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Today is my grandma's 99th birthday. I can't even imagine what it would be like to live for 99 years. I hope that even though she's not living with my family any longer, and even though she may not know what's going on from time to time, I hope she knows that she is loved. And I hope she had a nice birthday, and enjoyed the mini rosebush that ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
yakgirl and I sent to her. I hope when she sees it, it makes her happy.
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Today is also the Scientist's and my one-year dating anniversary. We've had a wonderful day. Last night we stayed up till midnight so that we could exchange gifts. I got him this biochem t-shirt (it's his tattoo), this mad scientist t-shirt, some Babylon 5 movie, and the Babylon 5 spinoff, Crusade, which he didn't know existed on DVD and totally geeked out over. Heh. In turn, he got me the Serenity special edition DVD, a lovely black Coach wallet (it's about time I gave up my sparkly red vinyl kitty wallet), and the Serenity script autographed by the entire cast. It's legit -- the ink is even smudged on Morena's signature. DUDE. Best boyfriend EVER.
So this morning we lazed about for what seemed like forever, even though it was only 8:30 when we rolled out of bed. We had breakfast out, and while the idea of pumpkin pancakes called to me, the pecan and cranberry French toast was even better. We worked off the breakfast by going for a walk at a nature preserve. They had a model airplane field, so we stood around watching those for a while. (My dad used to take me to one when I was a kid in Florida, so seeing the planes again was total nostalgia for me.) Then we walked off the main trail and hiked through the underbrush. It was really pretty and isolated, which I enjoyed. We saw a deer path, as well as deer and fox footprints in the path. Unfortunately I didn't know we were going to be going for a walk in the woods, so I didn't have the right shoes. By the time the walk was over, I needed shoes besides sandals. So we went shoe shopping. Or, I went shoe shopping, and he just looked panicked. Heh.
After that, we went up to Addison to Dave & Busters and played games for a few hours. That was one of our very early dates, so doing a repeat of it was a lot of fun. Between the two of us we almost have enough points for a smoothie mixer, so the next time we'll go (probably in about a year) we'll combine our points and get something useful for our ski ball. We had a small lunch there, and then headed back to his neighborhood. I had the idea of visiting the wildlife preserve by my parents' house, as he'd never been there. Unfortunately, they were closed. Instead we headed back to our future neighborhood to check out the park there. We played on the swings, he climbed the jungle gym, and then we walked the block and a half from the park to our future home. (yakgirl, your kids will LOVE this park.) Then we walked back to check out the other playground area, where I actually climbed an 8-foot climbing wall. I know, I know, what's eight feet? But for someone afraid of heights with no upper body strength, I was very proud of myself.
From there we went back to his place, where we watched the bonus features on my Serenity DVD until his brother G and sister-in-law R showed up. They brought the game Settlers of Cataan (or whatever it's called) that we've played a few times before. I actually won! WOO! By the time the game ended it was past 7:00, so the two of us headed out for dinner. We went to Cheeseburgers in Paradise, which is Jimmy Buffet's restaurant. Again, it was an early-date retread. We had KILLER pina coladas, and now both of us are stuffed.
So he's sitting on my sofa right now digesting, and I need to wrap this up to spend the rest of the day with him. But I just need to say (in case he's reading this, which he's threatened to do) that he is without a doubt the most amazing guy I've ever met in my entire life. He's made this past year of my life the happiest, most wonderful experience, and I cannot thank him enough for that. He really and truly makes me feel like everything is right in the world, and always will be. I only hope that I can give him in return the love, respect, gratitude, and happiness that he's given me. I have the rest of my life to do it; I just hope that's enough time.
yakgirl and I sent to her. I hope when she sees it, it makes her happy.Today is also the Scientist's and my one-year dating anniversary. We've had a wonderful day. Last night we stayed up till midnight so that we could exchange gifts. I got him this biochem t-shirt (it's his tattoo), this mad scientist t-shirt, some Babylon 5 movie, and the Babylon 5 spinoff, Crusade, which he didn't know existed on DVD and totally geeked out over. Heh. In turn, he got me the Serenity special edition DVD, a lovely black Coach wallet (it's about time I gave up my sparkly red vinyl kitty wallet), and the Serenity script autographed by the entire cast. It's legit -- the ink is even smudged on Morena's signature. DUDE. Best boyfriend EVER.
So this morning we lazed about for what seemed like forever, even though it was only 8:30 when we rolled out of bed. We had breakfast out, and while the idea of pumpkin pancakes called to me, the pecan and cranberry French toast was even better. We worked off the breakfast by going for a walk at a nature preserve. They had a model airplane field, so we stood around watching those for a while. (My dad used to take me to one when I was a kid in Florida, so seeing the planes again was total nostalgia for me.) Then we walked off the main trail and hiked through the underbrush. It was really pretty and isolated, which I enjoyed. We saw a deer path, as well as deer and fox footprints in the path. Unfortunately I didn't know we were going to be going for a walk in the woods, so I didn't have the right shoes. By the time the walk was over, I needed shoes besides sandals. So we went shoe shopping. Or, I went shoe shopping, and he just looked panicked. Heh.
After that, we went up to Addison to Dave & Busters and played games for a few hours. That was one of our very early dates, so doing a repeat of it was a lot of fun. Between the two of us we almost have enough points for a smoothie mixer, so the next time we'll go (probably in about a year) we'll combine our points and get something useful for our ski ball. We had a small lunch there, and then headed back to his neighborhood. I had the idea of visiting the wildlife preserve by my parents' house, as he'd never been there. Unfortunately, they were closed. Instead we headed back to our future neighborhood to check out the park there. We played on the swings, he climbed the jungle gym, and then we walked the block and a half from the park to our future home. (
yakgirl, your kids will LOVE this park.) Then we walked back to check out the other playground area, where I actually climbed an 8-foot climbing wall. I know, I know, what's eight feet? But for someone afraid of heights with no upper body strength, I was very proud of myself.From there we went back to his place, where we watched the bonus features on my Serenity DVD until his brother G and sister-in-law R showed up. They brought the game Settlers of Cataan (or whatever it's called) that we've played a few times before. I actually won! WOO! By the time the game ended it was past 7:00, so the two of us headed out for dinner. We went to Cheeseburgers in Paradise, which is Jimmy Buffet's restaurant. Again, it was an early-date retread. We had KILLER pina coladas, and now both of us are stuffed.
So he's sitting on my sofa right now digesting, and I need to wrap this up to spend the rest of the day with him. But I just need to say (in case he's reading this, which he's threatened to do) that he is without a doubt the most amazing guy I've ever met in my entire life. He's made this past year of my life the happiest, most wonderful experience, and I cannot thank him enough for that. He really and truly makes me feel like everything is right in the world, and always will be. I only hope that I can give him in return the love, respect, gratitude, and happiness that he's given me. I have the rest of my life to do it; I just hope that's enough time.