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Ugh...12 hours from now I will be back to teaching as if nothing had ever happened. It seems like it has been ages since I had to do that teaching thing. I seem to remember it as a whole lot more fun at this time last year. Needless to say my break has been wonderful...I can't believe I was in NYC just a bit over a week ago. I am quite sad it is all over with. I've spent every day of break, actually every day for the last 5 weeks, with John.
At the risk of getting all sappy I didn't know there were guys like John around. He's wonderful...I may have to hang up my cynicism about men. I guess I should back up a bit and explain where John came from. I actually went to grade school and high school with John although I have little memory of him. He is two years older than I am, and the only thing I can remember about him was that he was my lab assistant in my Biology class freshman year. So I was feeling extremely sorry for myself one day and I found him on Yahoo! personals. I didn't recognize him then, I just saw his picture and thought he was kinda cute and sent him an "Icebreaker"...the only thing I could send without having to pay. So he messaged me back a few days later and I immmediately recognized his last name. I don't think he remembered me at all, but he did remember my mom who was the lunch lady. Our moms used to work hot lunch together on the Sloppy Joe team. So he came to my church to see me play the sax early in November, but I guess out of shyness didn't stick around to talk to me. I didn't think he showed and I got pissed as hell. We talked again through the week and he came the next Sunday to hear my choir sing. I got unbelievably nervous and kinda blew him off. We went out on our first date that Tuesday 11/16 and I went home feeling almost self-conscious that I had talked as much as I did. I'd never been out with someone that listened that well and asked me so many questions. And since then there have only been 4 days that I haven't seen him. We've gone to the Thanksgiving Day parade and Greenfield Village and Handel's Messiah and he's brought me lunch at school and roses and all of these wonderful things that have left me speechless. He came to Boar's Head with me too...that was awesome. I thought he was crazy when he asked me to go to New York with him...we had only been dating a few weeks. I think if I hadn't known him prior to this though this whole thing wouldn't have worked...I wouldn't have felt as comfortable with him. So I met his family and went to the family Christmas party which by the way consisted of two other Concordia alums Heidi and Mike Stockmeyer, John's cousin and husband. He came to my family Christmas and survived as well. We went to a very nice Italian restaurant for New Year's and things are great. On top of all the theater tickets for NYC he bought tickets for us to go see Rent at the Masonic Temple on January 22 for Christmas. I didn't know things could be this easy.
So yeah...things are good for me. I think I may be the happiest I have ever been. :)
At the risk of getting all sappy I didn't know there were guys like John around. He's wonderful...I may have to hang up my cynicism about men. I guess I should back up a bit and explain where John came from. I actually went to grade school and high school with John although I have little memory of him. He is two years older than I am, and the only thing I can remember about him was that he was my lab assistant in my Biology class freshman year. So I was feeling extremely sorry for myself one day and I found him on Yahoo! personals. I didn't recognize him then, I just saw his picture and thought he was kinda cute and sent him an "Icebreaker"...the only thing I could send without having to pay. So he messaged me back a few days later and I immmediately recognized his last name. I don't think he remembered me at all, but he did remember my mom who was the lunch lady. Our moms used to work hot lunch together on the Sloppy Joe team. So he came to my church to see me play the sax early in November, but I guess out of shyness didn't stick around to talk to me. I didn't think he showed and I got pissed as hell. We talked again through the week and he came the next Sunday to hear my choir sing. I got unbelievably nervous and kinda blew him off. We went out on our first date that Tuesday 11/16 and I went home feeling almost self-conscious that I had talked as much as I did. I'd never been out with someone that listened that well and asked me so many questions. And since then there have only been 4 days that I haven't seen him. We've gone to the Thanksgiving Day parade and Greenfield Village and Handel's Messiah and he's brought me lunch at school and roses and all of these wonderful things that have left me speechless. He came to Boar's Head with me too...that was awesome. I thought he was crazy when he asked me to go to New York with him...we had only been dating a few weeks. I think if I hadn't known him prior to this though this whole thing wouldn't have worked...I wouldn't have felt as comfortable with him. So I met his family and went to the family Christmas party which by the way consisted of two other Concordia alums Heidi and Mike Stockmeyer, John's cousin and husband. He came to my family Christmas and survived as well. We went to a very nice Italian restaurant for New Year's and things are great. On top of all the theater tickets for NYC he bought tickets for us to go see Rent at the Masonic Temple on January 22 for Christmas. I didn't know things could be this easy.
So yeah...things are good for me. I think I may be the happiest I have ever been. :)