Things to remember in 5 years

I haven't posted in a while because I just spent some time in the desert without internet or phone access. My time at Camp Wilson can only be described as 90% hot and miserable, 5% windy and miserable, 2% cold showers with strangers, 1% boring brief about the endangered desert tortoise, .1% HOLY SHIT! IS THAT AN ICE CREAM TRUCK? and .9% Do you think the ice cream lady will come back?
So I have had some time to reflect on the little moments with Satu that make up our lives and since we are coming up on our 5th year together, I thought I would list a few of those moments. This way, in another 5 years, when I still can't remember if she is allergic to almonds or walnuts, we can both look back on this time and have some place to start.

Remember.

1. Satu's post for a dinner group started it all.
2. Brown pin striped pants made me late for work more than once.
3. Our first kiss was at the top of the stairs and Satu inexplicably said no right before she leaned in for the kiss. It was September 4th, 2008.
4. My color identification system has been mis-loaded.
5. Princess movies stop panic attacks and so do middle of the night car rides.
6. At this moment Satu is 43, she looks 33 and worries that her size 2 jeans are getting too tight.
7. The first time I came over to Satu's house I hid behind her dog for comfort. He was a good sport.
8. I listened over and over and over and over to the CD she made last Valentine's day.
9. Cookie! Poof.
10. I can fix it! Snap. Oh what do I do now!? freeze.
11. Satu has posted 70+ times on tumblr in the last 3 days about the hotness of Mary McDonnel.
12. Unium is the delicious wine that she got for my birthday because it has an eagle on the label.
13. Because of the already want to.
14. We went to Costa Rica where Satu got scuba scars on her feet and took pictures of plants and reptiles.
15. Last year we went to Key West where we had Cuban coffee and Satu took pictures of reptiles and plants and birds.
16. Satu leaves notes for me on my mirror.
17. I once left little notes in flowers.
18. Satu took me for a drag on the carpet on Christmas and it made me laugh like a child.
19. Shane Hylleberg had the happiest basement in the world.
20. Right now, neither of us can manage to keep food in the house because we don't do well living in separate places.
21. Fatty Happenstance has just learned to sit on laps.
22. Satu has peppermint trees on the kitchen table.
23. Lately we hang out at Lucky's because they have beer, dogs and battered artichokes, but we also like Seed because it has a horses neck with a kick.
24. Neither one of us knows what we are going to be doing in three months, but we will be doing it together at long last.

I wonder what we will be doing five years from now, and where we will live. My life with Satu is so much better than I ever would have guessed life could be. I can't wait to see what's next.