BitterSWEET

Since I last posted, life has been bittersweet.

(-) I have been sick for about a week with the usual UC stuff.
(+) It's caused me to lose eight pounds.
(-) The tests didn't go well at all.
(+) I got to go to a concert with the Best Friend.
(+++++) Since we last spoke, I have acquired a boyfriend.

What's a good codename for Yeffyyy? I will call him Boyfriend for now. Here's the story:

We met at a church camp on Lake of the Ozarks when I was on a traveling drama team during the summer of 2005. Everything that week was crazy because it was my former camp, so I knew a lot of the people, I was working, and a lot of fun was had in general. His best friend happened to go to SNU and told me that Boyfriend had noticed me, but I didn't really think anything of it because I didn't know Boyfriend really well.

Fast forward to 2007. I go to Boyfriend's Best Friend's house for a party and totally hit it off with Boyfriend. I had known all along that he was going to be there, and let's just say I didn't wear my power pearls for nothing. Anyway, I agreed to go see the new James Bond movie with him sometime, and we went a couple of weeks later. Ever since we went to see the movie, we have been talking, playing the Question game, and generally getting to know one another. He sent me the Valentine's photoshop creation I posted below, and won my heart, natch.

This past weekend, Best Friend and I are sitting at the concert, enjoying ourselves, and I've already seen a couple of people I know. A guy in a beanie and glasses comes toward our seats as we're enduring the endless rambles of Desperate Boy in the seat next to us. I wonder why he's looking at me, but when he gets closer, I have my answer. It's Boyfriend! He sits in our empty seat for awhile, and I am shocked and thrilled that I get to see him before he goes out of town! I invite him over to my house for chocolate cake, and he ends up staying for a couple of hours despite having to drive late that night.

That night, he uttered those precious words: "Does this mean we're dating?" My poor Best Friend was left up in my room, watching a movie, on the night before her birthday. I am so grateful for her, though!

Two days later, we went on our first "date," a walk on a trail in historic Tulsa, coffee at Starbucks inside Barnes & Noble, Pursuit of Happyness. It was great!

Trust me: this story isn't over. You will be hearing a lot about him in the future.