week 025

• silently writing while Tyler studies, eating chips + bacon, sunlight + cool breeze through the windows
• brewing Chai tea, following the instructions to "dance with a loved one" while it steeps - stepping outside into the crisp air and holding on to each other, laughing, while the cat complained
• being nerds with frozen pizzas + him teaching me how to play Call of Duty for the first time - on my third game, he got 1st and I got 2nd due to our awesome strategy
• Coheed & Cambria duet of "Welcome Home" in the car, absolutely belting as he drove me home
• banana muffin + coffee for breakfast
• more Coheed duets with Tyler, this time in my car with the windows + sunroof open, driving aimlessly
• paying huge chunks of debt, victory dancing
• "Take her to McDonald's." "Baller on a budget!"
• kissin' against the car
• melancholy email from James, farewell
• black coffee + biscotti, speeding to work, good morning choir
• takin' pictures of the butter yellow 1970 VW bug
• being rendered speechless at work by a single red rose (ladybug included), Chai tea, chocolate chip scones, red velvet cake, a card, and the most amazing man ever
• going out to dinner, little pink flowers in the car, honey chicken and Mongolian beef, mini desserts in shotglasses
• enlightening conversation in bed after dinner, knowing that my entire life is changing for the best
• startling events, comfort hugs, surprise (for me) breakfast of omelettes, applesauce, Chai tea
• packing turkey sandwiches on homemade bread for mini road trip / temp escape for the day to state park to get our minds off of things
• went to the shop to put air in his tires, then went to the Sprint store for iPhone
• obtaining my saltwater fishing license
• fishing, sunset from the watchtower
• opening up more, realizing the boy is more than I imagined I'd ever have
• unstoppable joy
• helping Jen + Lee move a wall unit, riding in the back of the U-Haul with Tyler, dancing in the dark while the truck was stopped
• clinging to each other in the corner on the ride back to their place, the wall unit falling but missing us by less than a foot, laughing hysterically
• being pushed on a swing
• unwinding