On the road and J

Hi Everyone!

Well, I am here in the Bay Area visiting with my Aunt and Uncle on my way to LA. I got about 11 hours sleep last night so I am awake now. I think tomorrow's drive to LA will be better, boring, but better. It is amazing that the further south I go the more golden brown everything is. Not to say that we do not see that in the Arcata area, the grass is golden brown, but there are purple, yellow, and white flowers, green trees and yes the California Golden Poppies as well. So there is color.

Of course I must admit for the first time I forgot to pack several items. Mainly my cell phone charger! Okay, I admit J is very distracting, but in a good way. :-) However, I do have my charger for my car, so I am good. In addition the closer I get to LA the longer my cell battery stays charged. So, always a good thing being home.

Speaking of J. That is him in my about me profile picture. Isn't he cute! Okay, enough of that. He really is a great guy. He is funny, witty, sarcastic sense of humor (right up my alley!), kind, smart, gentle and Catholic! Okay, how did we meet? Well, at the bus stop! I was sitting there waiting for the bus and reading, when he comes up and asks of the bus had come yet. Completely startled, (I was not expecting anyone to come up to bus in the middle of the afternoon during the height of summer vacation), I had to ask him to repeat the question. Anyway, his mom was with him (she was out visiting her eldest child), she also wanted to make sure that he could find his way to campus and other motherly intentions (did I mention? J. is blind, well, he can tell the difference between a tree and a human being, just no details, he can see some colors as well).

Well, we got to campus and I pointed out where the Student Disability Center was and preceded to go my way, when our beloved Father decided to officially turn my neat, ordered, comfortable life upside down! He told me to give J my number. I hesitated and was about to keep walking when he (spiritually) smacked me in the back of my head and firmly repeated himself. Okay, obviously I could not ignore that, so I turned around went back to J and asked him if he would like to have my number in case he had any questions, etc. He was startled, but accepted, his mother seemed to be relieved that he would be able to contact someone. I walked on towards my destination and didn't think about it again. Well, ran into them on the bus back home...needless to say...I was wondering what God was up to. I got my first inkling a week later.

J called me about a week later and we started chatting. I have no idea how the conversation started, but it did. I was amazed by how much we had in common and he had me laughing! We hung up and the idiot I was, I forgot to get his number. It was right before the 4th of July and I realized I could of invited him to the Newman Center 4th of July Celebration. So I was hoping he would call again. But the 4th sadly came and went and no call.

He did call again and we chatted, and of course I forgot to get his number again! Happily I did know which apartment complex he lived in, just not which building or apartment. So I started staking out the place, well not really. I would take the long route to the store which forced me to go by his complex. One day a gentleman from the front complex was out front, so I asked him if he knew where J lived. He pointed to the back complex and said it was one of those apartments. So the next day I knocked on 3 of the 4 (not the one he was in!) and no answer. So I came back a couple days later and got an answer from the one below him and she directed me upstairs. I knocked, but no answer. So I figured I would try again the next day. Still no answer, I figured he might be out, so I went back about an hour later, still no answer. In the mean time I was waiting for my friend Amanda to come over and we were going to go on a hike, so as we were heading, there we stopped by and tried again. this time he answered. My answer was given....he is a night owl. He was deep asleep every time I went by! So, this time I got his number. Whew! My heart was beating so fast. Things just went from there.

On 29 July 2008, he asked me to be his girlfriend. My prayer is that God will guide us and give us the wisdom we need to work on this relationship.

I think this song my Debbie Gibson says it all for me:

Lost in Your Eyes



Peace! C-