2 years.

[moxie585]

It's been more than 2 years since posting. I've lost friends, two grandparents, boyfriends, and myself, but in the past 5 months I've regained at least some of me. I moved to Arizona in July of 2006 and loved it upon sight. I pulled over on the 17 on my way down from Flagstaff and cried because the desert meant no more family, no more friends, no more college. The desert meant growing up for real. It never looked more beautiful again. I met the man of my dreams in September. He broke my heart 3 times with 3 different girls before he realized that I, the one who would do anything for him was the one he wanted to be with. He changed from an obnoxious immature sex crazed guy to the mature, supportive and loving man I know and mmiraculously it was a growth I witnessed. I knew him when...and I love him now. He and I are moving to Salt Lake City Utah to start our lives together, together. I'm teaching and he's working for Kiewit Western at a construction job that pays double my teacher salary. Makes me regret the 4 years I spent in college and the 2 I'm going to start in August at U of U studying instructional design and educational technology/software. Kurt is a fabulous guy. I love him to pieces. I came out here with nothing but my jeep and my junk. My friends from college had abandoned me, the guy I thought liked me had left me, and my family had moved on without me. I came to the desert with nothing. I'm moving out of the desert with a group of friends that would give the shirt off their back for me, a family that calls me everyday to say they miss me, a dog that follows me everywhere, more junk than will fit in my jeep with 200,000 miles on it, and a man that wakes up every morning and tells me he loves me and that I'm beautiful. I feel like a cactus that has finally bloomed. I'm going to miss all the life the desert had to offer me.

-Chrissy

Ps. I miss you al.