Good morning..
So, where did I leave off?
Ah, yes. So, the next night I went over to Doug's and he had said he'd cook me dinner. I walked in to a room filled with candlelight. It was amazingly beautiful, just perfect. Sweeping me off my feet much?
The dinner was delicious, afterwards, I made love to him and it was perfect. The next week and half went by WAY to quickly. We went to dinner & I met his mom, my family and I took him karaoking and out to the Cheesecake Factory so that he could meet my grandma, we went to a Spring training baseball game with his friends, and bowling. He and I went to the zoo, and many restraunts around town. It was the first time in at least 5 years I actually ENJOYED Arizona. It was so different, foreign, but so incredibly wonderful.
My sister had come over one night and we made s'mores in front of the fire and played games. He just FIT me. My life. He's the romantic, supportive, thoughtful, caring person I thought only existed in my stories, in my songs, in my dreams.
It was so hard to say goodbye to him. I cried and it'd only been a week and a half. He said he'd be here, and I told him i'd come back to him. The night before I was to head to the airport I laid in his arms in bed, there in the darkness he whispered "I know it hasn't been that long of a time, but I'm falling in love with you." I replied "I am so falling in love with you too."
A little valley girl I realize now, looking back. But it got the point across. I am falling in love with this man. If i havn't hit the ground already..
The next day was SO hard. I got on my plane and texted him throughout the day. When I landed in D.C. and when I arrived in Tampa. I missed him and it'd been 6 hours. How was I going to get through 6 months?
The next month went by so slowly. Some of the shows went really well. I visited St. Thomas again, and got to go to so many new places. Aruba, Barbados and Puerto Rico were my favorites. I saw Venezuela in South America, Guatamala, Mexico, Bonaire, Belize and more.. though seeing all these beautiful places just wasn't the same without him with me. I knew that seeing these places with him would be so much more amazing. We had plans to meet up in September when the tour ended in NYC, and spend a week there.
Although, as fate would have it, I was given horrible people to work with and I ended up coming home April 1st. Thinking I'd return to Europe in June, I wanted so badly to get home to him and suprise him. I didnt tell him I was flying home. On April 1st I was taken back to Tampa, FL and told the family. They picked me up at the airport and we had a great day together. It just felt SO good to be back home. I went through A LOT more crap on this contract than I had in the past. The people were just SO negative. I will miss some of the band, my saxaphone player, drummer and bass player came to be great friends, but it just wasn't worth all the other crap I had to deal with on a daily basis.
So here I was back in Arizona. And Doug had no idea. It was April 1st, 2007 and I decided when he got off work i would show up at his doorstep. I did just that, and it was so wonderful. It felt SO good to be home, I think I put him in a slight state of shock, but once it wore off it was a great thing. haha.
It's been so amazing being on this journey with this man. He's met some of my friends, (I cant wait to take him to L.A.) and I've met his. I spent Easter with his family and met his sisters. He's so supportive, I just recently signed an R&B Production deal with a huge producer and I have deadlines for song material. There is a ballad I wrote a while back, but it was never completed. He stayed up with me until 4 am one night helping me finish it. He has a way with words, that is so poetically romantic. It's so touching and refreshing to have a man that supports me truly with all he is.
We also wrote a full up tempo together. Tentatively called "Tomorrow". I like it, and hope it goes somewhere. The song. And us.
I must write about one of the moments that truly took my breath away. Although a lot of them do.. and I finally know what it feels like to be happy with someone. What it feels like to fall for someone so good.
The other night, he and I went out dancing with some of his friends in Phoenix. It was a country bar and a slow song had come on while we were still on the dance floor, we proceeded to slow dance, and I can't remember the last time I slow danced with someone, especially in public. There was one night we slow danced in the kitchen while cooking dinner (swoon), anyways. We danced, and he slid his hand up behind my ear, under my hair so sweetly and kissed me, and kissed me. And for the first time in my life it was as if everyone around became blurry until we were the only two people around. He does this to me. One of the many things he does to me.
After, he looked up and asked if I ever thought we'd be here. I wondered if he meant slow dancing in a country bar, because honestly the answer to that would be no. Or if he meant together, in this moment, in our lives. Again, my answer would have had to have been, no.
I said no, and smiled. Adding that I find it so amazing that we are here. Now. Together. And I asked him what took him so long to get here. Then I answered my own question by telling him I'm glad, because it makes me appreciate it everything he's given to me, everything he has shown me. He agreed and said he doesn't take me for granted. And I agree. Everything I've gone through led me to seeing this happiness in my life. I repeated a lyric by Rascal Flatts to him that night.. " God bless this broken road, that led me straight to you. ".
There isn't much else I can say at the moment. We are still planning our trip to NY and in 6 short days we head to Disneyland with my sister and possibly her new man :) We will take TONS of photos I hope. :D :D
I think I'm going to go for a run before it gets TOO hot, then off to pajama shop. We are hosting a pj party tomorrow night.
XXOO
You know you love me,
Miss Mandi Leigh
Ah, yes. So, the next night I went over to Doug's and he had said he'd cook me dinner. I walked in to a room filled with candlelight. It was amazingly beautiful, just perfect. Sweeping me off my feet much?
The dinner was delicious, afterwards, I made love to him and it was perfect. The next week and half went by WAY to quickly. We went to dinner & I met his mom, my family and I took him karaoking and out to the Cheesecake Factory so that he could meet my grandma, we went to a Spring training baseball game with his friends, and bowling. He and I went to the zoo, and many restraunts around town. It was the first time in at least 5 years I actually ENJOYED Arizona. It was so different, foreign, but so incredibly wonderful.
My sister had come over one night and we made s'mores in front of the fire and played games. He just FIT me. My life. He's the romantic, supportive, thoughtful, caring person I thought only existed in my stories, in my songs, in my dreams.
It was so hard to say goodbye to him. I cried and it'd only been a week and a half. He said he'd be here, and I told him i'd come back to him. The night before I was to head to the airport I laid in his arms in bed, there in the darkness he whispered "I know it hasn't been that long of a time, but I'm falling in love with you." I replied "I am so falling in love with you too."
A little valley girl I realize now, looking back. But it got the point across. I am falling in love with this man. If i havn't hit the ground already..
The next day was SO hard. I got on my plane and texted him throughout the day. When I landed in D.C. and when I arrived in Tampa. I missed him and it'd been 6 hours. How was I going to get through 6 months?
The next month went by so slowly. Some of the shows went really well. I visited St. Thomas again, and got to go to so many new places. Aruba, Barbados and Puerto Rico were my favorites. I saw Venezuela in South America, Guatamala, Mexico, Bonaire, Belize and more.. though seeing all these beautiful places just wasn't the same without him with me. I knew that seeing these places with him would be so much more amazing. We had plans to meet up in September when the tour ended in NYC, and spend a week there.
Although, as fate would have it, I was given horrible people to work with and I ended up coming home April 1st. Thinking I'd return to Europe in June, I wanted so badly to get home to him and suprise him. I didnt tell him I was flying home. On April 1st I was taken back to Tampa, FL and told the family. They picked me up at the airport and we had a great day together. It just felt SO good to be back home. I went through A LOT more crap on this contract than I had in the past. The people were just SO negative. I will miss some of the band, my saxaphone player, drummer and bass player came to be great friends, but it just wasn't worth all the other crap I had to deal with on a daily basis.
So here I was back in Arizona. And Doug had no idea. It was April 1st, 2007 and I decided when he got off work i would show up at his doorstep. I did just that, and it was so wonderful. It felt SO good to be home, I think I put him in a slight state of shock, but once it wore off it was a great thing. haha.
It's been so amazing being on this journey with this man. He's met some of my friends, (I cant wait to take him to L.A.) and I've met his. I spent Easter with his family and met his sisters. He's so supportive, I just recently signed an R&B Production deal with a huge producer and I have deadlines for song material. There is a ballad I wrote a while back, but it was never completed. He stayed up with me until 4 am one night helping me finish it. He has a way with words, that is so poetically romantic. It's so touching and refreshing to have a man that supports me truly with all he is.
We also wrote a full up tempo together. Tentatively called "Tomorrow". I like it, and hope it goes somewhere. The song. And us.
I must write about one of the moments that truly took my breath away. Although a lot of them do.. and I finally know what it feels like to be happy with someone. What it feels like to fall for someone so good.
The other night, he and I went out dancing with some of his friends in Phoenix. It was a country bar and a slow song had come on while we were still on the dance floor, we proceeded to slow dance, and I can't remember the last time I slow danced with someone, especially in public. There was one night we slow danced in the kitchen while cooking dinner (swoon), anyways. We danced, and he slid his hand up behind my ear, under my hair so sweetly and kissed me, and kissed me. And for the first time in my life it was as if everyone around became blurry until we were the only two people around. He does this to me. One of the many things he does to me.
After, he looked up and asked if I ever thought we'd be here. I wondered if he meant slow dancing in a country bar, because honestly the answer to that would be no. Or if he meant together, in this moment, in our lives. Again, my answer would have had to have been, no.
I said no, and smiled. Adding that I find it so amazing that we are here. Now. Together. And I asked him what took him so long to get here. Then I answered my own question by telling him I'm glad, because it makes me appreciate it everything he's given to me, everything he has shown me. He agreed and said he doesn't take me for granted. And I agree. Everything I've gone through led me to seeing this happiness in my life. I repeated a lyric by Rascal Flatts to him that night.. " God bless this broken road, that led me straight to you. ".
There isn't much else I can say at the moment. We are still planning our trip to NY and in 6 short days we head to Disneyland with my sister and possibly her new man :) We will take TONS of photos I hope. :D :D
I think I'm going to go for a run before it gets TOO hot, then off to pajama shop. We are hosting a pj party tomorrow night.
XXOO
You know you love me,
Miss Mandi Leigh