meet John

we met back in Feb. 2009 when i drove him home from a mutual friends birthday party (he lived in my area and i was being nice). he thought i was nice and asked for my number. i thought, 'hey, a girl can always have more friends' and he did also say he would cook for me. i was still in the middle of my externship, paying for my sis to live with me, and really could have used free food. those were seriously my initial thoughts. i had made a decision earlier that year that i was not going to let worring about boys or dating (or the lack there of) rule my happiness. i was trying to not be that teenage girl so caught up in boys that nothing else matters, and was trying to stay focused on finishing school. he was just a friend and (according to Em) should have been more right away. he quickly became a very good friend and once he was single and i considered the thought - he was more than a friend. it seemed nutz to think how fast everything was, but to me it was natural. yes, there were things in my plan for a husband that he wasn't, but he was the choice i didn't see coming. i knew he was the one God had in store for me. too many similarities and too many paths crossed to bring us together. it was us at the perfect time and place. i admired him, i laughed with him, i thought he was way hot....be my friend - OK, come to dinner - OK, go on a date - OK, hold my hand - OK, kiss me - YES please, love me - YEAH i do, marry me - OF COURSE I WILL. in my prayers i asked that if this is something God didn't want me to do, help me feel that it is wrong/bad/whatever...but i never did.
so recap, met Feb. 2009, dating by the end of March, engaged July, married Sept. 11, 2009
= happy ever after!
any normal person finishing their externship, graduating, planning a wedding, and looking for a 'real job should have been very overwellmed. i wasn't. i do find i soar in crazy times with fanatic, multiple things going on at one time. everything went great - looking back. yes, there were probably things i would have changed, but with limited funds and the amount of travel it all involved - things went VERY well.