Thursday, March 18, 2010
Thief
Oh i forgot to add in my last post that I am stealing the idea of a "365 day in the life" blog from my sister in law Beth. The link to it will be on the side when i eventually get it running.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
This is where I fill in the blanks -Scott
Alrighty... looks like its my first Blog. lets get started, shall we?
Yes, it is true that we were acquaintances during our Jr. High years, but, I secretly held a crush for Jill for a long time. It wasn't till High School that I finally came out of my shell and started to date girls. Since we were at different high schools, I kind of gave up hope on getting a date with Jill. So time went on. Eventually I graduated and joined the Marine Corps. 2 years later I deployed to Helmond Province, Afghanistan. I traveled across several countries as well. This whole period of being a marine and getting sent to an active combat zone, (though, i didn't see much) I was able to grow up and mature quite a bit.
It was nearing the time where I was getting sent back to the states when Facebook suggested Jill as a friend to me. A long lost childhood crush has resurfaced... So, when I got sent home finally, after the long, 6, almost 7 months of seeing nothing but dust and sand, I decided to go crazy and let the chips fall where they may. Just having fun with life.
Shortly into my post deployment leave, I wasn't having any good luck with dates, a lot of things seemed to go wrong and just got awkward.(long weird silences... Took a girl out to a Red Lobster when she was allergic to sea food... I forgot I left my wallet at home as my date and I were waiting for a table at a nice restaurant once.) I wanted to see if Jill would be willing enough to go out for a night for dinner and a movie,(A simple date that cant go wrong) I was going out on a limb trying to finally have one good date, and I was hoping it was going to be with her. Doing everything in my book to show her that I am a nice guy and she might have a good time. Time finally went on long enough where I seemed to lose all chances of having that one good date with Jill, and my post deployment leave was burned up.
Her and I still talked a lot, but, it seemed like things were always coming up... When she told me she would be moving down to phoenix to stay with one of her friends, I was ecstatic! She had to do some chores at home to save up enough money to get the Grey Hound down to Phoenix. Around that time, I also found out I would be getting sent out to North Carolina a second time to do advanced job training before she would get to Phoenix. I was REALLY fealing the pressure at this point. I thought I wouldn't get the chance to even see her after so many years of being away from her. The day I was supposed to fly out was the day she would be getting into Phoenix... She then told me that she had a ridiculously long lay over in Vegas... "Last chance, right?... Pushing the time limit too... Could be very exciting though... Ehhhh, to heck with it, lets go to Vegas baby!"
So, on a deadline to fly out the next morning, I raced up to vegas to meet her at the bus station... Making a bunch of close calls the whole way. I had nothing but 90 something dollars to make it there and back as well. REALLY pushing it... Normally I would never do something so poorly planned and executed in my entire life, but for some reason i kept on rolling with it making quick, split second decisions without thinking of repercussions. All in all, I made it to Vegas, I got to see her get off the bus station, i had enough cash for lunch at a Carls Jr., and i decided to take her down to phoenix myself. Like Jill says, thats where it all began. In the Capitol of Second Chances.
I eventually got to fly home for the Christmas Holiday. All I could think about was "More time with Jill!" Something was itching inside of me, too. I fell hard for her. and I fell fast... I know a few good friends that got married to their spouses after only knowing them for a couple weeks... why cant that happen with me and Jill?... We are great friends, communicate well, and we really do love each other. I figured I was as good a spot in my life as any to propose to my childhood crush. So we talked about it and it felt right for both of us. I respectfully asked her dad a few days before Christmas Eve, and he gave me his approval. Christmas Eve I popped the question. She said "YES!!!" and started to cry. It was the most amazing moment in my life, and the happiest.
Now, we have 2 days left of being apart from each other... Time has not been going by fast enough it seems, and, we are so anxious and excited to be back in each others arms again.
It's been a long 4 months, Jill. Im coming home, Honey. :) I love you.
-Scott
Yes, it is true that we were acquaintances during our Jr. High years, but, I secretly held a crush for Jill for a long time. It wasn't till High School that I finally came out of my shell and started to date girls. Since we were at different high schools, I kind of gave up hope on getting a date with Jill. So time went on. Eventually I graduated and joined the Marine Corps. 2 years later I deployed to Helmond Province, Afghanistan. I traveled across several countries as well. This whole period of being a marine and getting sent to an active combat zone, (though, i didn't see much) I was able to grow up and mature quite a bit.
It was nearing the time where I was getting sent back to the states when Facebook suggested Jill as a friend to me. A long lost childhood crush has resurfaced... So, when I got sent home finally, after the long, 6, almost 7 months of seeing nothing but dust and sand, I decided to go crazy and let the chips fall where they may. Just having fun with life.
Shortly into my post deployment leave, I wasn't having any good luck with dates, a lot of things seemed to go wrong and just got awkward.(long weird silences... Took a girl out to a Red Lobster when she was allergic to sea food... I forgot I left my wallet at home as my date and I were waiting for a table at a nice restaurant once.) I wanted to see if Jill would be willing enough to go out for a night for dinner and a movie,(A simple date that cant go wrong) I was going out on a limb trying to finally have one good date, and I was hoping it was going to be with her. Doing everything in my book to show her that I am a nice guy and she might have a good time. Time finally went on long enough where I seemed to lose all chances of having that one good date with Jill, and my post deployment leave was burned up.
Her and I still talked a lot, but, it seemed like things were always coming up... When she told me she would be moving down to phoenix to stay with one of her friends, I was ecstatic! She had to do some chores at home to save up enough money to get the Grey Hound down to Phoenix. Around that time, I also found out I would be getting sent out to North Carolina a second time to do advanced job training before she would get to Phoenix. I was REALLY fealing the pressure at this point. I thought I wouldn't get the chance to even see her after so many years of being away from her. The day I was supposed to fly out was the day she would be getting into Phoenix... She then told me that she had a ridiculously long lay over in Vegas... "Last chance, right?... Pushing the time limit too... Could be very exciting though... Ehhhh, to heck with it, lets go to Vegas baby!"
So, on a deadline to fly out the next morning, I raced up to vegas to meet her at the bus station... Making a bunch of close calls the whole way. I had nothing but 90 something dollars to make it there and back as well. REALLY pushing it... Normally I would never do something so poorly planned and executed in my entire life, but for some reason i kept on rolling with it making quick, split second decisions without thinking of repercussions. All in all, I made it to Vegas, I got to see her get off the bus station, i had enough cash for lunch at a Carls Jr., and i decided to take her down to phoenix myself. Like Jill says, thats where it all began. In the Capitol of Second Chances.
I eventually got to fly home for the Christmas Holiday. All I could think about was "More time with Jill!" Something was itching inside of me, too. I fell hard for her. and I fell fast... I know a few good friends that got married to their spouses after only knowing them for a couple weeks... why cant that happen with me and Jill?... We are great friends, communicate well, and we really do love each other. I figured I was as good a spot in my life as any to propose to my childhood crush. So we talked about it and it felt right for both of us. I respectfully asked her dad a few days before Christmas Eve, and he gave me his approval. Christmas Eve I popped the question. She said "YES!!!" and started to cry. It was the most amazing moment in my life, and the happiest.
Now, we have 2 days left of being apart from each other... Time has not been going by fast enough it seems, and, we are so anxious and excited to be back in each others arms again.
It's been a long 4 months, Jill. Im coming home, Honey. :) I love you.
-Scott
Our Story
So for all of you who want to know or have wondered how in the heck we got together here is the gist of it.
We both went to T.H. Bell Jr. High, not sure when the exact date of our first meeting was because we were never really more than casual aquaintances. All that I really remember of him is that he was really shy and really really blonde. When it came for us to go to high school I went to Fremont and he went to Bonneville. We lost all contact with each other up until early October of 2009.
During that time I was doing my own thing and he went and joined the US Marine Corps. If he wants to blog about that I'll let him do it cause he can tell it a ton better than I will ever be able to. Anywho, I was dinking around on my Facebook page when I recieved a friend's request from him. I remembered that I went to jr high with him and accepted it, but never did anything about it until one day he messaged me on the IM. We talked for a bit catching up and all, when he tells me that he is on leave for a couple of weeks since he came back from a deployment in Afganistan (he'll have to tell you about that). He then asks me if I am doing anything that night and if not if i would like to hang out. Not going to lie, my first initial reaction to this is ummmmmmm........no, but I don't tell him that and I politely tell him I have already made plans and that I couldn't back out of them. He says its ok but to let him know when I was free. This goes on for the rest of his leave....yes, it's true, I blew him off, many times.
In the end he tells me that he is now back down in Yuma, AZ where he is stationed at the MCAS (Marine Corp Air Station). Being the blonde that I am I ask why he is down there completely forgetting that he told me he was a Marine. We then get into a very good conversation where right in the middle he tells me he has to go but would like my number so we could keep chatting (before this I always got out of giving it to him). I give it to him and we keep chatting. At the same time I'm talking to a really good friend who lives in Tempe and she tells me that if I find the money to get down there she will let me crash with her. I tell Scott this and he is really excited about it, but then preceeds to tell me he is going to North Carolina for advanced training. Eventually it came down to possibly not seeing him till he comes back in four months but there was a silver lining, I say that because Yuma is approximatley 5 hours from Las Vegas, where I had a four hour layover between buses (my transportation to Tempe). He then decided to come keep me company.
That's where it really started. So I guess you can say that we fell in love in Las Vegas, but in all reality I don't know when I fell in love with him. Anyways, we decide to have more time together that he will drive me the rest of the way to Tempe and, I guess you can say that the rest is history. To sum it all up cause this is an incredibly long post we talked when he flew out to NC and he came back for Christmas where he asked my dad for permission to marry me and purposed on Christmas Eve.
Like I said before I'll let him fill in the blanks if he wants to.
Starting a Blog
So we talked and decided that we were going to start a blog, I know I just stated the obvious but hey its my first time doing this type of thing so there :P. This is to update you on everything that is going on in mine and Scott's life, as we are away from our families. I also know that we are not married yet but soon we will so why not get on the ball?
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