Ok, I've lurked enough....its about time I start a PJ...
So here goes...
Story of Us:
We started out as neighbors at Rutgers University back in 1996...I was better friends with his roommate but I would always join him outside when he wanted to have a smoke break. I never saw him again after that school year, but I kept in touch with a few of his friends. We met a few times over the years to help our friend move, parties, etc. It wasn't until our mutual friend conferenced us in on a phone call in June 2006 that I got an invitation to go to his 30th birthday dinner in NYC. I work in the city and Alex said, yeah come on by...I figure why not, I could meet up with our mutual friends from college. I had a great time and we exchanged phone numbers. After a few weeks, we started talking on the phone and hanging out, but only as friends. We enjoyed going out to dinner and movies and we even went on shopping trips (yes girls, he loves to shop!). Six months go by and we became really good friends...so good that all my girlfriends are wondering why we aren't together...I say he's not my type and I'm not his and I believe he thinks the same way. We went to a concert to see an Australian band (Cat Empire) and afterwards we went to eat Korean BBQ; we didn't realize it until after the food came that it was after midnight and technically it was Valentine's Day...so we spent it together . Flash forward to March 2007: by this time, we had a few moments that were awkward...he'd put his hand on my knee in the car for a moment longer, hand at the small of my back, he'd tickle me, just little stuff. We went out to dinner at the Jersey shore one night after shopping and later we walked to the boardwalk and looked out over the water. We stood there for a moment, silently shivering in the cold wind, hearing the waves crash on the beach. I turned to him and said, what are you thinking. And he said, I'm thinking of kissing you. I said, really? He asked if that would be a bad thing and I said, no I don't think so. So under the moon on the boardwalk, we shared our first kiss. We actually both freaked out because we thought "how are we going to explain this to our friends?" We got in the car and I sent him home after he kissed me, telling him that I needed to clear my mind and come to grips with what happened. Then I went to my mom's and hugged her and told her the story. My stepdad walked into the kitchen and said, "Its about damn time!"...lol...so everyone knew it was meant to be before we did....lol. That was all she wrote folks...we've been together ever since and on our one year anniversary dinner, he officially proposed. (I say officially because there is a story behind that too! One that I'll tell later)
So since I have so little time left before my wedding, and I've waited to start this PJ so late...I'm going to try to go in time event order, but if I forget anything, please don't hold it against me...
(I'll insert pics in my next entry....I'm also slowly learning, so I have to open up a photobucket account. )
So here goes...
Story of Us:
We started out as neighbors at Rutgers University back in 1996...I was better friends with his roommate but I would always join him outside when he wanted to have a smoke break. I never saw him again after that school year, but I kept in touch with a few of his friends. We met a few times over the years to help our friend move, parties, etc. It wasn't until our mutual friend conferenced us in on a phone call in June 2006 that I got an invitation to go to his 30th birthday dinner in NYC. I work in the city and Alex said, yeah come on by...I figure why not, I could meet up with our mutual friends from college. I had a great time and we exchanged phone numbers. After a few weeks, we started talking on the phone and hanging out, but only as friends. We enjoyed going out to dinner and movies and we even went on shopping trips (yes girls, he loves to shop!). Six months go by and we became really good friends...so good that all my girlfriends are wondering why we aren't together...I say he's not my type and I'm not his and I believe he thinks the same way. We went to a concert to see an Australian band (Cat Empire) and afterwards we went to eat Korean BBQ; we didn't realize it until after the food came that it was after midnight and technically it was Valentine's Day...so we spent it together . Flash forward to March 2007: by this time, we had a few moments that were awkward...he'd put his hand on my knee in the car for a moment longer, hand at the small of my back, he'd tickle me, just little stuff. We went out to dinner at the Jersey shore one night after shopping and later we walked to the boardwalk and looked out over the water. We stood there for a moment, silently shivering in the cold wind, hearing the waves crash on the beach. I turned to him and said, what are you thinking. And he said, I'm thinking of kissing you. I said, really? He asked if that would be a bad thing and I said, no I don't think so. So under the moon on the boardwalk, we shared our first kiss. We actually both freaked out because we thought "how are we going to explain this to our friends?" We got in the car and I sent him home after he kissed me, telling him that I needed to clear my mind and come to grips with what happened. Then I went to my mom's and hugged her and told her the story. My stepdad walked into the kitchen and said, "Its about damn time!"...lol...so everyone knew it was meant to be before we did....lol. That was all she wrote folks...we've been together ever since and on our one year anniversary dinner, he officially proposed. (I say officially because there is a story behind that too! One that I'll tell later)
So since I have so little time left before my wedding, and I've waited to start this PJ so late...I'm going to try to go in time event order, but if I forget anything, please don't hold it against me...
(I'll insert pics in my next entry....I'm also slowly learning, so I have to open up a photobucket account. )