You're doing recon work on our anniversary?

an⋅ni⋅ver⋅sa⋅ry

 [an-uh-vur-suh-ree]

the yearly recurrence of the date of a past event

Today is an anniversary. It has been five years since I came back from Italy.

Well, technically, five years

ago today I got on a plane to return to the States, I didn't actually arrive until tomorrow.

I'm not really into anniversaries. There aren't any that I celebrate, but this one always makes me think. I still miss Italy, I miss the people that I knew there, and I miss the work that I did.

Besides nostalgia, I spend the week of this anniversary wondering what I've done with the past five years. What have I got to show for this passage of time? So here are some things I have and have done with my time.

Material things:

A nice car

My House

Other things:

A Master's degree

An Office and the office means that I have a job. It's a good job and I really like it.

Places I have lived:

Raleigh, NC

Boone, NC

Missouri

Places I've been:

Chicago

New York

The Beach

Nauvoo, Illinois