Every month, aside of course from birthdays or on any special holidays, andrea and i would always greet each other Happy! on two separate dates - on the seventh and on the seventeenth - the date when we first officially became a couple and the date on which we officially became husband and wife.

Since yesterday was the seventeenth, that’s exactly what we did the moment we woke up. Now honestly, before andrea said anything about what she’d like to do that afternoon, I thought we could celebrate somewhere, perhaps dine out or just go malling because we both were on vacation already. I admit, cleaning the house and re-arranging our bedroom was definitely the last on my list of possible things to do, but that’s unfortunately what she said.

So instead of giving each other gifts, I gave her a broom and she gave me a mop. Then as soon as we finished lunch, we started sweeping and mopping the floor. We were really busy the whole afternoon that by the time mateo was ready for his afternoon nap, we were already done with our bedroom. Pretty weird celebration, huh?!