“I didn’t know they got *that* bad.”
in reference to my ankles swelling.

“You are cute when you get mad.  It makes your nose spread wider across your face”
I’m getting the wide pregnancy nose.

“I have no idea.”
When I asked him why I was the love of his life.

This was all said during a grocery shopping trip.  We get home, I’m told to just go inside and lay down for a while.  He’ll carry the groceries in and put them away.

I come home from work to this on the door:

My opinion of Internet Dating
I think it’s rather neat.  Where else can you get a catalog of men that you can flip through?  At first when I tried it, I was … embarrassed.  I’m a cute, fun girl.  Why did I need to turn to the internet to meet men?  The answer came to me one night I was clubbing with my friends.  I met a guy who was very good looking and sweet.  He was not only buying me drinks, but drinks for all my girls.  We danced, we had a great time, and then I found out he just got out of prison for man slaughter.   Seems on top of being cute and sweet, he had a temper and killed a man with his bare hands.  Seeing as I didn’t want to die, I thought it might be a good idea to leave before guy got anymore personal information out of me.   At this time, I figured internet dating couldn’t be any worse.

And how did I meet Mitchell?  Funny story actually.  I met Mitchell, the love of my life, on Myspace.  Yes, I know you just cringed, but there is a story behind it.

Late one sleepless night I’m laying bored in my bed going through Myspace people in my area to see if I knew anyone that I could add to my friend list.  My list was looking pretty pitiful.  I don’t think I had 8 people to form my top 8 and make me look super cool.  I saw Mitchell’s picture and thought he was really cute.  Being the nosey girl I am, I looked at his profile.

Divorced – at least he wasn’t married
Proud Parent – I like some kids
Pisces -  OH me too!
Computer Tech – I get all giddy inside… A nerd a nerd!

Then the part that won me, a Physics major!  How sexy is that?

So I added him as a friend, honestly just because I need Advanced Calculus to finish my math degree and I knew with his degree he had to have had it.  I go on searching for people I knew and mostly forgot all about the physics nerd, until he sends me a message a few days later.

He saw I had graduated from Gosnell and asked if I knew Wesley.  As a matter of fact, I adore Wesley.  I graduated with him and considered him a great friend.  Turns out, they are step-brothers.   A few months go by and I’m planning my class reunion and I need Wesley’s phone number.  I message Mitchell to find out Wesley is coming to town this weekend.  We make plans for the three of us to go out that night.

There was never any plans for Mitchell and I to “hook up”.  I tease him because that very night we all went out, he had 3 other “dates”.  They ended up not working out for him, so he decided to go ahead and hang out with me and Wes.  We haven’t been apart since.

The first few week, Mitchell and I just pulled all-nighters playing old school Nintendo.  We still had no intention of dating.  It’s still an argument over who put the moves on who first.  He put the moves on me, but he says it’s because I was giving out a vibe.

We have been together over a year now and I’m happier than ever.  He’s my best friend and the man I want to spend the rest of my life with. No, marriage is not in the works yet.  Keep your panties on. Now instead of Nintendo, we play Champions of Norrath all night.

So Root, I know you were probably talking more of meeting online, living across the country or world from each other, but my “internet relationship” works for me.   I’m honestly happier now than I’ve ever been in my life.

Mitchell left to go see his dad in West Virgina.  I’ve forced all my friends to baby sit me one night each this week.  Tonight Nita and I went to dinner then shopping.  I came home, talked to Mitchell for a few minutes then started playing on the computer.  I thought all was going to be ok tonight.  Then I smell this plastic burning smell.  I sit up and turn to see that I’ve caught Mitchell’s plastic plant on fire.  I had a candle lit beside it, as it started to burn down, flame got higher, plant catches fire.  To top it off, as I’m going to blow the fire out, I step on my makeup mirror and crush it.

I’m hoping he gets home soon before I do burn the house down.

We normally celebrate our anniversaries based on the moon phase.  The night we met, there was the must beautiful full moon.  We both have busy lives, but the night of a full moon, we put everything off and spend take the night for us.  It’s date night.  Our date night might just be dinner and movie at home, but it is always just the two of us.

This weekend we celebrated our calendar anniversary.   Friday night we had planned to go to Brickhouse, a restaurant/club here in Jonesboro.  Neither of us have been before, but we have heard wonderful things about it.  Crystal told us we were old because we got there and decided it was too loud, so we left.  We went at 9pm thinking we could have dinner before the club crowd came.  About the time we were finished with dinner, we could have a few drinks and socialize a bit.  We were wrong.  At 9pm the place was already packed.  The band was already playing.  There wasn’t a table free.  So we left and went to Ruby Tuesday’s to eat.

Saturday we get up and go have breakfast.  I laid down for a nap once we got back.  I woke up to flowers, a card, and the first season of Grey’s Anatomy.  He’s getting a PS2 hopefully today after we go see Harry Potter.

When Mitchell and I met a year ago, the last thing we expected/wanted was to date, much less fall in love with each other.  We both just wanted someone to hang out with.   I look back now and wouldn’t change a thing.  One year ago I met my best friend and the man I’m in love with.

For some reason, we suck at holidays. New Years, he was in the shower when the clock struck midnight. He wanted a shower, I had been telling him for over an hour to hurry and get in and out so I’d get my New Year’s kiss. Nope, it was 2:30am before I got my kiss.

Valentine’s Day. I had this huge romantic surprise worked out in my head for him. I’d get off work, come home, clean the house, cook dinner, slip into something a little sexy for him. Yeah, I come home and he’s already home. Sick.

The Fourth, we had friends over for a BBQ then went to watch fireworks. All was great. We come back and get ready for bed. He decides he can’t sleep and he’s going to get up and watch tv for a while. No biggie. That was until I woke up at 11:45 and he wasn’t here. No note. I called his cell phone three times, no answer. I send him a text. Where the hell are you? He calls a few minutes later to tell me he’s out riding around. Seriously, how hard is it to leave a note, “Couldn’t sleep, out riding around”? The last thing that I would think is that he is out cheating. That isn’t the issue at all. I just don’t like to wake up and not know where the hell he is. We have had this exact problem before.

I just don’t understand how we are so perfect all year round, except for holidays.

Me: Did you hear it thunder this morning?
Mitchell: Yeah, I heard it then got up to check the weather on the internet to see if it was raining.
Me: Why didn’t you just look outside.
Mitchell: Heh, didn’t think about it.

The first thing you might see is my old posts are gone. You can see old posts by visiting geeksmakemehot.com/wordpress/. There are many reasons why I decided on just starting a new blog. The first is I am a total different person than I was a year ago. A lot has happened in my personal life and professional life.

Mitchell and I have been together going on a year now. Life is better now than ever. I always questioned if there was such a thing as a soul mate. I no longer question this. To meet someone who you can share you life with, your dreams with, your fears with and love them more and more each day is amazing. I am glad I found that one person. We might not share the same tastes in music, movies and camping, but we share the same dreams and goals in life. He makes me truly happy. This happiness is what I had been looking for.

I’ve also disconnected from most of my “Internet” friends I met using WordPress. This has been the sad part of the last year. But, during this time, I’ve been able to reconnect with old friends I have not seen in almost 10 years and make a ton of new friends. I actually have a social life that does not include a keyboard. One thing I do know, I need to find a balance between my Internet friends and real friends.

The newest change in my life is my new job. I am no longer a pill pusher. I am now the Content Developer for a company here in Jonesboro [edit: I removed the name of my employeer because I was already showing up #2 when you googled their name.  My clients don't need all up in my business heh]. I would describe the company as a content management system for businesses. It was written by Chris Griffin back in 1996 and continues to grow to keep up with the latest demands of the users. As content developer, I simply add and style the content into the site. I’m given a template to use and go from there. I started a week ago and love it! There are 10 people in the office, I’m one of two girls. Working with nerdy boys is great. The environment is so laid back and simple. I don’t walk into drama.

So I’m starting the new blog for the new life. I’ll get the time to design the site up soon.