Chapter 2 - Where's Luppy?
Chapter 3 - Charming
Chapter 4 - Snow Angeling
Chapter 5 - AC/DC is Romantic in the AM
Chapter 6 - Call me!
Chapter 7 - IMs
Chapter 8 - Blessings
Chapter 9 - Lovesick
Chapter 10 - Signs
Chapter 11 - And So, Like the Sands of the Hourglass...
A night out with the girls wearing little more than a shirt lead to meeting my Mr. Perfect. Somehow, after singing AC/DC to him (and utilizing other scare tactics) he was still interested in me. So in January I planned a trip to see him. And then I was diagnosed as love sick.
On January 18th, I flew to D.C. We went on our first date that night.
I returned home, completely in love. So much so that I started writing poetry about my Mr. Perfect.
January came and went, soon it was almost Valentine's Day and Mr. Perfect was on his way to see me! We hung out with some family and enjoyed the fabulousness that is cheesy corn bake.
We had an awesome first Valentine's, even if it was apart. February was a big month - we made our relationship official. On Facebook, of course.
March was fabulous. I visited Mr. Perfect in D.C. two weekends in a row. I learned that Mr. Perfect could not only put up with my craziness, but embrace and love it. Yes, even after texting him 70 times in one night. March was topped off in the perfect way - with one of the best birthdays in the history of birthdays.
In April, I asked Mr. Perfect on a date and we fell in love with Pizza Cones. Hmm... that... uh, that pretty much sums up April.
By May we had already discussed what we were going to do - how long before we are in the same city and uh, what city will that be? And how? And and and and! So many questions...
May was a really crazy month, with lots of travel for work and to see Mr. Perfect. My favorite trip might have been Mr. Perfect's birthday, Cinco de Mayo! Or Memorial Day. My Memorial Day trip was great - we ate amazing food, almost died, and played beer pong. It was a good time.
June was just as great - our first road trip! To... Wichita. The most accurate fortune ever. And a LOL cat visit at the office. I was able to piggy-back off a work trip at the end of June and spent another long weekend with Mr. Perfect & Co.
The next weekend I was back in D.C. again for 4th of July! And P.S. I'm still scared of jellyfish. In July I started to become impatient. I was so over this long distance dating crap. So Maureen offered me dating advice. Thankfully, Mr. Perfect came back to KC. We plotted and planned and even did a little shopping for our future home! Oh, and I showed off a little more crazy. Oye.
August was looking just as crazy as May. I was in the DC area for over two weeks, including a weekend in Florida. It was a rehearsal for our trip we were planning to go to Barbados in September! During my extended stay in D.C. (again, blessed work!), Mr. Perfect and I compared our relationship to a sitcom. So fitting some days...
I think I can safely say Mr. Perfect and I had both been looking forward to September for quite a while. The year was quickly ticking away, and our trip to Barbados was rapidly approaching. Barbados was bound to be interesting - our first big trip as a couple (and only, outside of Florida), the most amount of time we would spend together up to that time, the first Wednesday we would spend together, and the only time we would truly be together, just the two of us. Every other trip to see each other also meant making sure we were squeezing in time to see each other's friends and family. This trip was really just about us. And it was glorious.
October was a month full of fun with friends. Mr. Perfect and I knew we weren't going to see each other much after our trip to Barbados until the holidays. Dating long distance, half-way across country gets a wee bit pricey. I think knowing that we weren't going to see each other as often as we had inspired me to write the story of how we met.
The important thing about October was that Mr. Perfect did make it back for the Corn Shucking Contest! Ok, so he also made it back for Halloween. And, in a classic test of a relationship, yes, he held my hair when I puked. awww, it's real love.
November was fun. I loved it. It started out with a bang - a PJ party with Mr. Perfect and friends in my lovely Manhattan, Kan., and I was referred to as epically awkward. What more can a girl ask for?
Well, a girl can ask for her boyfriend to live in the same city! Yeah, that's right, even though Mr. Perfect tried to entertain me, I was pretty bummed by the adjective "long-distance" still being associated with our relationship.
Thankfully, Thanksgiving came quickly and brought Mr. Perfect along with it. We had a great time together - went on a fancy date, caught a game, and just had another fabulous week together.
Suddenly... it was December. I felt like I'd been waiting for December... all year! Once again I was blessed with the chance to see Mr. Perfect by way of a trip for work. The next thing I knew, Mr. Perfect was back in KC and it was time for Christmas! Our first Christmas together was nearly perfect, affected only slightly by my stress and anxiety. The week we had together was great, and it was difficult to see him go right before the one-year anniversary of the night we met.
And now here we are.
A year that rushed by.
It's overwhelming to look back at how much we did and how much we went through together.
And somehow, through the distance, the phone calls, the texts and IM's, the hundreds spent on parking at the airport and thousands (quite literally) on airfare, the tears of frustration, anxiety and fear, the laughing until cheeks hurt, the signs and banners and airport greetings, the lonely Saturdays and amazing vacations, a Wednesday or two together, and a million other moments, somehow we've only gotten stronger together.
And so today, one year to the day I first sang to Mr. Perfect, I gave my notice at work.
And in three weeks, on January 18th, one year to the day I stepped off the plane and jumped into his arms, I will step out of the car and into my new home in D.C.
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