider the wants and needs of my wife. Because as she put it "we are team D'Amico."


Maybe I will look back at our fight and regret things that I said, or things that I did. Shoot, who doesn't have any regrets hidden in their closet? I regret not telling my grandmother I love her before she passed away. I regret losing touch with some of my closest friends. I regret breaking up with an ex girlfriend on the same day her grandmother died. But one thing I will never regret is marrying Jennifer. She is my heart, my soul, my best friend, and my everything. Even if love hurts, I know Jennifer will make me feel better. Even if that does include the middle finger sometimes :)

2008, the year that was.

With two days left until 2009 begins, I've decided to write my first blog by recapping the events surrounding the 2008 year.

-On December 27th, 2007, I proposed to my then, girlfriend of 6 years, Jennifer, in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia.
-The month of March allowed me to receive my first "teaching award" by being named Teacher of the Month at Auburn Junior High School.
-In May I went to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. It was the coolest place even though Yellowstone was kind of overrated.
-In July Jennifer received an amazing job offer in Jacksonville, FL. After much debate, we decided to leave Auburn (sigh).
-Also in July my parents hosted our first wedding shower in Philadelphia. As girly as it was, it was really great that all of my childhood/school friends came to it.
-In August I replaced Mrs. Jean Lamar at Callahan Middle School in Florida. To those of you who have no idea who she is, Jean Lamar was the teacher of the year in the STATE of Florida. I had big shoes to fill.
-I witnessed the first Philadelphia Championship in 25 years by watching the Phillies role over the Brewers, Dodgers, and then the Rays. My dad, Cuban, and I took off and went to the Phillies parade. This was, by far, the single greatest sporting event I have ever witnessed.
"World Champions. World F*CKING CHAMPIONS" - Chase Utley
-I thought the year couldn't get any better until the week of November 22nd. All of my Philadelphia friends; all of my Auburn friends; and some surprise friends (Mark, Puff, Canuck's Family) came to my wedding.
-On December 25th Jennifer and I spent our first Christmas together.
-And finally, on December 28th the Philadelphia Eagles went into Sunday with an 18% chance of making the playoffs. Houston beat Chicago - check. OAKLAND beat Tampa - Check. PHILADELPHIA beats Dallas - PLAYOFFS!

There were definitely some ups and downs that went along with 2008. I hated to leave my friends from Auburn. I watched the Flyers lose to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 7th game of the Semi-Finals. I forgot my wedding vows. My best friend Brian was in a serious accident. Jean Lamar came back to Callahan, therefore I lost my job. Jennifer lost our honeymoon pictures.

But overall, I wouldn't change anything that happened to me in 2008.

Sincerely - me