All warfare is based on deception.
I've been sworn into the Marine Corps and will be shipping out to boot camp December 3rd. It's nice to finally be finished with all of that paperwork and testing and being able to fully focus on preparing myself for... Well, a hell that'll be lasting for over 13 weeks and more than likely will be the hardest thing I'll experience throughout my entire life.
Oh, and sorry about my inactivity! Between working out and feeling sick and long phone calls with certain lovely individuals, I've been a little strapped for time.
Once again, I have no idea where to start. Not updating for a week makes for an interesting post when I finally get around to it.
How's about I start with last night? Yeah, that sounds nice.
Nix that. I'll start with two nights ago! Then, everything will make more sense.
So, two nights ago! For a few days, I'd been talking via email to a girl named Whitney from the dating site I'm subscribed to. From her pictures she looked gorgeous and we had a lot in common so things were going really, really well. We exchanged numbers and Sunday night, she called me shortly after I got home from running for a few miles. We began talking a little before 8PM. We got off the phone at midnight, and only because we she had work in five hours and we hadn't noticed how much time had gone by. Needless to say, at this point, I'm really liking this girl. During the conversation, I said that if it weren't so late, I'd ask if she wanted to go for a walk. Oh, did I mention that she lives not even two blocks from me? Yeah. Incredible.
The next day, she asked if my offer to go for a walk was still available. We walked a mile or two down to Perkins and had a little something to eat, and we're getting along like you wouldn't believe. The sheer number of things we have in common is staggering. I walk her home, and the entire night, the most contact we've had is a quick hug when we first met and when I walked her home and we said our goodnights.
Tuesday rolls around and while talking to her on MSN, I hint at the possibility of treating her to a movie after I get off of work and she says she'd be up for it. I bring her to see Evan Almighty, and we had the entire theatre to ourselves. Not a single other person came during the whole movie, and she's still convinced I had something to do with that. It was actually a pretty good movie and I'd recommend it. A few parts will have you confused and some aspects of the movie are completely pointless, but it's still pretty funny overall. Halfway through the movie, I finally get the courage to put my arms around here, and our first kiss came at the end of the movie while we were sitting there talking about it. I held her like that for a good hour and a half after the movie ended and we're still surprised that someone didn't come in and kick us out. I'm guessing they thought the theatre was empty or something. We finally decide that we better get going and I drive her home, and in front of her door, we kissed and held each other some more for another couple of hours. I looked at my watch and we couldn't believe that it was already 3AM. We kissed goodnight and I drove home, feeling pretty damn incredible.
She calls me first thing Wednesday morning and she asks if I'd be up for going for a walk with her down to a nearby park so I get dressed and head over to her house and I finally get to see the inside of it. She lives in an apartment above her mother's house, and the two of them get along extremely well and she's staying there until she's done with college. She has two dogs and two cats and a bird and two ferrets and omgiwantaferret! They have this little "weasel war dance" that they do when they're playing or are excited where they hop around and sprint all over the place, running into things and falling over. Anyway! We head down to the park and she shows me around all of these caves and abandoned buildings along the Mississippi and we even saw a hobo camp. I've gotta admit, it was the first hobo camp I've ever seen in my life. There was a small fire pit and ripped pink sleeping bags and clothes hung up and other stuff lying around so we thought it'd be a good idea not to stay long, lest we get hassled by hobos. She showed me this waterfall and we climbed up and sat in the middle of it and talked, as we'd been doing without trouble the entire day thus far. It was warm and we were both sweating, and we had brought along bottles of water, so me being the crafty bastard that I am, I got an idea and splashed her with my water. The look on her face was absolutely priceless, and for a split second I thought she might be mad since her phone was in her pocket, but she laughed and dumped her bottle of water on me and eventually, we're both soaked, cuddling, laughing and kissing in the middle of a waterfall on a perfect summer day. I don't really think it gets more romantic than that.
We went back to her house and watched some movies and she got changed, and then we headed over to my house and played Guitar Hero, which she turns out is really good at. Better than me? Hah. Like that's even possible. Then I decided that it'd be the best time to let her know about my joining the Marines and when I'd be shipping out. She cried and clinged to me and although I had this feeling she'd leave and be upset I didn't tell her sooner, she said she cares about me a lot and that she just wants me to be safe. I wanted to tell her sooner, but I didn't know if things were going to work out between us to begin with, and things were going so well. I'm glad I didn't wait until later, though. It feels really good to have it out in the open.
On Thursday, her mother really wanted to meet me since she'd heard so much about me and offered to take all three of us out to dinner at Applebee's. We all had a really good time and I got to learn some embarrassing stories about her. :D Before her mother got home and we went to Applebee's, we... Yeah. After only a few days of knowing each other, but it felt right as though we weren't rushing. I've been with someone on the same day I've met them, and we went on to date for two years!
But yeah. That's where I've been and why I haven't been able to update as regularly as I want. Between working 11 hour days and Whitney and working out profusely... I barely have any time just sitting doing nothing. A part of me almost misses it. Oh, I suppose some pictures are in order! Here she is. When I first saw her, I couldn't help but think of Drew Barrymore... But she has light brown hair, almost auburn, and green eyes.
Pretty, no? It's incredible being able to walk five minutes down the street to her house whenever I want, especially considering where we met and everything that's happened.
Some situations have come to light, though, and I'm having some trouble figuring out how best to handle them.
First and most important regards her and her ex-boyfriend. They dated for two years and just broke up about a month ago. On her MySpace, I read a blog entry that was written two weeks ago or so about how she had to pack up everything that reminded her of him because it was hard for her to fall out of love with him. Two weeks ago. I can't really help but feel like I'm a rebound of sorts, and knowing the success rates of relationships spawned from rebounds, I'm a little apprehensive and can't help but feel that we've moved too fast. "Love" has already been sprinkled around conversations of ours and we're 'officially' together. I think I'll have to talk with her about all of this and see where things go. What would I like to happen? I'd like for us to take a break, of sorts, and work on our friendship and give her more time to heal. It's been 5+ months for me and me and her only dated a year, so I'm beyond over her, but since it almost sounds like he was her first everything, I'm sure there's a lot of feeling still there.
Any and all advice from you guys is greatly, GREATLY appreciated, so please feel free to give your two cents.
Another issue I face is my trip down to Indiana to visit Kim, who I know beyond a doubt now would like something to happen between us. Nobody other than you and Tammy and Carrie know that me and Whitney are together, and even Carrie's in the dark about most of the situation, still. Needless to say, no girlfriend in their right mind would want their boyfriend flying down to visit and stay with an ex-girlfriend whom the current girlfriend knows wants something to happen. Nor would any decent ex-girlfriend want... Well, you know where I'm going with this. If me and Whitney did end up taking a break because of the 'rebound' situation, it'd solve both problems, but would cause new ones because I do feel that me and Whitney could last a really, really long time. She's so incredibly sweet and thoughtful and already spoils me and she likes all the same things I do.
Next problem involves Carrie. Friends with benefits + One of the friends becoming exclusive with someone else = Something that never, ever turns out well. Carrie's upset that she thinks I've been ignoring her and that I won't ever speak to her again which just isn't the case, but she's CONVINCED of this and won't really talk to me to let me TELL her my side of the story. She thinks I've been keeping some girl on the back burner this whole time, which is just silly since me and Whitney only met about a week ago. Not sure how that whole thing will play out. Hopefully she starts listening to reason because she really is one of my best friends and has helped me immensely with a lot of my issues.
Sigh.
Aside from all that, I bought some really nice shirts at the Mall of America a few days ago. And a necklace. Both from Aeropostale. They're having a sale on all shirts/tops for girls and guys, 50% off. They've got some great stuff there so I'd suggest checking it out. :D
Aside from that, I ain't got nothin' else to say that's too important. I don't miss WoW at all, I've been working out like crazy by running and doing push-ups and sit-ups every chance I get and I can feel myself improving, and... Yeah, that's about it. I'll update again soon!!!!!!!!! I miss you guys and will resume comments asap.
Oh, and sorry about my inactivity! Between working out and feeling sick and long phone calls with certain lovely individuals, I've been a little strapped for time.
Once again, I have no idea where to start. Not updating for a week makes for an interesting post when I finally get around to it.
How's about I start with last night? Yeah, that sounds nice.
Nix that. I'll start with two nights ago! Then, everything will make more sense.
So, two nights ago! For a few days, I'd been talking via email to a girl named Whitney from the dating site I'm subscribed to. From her pictures she looked gorgeous and we had a lot in common so things were going really, really well. We exchanged numbers and Sunday night, she called me shortly after I got home from running for a few miles. We began talking a little before 8PM. We got off the phone at midnight, and only because we she had work in five hours and we hadn't noticed how much time had gone by. Needless to say, at this point, I'm really liking this girl. During the conversation, I said that if it weren't so late, I'd ask if she wanted to go for a walk. Oh, did I mention that she lives not even two blocks from me? Yeah. Incredible.
The next day, she asked if my offer to go for a walk was still available. We walked a mile or two down to Perkins and had a little something to eat, and we're getting along like you wouldn't believe. The sheer number of things we have in common is staggering. I walk her home, and the entire night, the most contact we've had is a quick hug when we first met and when I walked her home and we said our goodnights.
Tuesday rolls around and while talking to her on MSN, I hint at the possibility of treating her to a movie after I get off of work and she says she'd be up for it. I bring her to see Evan Almighty, and we had the entire theatre to ourselves. Not a single other person came during the whole movie, and she's still convinced I had something to do with that. It was actually a pretty good movie and I'd recommend it. A few parts will have you confused and some aspects of the movie are completely pointless, but it's still pretty funny overall. Halfway through the movie, I finally get the courage to put my arms around here, and our first kiss came at the end of the movie while we were sitting there talking about it. I held her like that for a good hour and a half after the movie ended and we're still surprised that someone didn't come in and kick us out. I'm guessing they thought the theatre was empty or something. We finally decide that we better get going and I drive her home, and in front of her door, we kissed and held each other some more for another couple of hours. I looked at my watch and we couldn't believe that it was already 3AM. We kissed goodnight and I drove home, feeling pretty damn incredible.
She calls me first thing Wednesday morning and she asks if I'd be up for going for a walk with her down to a nearby park so I get dressed and head over to her house and I finally get to see the inside of it. She lives in an apartment above her mother's house, and the two of them get along extremely well and she's staying there until she's done with college. She has two dogs and two cats and a bird and two ferrets and omgiwantaferret! They have this little "weasel war dance" that they do when they're playing or are excited where they hop around and sprint all over the place, running into things and falling over. Anyway! We head down to the park and she shows me around all of these caves and abandoned buildings along the Mississippi and we even saw a hobo camp. I've gotta admit, it was the first hobo camp I've ever seen in my life. There was a small fire pit and ripped pink sleeping bags and clothes hung up and other stuff lying around so we thought it'd be a good idea not to stay long, lest we get hassled by hobos. She showed me this waterfall and we climbed up and sat in the middle of it and talked, as we'd been doing without trouble the entire day thus far. It was warm and we were both sweating, and we had brought along bottles of water, so me being the crafty bastard that I am, I got an idea and splashed her with my water. The look on her face was absolutely priceless, and for a split second I thought she might be mad since her phone was in her pocket, but she laughed and dumped her bottle of water on me and eventually, we're both soaked, cuddling, laughing and kissing in the middle of a waterfall on a perfect summer day. I don't really think it gets more romantic than that.
We went back to her house and watched some movies and she got changed, and then we headed over to my house and played Guitar Hero, which she turns out is really good at. Better than me? Hah. Like that's even possible. Then I decided that it'd be the best time to let her know about my joining the Marines and when I'd be shipping out. She cried and clinged to me and although I had this feeling she'd leave and be upset I didn't tell her sooner, she said she cares about me a lot and that she just wants me to be safe. I wanted to tell her sooner, but I didn't know if things were going to work out between us to begin with, and things were going so well. I'm glad I didn't wait until later, though. It feels really good to have it out in the open.
On Thursday, her mother really wanted to meet me since she'd heard so much about me and offered to take all three of us out to dinner at Applebee's. We all had a really good time and I got to learn some embarrassing stories about her. :D Before her mother got home and we went to Applebee's, we... Yeah. After only a few days of knowing each other, but it felt right as though we weren't rushing. I've been with someone on the same day I've met them, and we went on to date for two years!
But yeah. That's where I've been and why I haven't been able to update as regularly as I want. Between working 11 hour days and Whitney and working out profusely... I barely have any time just sitting doing nothing. A part of me almost misses it. Oh, I suppose some pictures are in order! Here she is. When I first saw her, I couldn't help but think of Drew Barrymore... But she has light brown hair, almost auburn, and green eyes.
Pretty, no? It's incredible being able to walk five minutes down the street to her house whenever I want, especially considering where we met and everything that's happened.
Some situations have come to light, though, and I'm having some trouble figuring out how best to handle them.
First and most important regards her and her ex-boyfriend. They dated for two years and just broke up about a month ago. On her MySpace, I read a blog entry that was written two weeks ago or so about how she had to pack up everything that reminded her of him because it was hard for her to fall out of love with him. Two weeks ago. I can't really help but feel like I'm a rebound of sorts, and knowing the success rates of relationships spawned from rebounds, I'm a little apprehensive and can't help but feel that we've moved too fast. "Love" has already been sprinkled around conversations of ours and we're 'officially' together. I think I'll have to talk with her about all of this and see where things go. What would I like to happen? I'd like for us to take a break, of sorts, and work on our friendship and give her more time to heal. It's been 5+ months for me and me and her only dated a year, so I'm beyond over her, but since it almost sounds like he was her first everything, I'm sure there's a lot of feeling still there.
Any and all advice from you guys is greatly, GREATLY appreciated, so please feel free to give your two cents.
Another issue I face is my trip down to Indiana to visit Kim, who I know beyond a doubt now would like something to happen between us. Nobody other than you and Tammy and Carrie know that me and Whitney are together, and even Carrie's in the dark about most of the situation, still. Needless to say, no girlfriend in their right mind would want their boyfriend flying down to visit and stay with an ex-girlfriend whom the current girlfriend knows wants something to happen. Nor would any decent ex-girlfriend want... Well, you know where I'm going with this. If me and Whitney did end up taking a break because of the 'rebound' situation, it'd solve both problems, but would cause new ones because I do feel that me and Whitney could last a really, really long time. She's so incredibly sweet and thoughtful and already spoils me and she likes all the same things I do.
Next problem involves Carrie. Friends with benefits + One of the friends becoming exclusive with someone else = Something that never, ever turns out well. Carrie's upset that she thinks I've been ignoring her and that I won't ever speak to her again which just isn't the case, but she's CONVINCED of this and won't really talk to me to let me TELL her my side of the story. She thinks I've been keeping some girl on the back burner this whole time, which is just silly since me and Whitney only met about a week ago. Not sure how that whole thing will play out. Hopefully she starts listening to reason because she really is one of my best friends and has helped me immensely with a lot of my issues.
Sigh.
Aside from all that, I bought some really nice shirts at the Mall of America a few days ago. And a necklace. Both from Aeropostale. They're having a sale on all shirts/tops for girls and guys, 50% off. They've got some great stuff there so I'd suggest checking it out. :D
Aside from that, I ain't got nothin' else to say that's too important. I don't miss WoW at all, I've been working out like crazy by running and doing push-ups and sit-ups every chance I get and I can feel myself improving, and... Yeah, that's about it. I'll update again soon!!!!!!!!! I miss you guys and will resume comments asap.