On February 28, Steve and I will celebrate our 11th anniversary (our actual anniversary is Feb. 29). For the past ten years we’ve gone to Kansas City for the weekend. It may seem a bit lame to some people, but KC is our place and we really enjoy the weekends we spend there. This year, however, we can’t take the trip and I’m a bit bummed about it. This weekend I have to work on my class project that’s due on Wednesday (and I’m seriously behind) and next weekend, Sarah has scheduled a workshop on Sunday with visiting artist [Elliot Pujol](http://www.metalmuseum.org/Exhibits/Pujol/Pujol.htm). It’s a workshop I can’t miss and really don’t want to. I realize that not taking our annual trip doesn’t make the celebration any less special, but it is a bummer. Steve and I both need a break and can’t seem to get one. The next trip we take is the second weekend of March to the Best of Missouri Hands conference in Jefferson City. This means I go to the conference all day on Saturday and part of Sunday while Steve hangs out with my dad and Karen. Yee haw.
It will be a good anniversary – I just know it will. We’ll have a nice dinner out, I got Steve a really great gift, and we’ll talk about when we first met. It will be nice. But it’s no Kansas City.
Pretty Pretty Bang Bang 
Do you have any photos from past trips? You could open a bottle of wine and look through them all. (When do you ever actually get to go through your photos?) Then you could spend some time planning a trip for KC for next month and be sure to schedule something special, like massages or a fancy dinner.