Things Learned as a Newlywed

There are many things that I've learned about myself, since I've been married. (It's not even 5 months yet.) Many involve my sin issues, impatience, inflexibility... oh but I'm not going to expand on those. I knew my sin was going to be more visible in marriage. Instead here are a few other tendencies were unexpected in this new part of life.

1. I can worry about very implausible things.

Ok, so maybe this fits into the sin issues part, but I never really worried like this before. My imagination runs wild. If Matt is 20 minutes late, I'm imagining car wrecks, terrorists, a hostage situation, a heart attack or a natural disaster. That last one actually makes sense because of his job in disaster relief... if it is a disaster anywhere in the world. The rest... are pretty unlikely. Wow, I never dreamed up disasters before. In reality, Matt usually is late because he chatted with his boss or stopped to buy me flowers. One would think I would learn.

2. I buy "light" food now.

NEVER thought I would do that. I was the "if you're going to buy fattening food, go all out!" type. I had never really thought about losing weight; then I got married. We have both gained more weight than we ever have. (We don't own a scale, so numbers aren't available.) So "light" and "low fat" have become part of my vocabulary!

3. I really can be so upset or excited that I cannot sleep.

I used to think that whole "I'm so upset I can't sleep" thing was just out of movies and for overly emotional romantics. I'm the type of gal who can sleep anywhere anytime. (And who has slept in many random places) Well, I must have joined that romantics club, because if I'm excited to see Matt or am upset over something Matt and I have argued about, I can't sleep--all night. Bizzare. I didn't think that was real. (Ok, I know newlyweds aren't supposed to have "arguments." Well, that's bunk.)

4. I plan meals. I cook. I freeze vegetables for later use.

I'm that gal who can make about 6 things. Now I'm planning out meals for the week. Never thought that would happen either. Oh, and freezing fresh veggies for stew later on? Who does that? The only time I talked about "frozen" anything it was "Has anyone see my frozen Amy's burrito in the freezer?" or "Is my Ben and Jerry's still frozen?" Now there is frozen celery in my freezer. Who would have thought.