Bittersweet

Today I observe two anniversaries.

First, one year ago today, I bought my new car, Ella! She's up around 13,400 miles already, and doing great! A little salt-streaked and jealous of The Dude's car, which he got washed inside and out last weekend, but she's still cuter anyway.

Second and more significantly, thirty-two years ago today, my parents were married. This is the first anniversary since my mom died in July, so it's pretty hard on my dad. I'm supposed to be going to visit him this weekend (well, going to New York for St. Patrick's Day but also seeing him), but weather might force me to postpone, which would be a shame, since I got him a little commemorative gift and wanted to give it to him on the actual day (or near enough...it'd probably be after midnight by the time I got there anyway, given Friday-night traffic) and keep him company a bit on this sad weekend.