fabulous weekend

this past weekend was one of the greatest i've had for a while. it was slightly random, but so amazing and grand. It was really the high of the week. let me start with the beginning of the week...
monday- just another day at work. my boss didn't feel really well, but she stuck it out. no big deal.
tuesday- work. i think i ran. i don't really remember... and my boss really didn't feel well, but still had made it into work.
wednesday- ad day. i was up early and was working along when my boss said she wasn't going to make it into work. not too much of a worry. everything was basically easy enough to handle alone.
thursday- my boss was still sick, and not feeling any better at all. swine flu? she was going to see a doctor. when my boss is gone, i am the boss. well, my workers are retarded. ok, ok, not all of them are retarded, but when the boss is away, they really start annoying me because they think they can get away with anything. it sucks. and we were a little more short handed because one of my workers called in with a broken car so he wasn't coming to work. the two major idiots didn't want to work, and i was getting stressed. hopefully my boss would make it to the doctor and be back tomorrow.
friday- wishful thinking to think that i would be out of work on time without overtime. my boss was still gone, and i was the only one in the office until 10am. there were a lot of sign orders and other tags that needed to be made. i did my best, and then left work with maybe a half hour of OT. hopefully i don't get in trouble....

well, i needed a break from total insanity so i went to logan to see my sisters. they are great and we have good times. as it turns out, they had to work so i was by myself for a bit. i did my laundry and watched the first disc of the extended version of the lord of the rings: fellowship of the ring. then i went to pick mona up from work. she got a job on the usu campus. i got there a little early since i wasn't entirely sure exactly where i was going. luckily i knew my way around more than i realized. i parked my jeep and started to head into the building. three black helicopters flew overhead. i think it was the usu rotc. anyway, that made me think of my dear friend ryan who is in pilot school at usu. (i haven't really talked to ryan in about 2 yrs.) we kinda dated for a bit before he moved to logan, but didn't make anything more official on a relationship. i may also mention that ryan is in the rotc as well. i thought perhaps he was flying or in one of the helicopters. i didn't call or text him to find out (as i should have.)

mona got off and we headed out to my jeep to go shopping. my phone went off for a text message. out of who knows what sheer randomness, it was ryan. (i think he has espn or something and knew i was thinking of him.) or maybe he was in one of the helicopters and recognized me because they were pretty close to the ground. or maybe it is fate. well for whatever reason it really was, he asked how i was and what i was up to. i answered that i was up in logan hanging out with my sisters. we texted for a bit and then i told him i thought it was ironic that i saw the black helicopters and was thinking of him, and not even an hour later he starts a conversation. ryan said he felt honored that i would think of him when i see airplanes and helicopters. he also said he isn't flying helicopters yet. then he asked if i was just going to hang out with my sisters or if maybe i would like to go on a date with him on saturday.

DUH i would like to go out with you! i did have a hard time deciding though because i did come up to see my sisters. they lovingly said that it was ok if i wanted to go out with ryan. i can't go into specifics right now about what we did on our date, but it was seriously one of the greatest things ever in my life at this point. i have major plans to go again and wish i were rich so i could just buy him his own so he doesn't have to borrow one. i feel as if i should sort of explain why i can't go into specifics, but i can't really technically say because technically i wasn't there. and ryan isn't at the point where he can look back and laugh at the difficulties that arose.

on a broad note, i am a total klutz and really have the worst luck with equipment. i totally broke something that shouldn't be broken. ryan won't let me take credit or blame, but says that it was his fault so i need not worry. on the bright side of things, we are both still alive, and i got to spend the day with him....even if things didn't go exactly as planned. i still had the time of my life.
and on an even brighter note, he took my hand and held it for almost the whole way back. he had to continuously make adjustments, but then his hand was right back in mine. it felt so natural to be with him like that. it feels natural to be around him, almost as if everything suddenly just clicked and has always just been like that.

anyway, i sort of stole his hat and told him i was going to keep it because i look good in it. he laughed, but still got his hat back on sunday... when he came over for dinner :) he has early church so he was still able to go home after and see his mom for mother's day and have dinner with the family before coming over for dinner with me. (thank you mona for the wonderful dinner! you make excellent curry) mona had invited willie, and erin for dinner as well. so willie was mona's date, ryan was mine, and es and erin were each others ish. for those of you who know me, i don't really bring guys around to meet the family. i love my family so don't think that i am ashamed of having them meet potential or actual boyfriends. i just don't really bring guys around. so it was and wasn't a big deal that ryan came for dinner with my sisters. but it was interesting because he took my hand in front of them and it wasn't awkward or uncomfortable.

i also thought it was interesting that ryan ate a lot more than anyone else did. he had already eaten a steak dinner with his family, and here he was just going to town with the curry. it was really good, and i am shocked i didn't eat more. i am not sure anyone else picked up on that, but i noticed and thought it was cute. after dinner we all just fat dogged in the party room and enjoyed the fun company. ryan and i cuddled. willie was kind enough to point it out. it was just a fun night. and time flies too quickly. ryan had to be up early monday morning, and i still had to drive back to ogden so i could work monday morning. i walked him out to his truck (a sweet dodge ram sport) and we talked a bit more and had a wonderful goodnight kiss. again, it felt as if this was always as it has been. and here i thank willie, who asked me when i came back inside how ryan's temperature was. i may or may not have turned a little bit red. ask mona for sure as i can't really see my own face.

anyway, it was just a much needed incredible weekend. and i have talked a bit more with ryan yesterday. we aren't an official couple or anything, but we both would still like to date and see where things will go. it is harder because he lives in logan, for now, and i live in ogden. neither of us are really looking for anything serious, but we definitely have potential to be more. we have plans for memorial weekend since he is out of town this week, and saturday is my marathon. i am super excited, but also calm because it is or feels natural to be around him. if things just stay how they are now, as us being good good friends, that's ok. i would rather have him in my life as a friend then not in my life at all.

and on to this week.... it started out pretty good. my boss was back at work yesterday. one of the stupid people got herself fired for being caught in lies that shouldn't even have been thought of. and i got to watch bride wars with lis, lisa, and sarah at lis' last night. i also got to go to body combat at the gym, and i ran 3 miles. i am super sore, and will be soaking in epsom salt before going to bed tonight. tomorrow is ad day and i am not really looking forward to it, but can't change it so i will just get it done. thursday i am not sure yet what my plans are, but i know friday i will be out of work super early which is a good thing because i have to be up a 4am saturday morning to get to the marathon. the race doesn't start until 7am, but in order to get everyone bussed to the different starting lines, and traffic stopped, it all starts way early. also on friday, lis and i are going to have a huge pasta dinner. we probably will go out somewhere, or maybe we will just make spaghetti or something. whatever the plan is, i am still nervous and excited to be doing the full marathon (26.2 miles) on saturday. AAAHHH!!! i am not even worried about the first half. i am pretty sure i can do the first 13, but i am not so sure about the second 13. hopefully my legs will just be jello and i won't feel it so i will just run/walk the rest of the race. i am looking forward to the massages for free at the end for the full marathon runners, and full marathon runners only.... :) well, i have to get going now, and i am not sure if i will post again before saturday. i will let you all know how the race goes. wish me luck!