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Nature is pretty cool
Sep 4th
Mitchell is very outdoorsy. He loves to camp, play in the woods, float on the river and hike. I’ve always considered myself too … prissy for the outdoors. I don’t like the get dirty or sweaty. I’ve been able to come up with excuses to not go until this weekend.
I’ve now had my first camping experience and I love it! Some friends of our purchased some very raw land for everyone to gather a couple times a year for a big camping weekend. They have invited everyone to feel free to camp there throughout the summer, as long as they helped clean out a few camping areas. So not only did I camp this weekend, I also did manual labor!
When we first got out to the land, Chuck, Dustin and Chasity had already been out all weekend. They had cleared a majority of our camping area, but Mitchell and I did work on our camp site and a trail to lead there. We then helped clear out two more camp areas along with trails to them also.
The greatest thing of the weekend was I didn’t hate it! I actually enjoyed myself. I did learn a few things…
- I would never make it on my own in the woods. I would get lost and starve.
- Sleeping under the stars is very underrated. It has to be the most amazing thing in the world.
- It does take a while to lose uptight, prissy Jennifer and relax enough to be camping Jennifer. The transition is weird, but once that happened, I didn’t want to come back to the busy real world.
- The no shower thing is the hardest part for me. I don’t think I’ve ever smelled as bad as I did coming home.
- Sitting around a fire in the woods, drinking, talking, laughing, joking really brings out the “real” in you.
- I didn’t bitch and moan as much as I thought I would. Mitchell actually bitched more than I did.
- Bug bites itch.
- I made a new friends. I spent only a few hours with Dustin and Chuck and one day with Chasity and I feel I’ve known them my whole life.
- Air mattresses are a life saver.
- Sleeping on a slope suck.
- Chasity kicks Mitchell’s ass camping. She can start a better fire and cook better.
I did also realize the biggest difference between Mitchell and I and our views of camping and the outdoors is, he could live in the outdoors and come to the town just to get stories to tell around the campfire. Me, I like to go camping to get away, but I can’t wait to get home and blog about it 
Oh, I forgot the most important part! Chasity taught me to pee in the woods!
How we met
Aug 18th
I was reading a post over on Rootie’s site, Internet Relationships: Do they work, and started to leave a comment. The comment was getting way too long so I’ll leave a trackback instead
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.
Burning down the house
Aug 6th
I’ve always thought of myself as an independent woman who didn’t need a man to survive. I’d always preferred living alone. But it seems that now I’m completely lost without Mitchell here.
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.
Happy Anniversary
Jul 15th
Mitchell and I celebrated our one year anniversary this weekend. Thankfully our anniversaries are not like our holidays, it was perfect.
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.