With a Side of Hope

Good Morning!  Happy Friday to you!  We finally made it after dealing with the longest and slowest week ever!  I don’t know about you but I am exhausted after this long week.  I cannot wait until this weekend so that I can make myself a home-cooked meal.  Don’t get me wrong I sometimes enjoy eating out but not every single night.  That is pretty much what has happened this entire week.  I enjoy eating salads and fruits and vegetables with that meal and that hasn’t happened much this week.  So I’m hoping to get a lot of that in this weekend and next week.

Last night Mike and I had the pleasure of attending a media event at the new Bonefish Grill that opened up in Bucks County.  Everything was truly incredible and I will go into full details about the food and our experience sometime this weekend.  So stay tuned for that post.  It will be a good one!  What are you up to this weekend?

As you can tell from the title of my post, today is very special day for Mike and I.  Six years ago today, in my dorm room at our college, Mike asked me to be his girlfriend and of course I said yes.  Did I think that by saying yes to him six years ago, we would be where we are today?  Absolutely not.  I had the worst luck with guys.  I was always finding the wrong ones and I ended up hurt.  I thought that this relationship was going to be just like all of the others but I was most definitely wrong!  We became friends and “saw” each other for a few weeks before deciding to make our relationship official.  Mike wanted to make our relationship official before I did.  I was hesitant because I didn’t want to get hurt and I wanted to feel things out.  By the time November 18th, 2005 came around, I knew that I didn’t want Mike dating any other girl and I sure as hell didn’t want to date any other guy and the rest is history.

It truly does not feel like we have been together for 6 years.  I feel like yesterday we were on our first date to Fridays and here we are in the middle of planning our wedding together.  It’s amazing how things work out.

Mike has been there for me through so much.  I cannot not even explain everything that has happened in the past 6 years but it has been hard.  It has been a lot to deal with.  We are still dealing with things.  Through everything he has been there to support me and for that I am forever grateful.  He has helped to pick me up when I was down.  He is there to help me if I fall.  He pushes me and supports me.  He loves me for who I am and that is the most important thing of all.

At our favorite place on earth (Disney World)

Collage from a scrapbook I made Mike

There you have a glimpse into the past 6 years.  Happy 6 Year Anniversary, Mike!  The next time we will be celebrating our anniversary will be after our wedding!  Do you think you should still celebrate dating anniversaries after you are married?  Is it weird to celebrate a dating and wedding anniversary?

I think I would like to celebrate both because we will have been together for a lot longer than we would have been married.  Plus, who doesn’t like a reason to celebrate multiple times?!

Tonight we are going out to dinner for Italian food at a restaurant that we haven’t been to.  I’m excited because I saw they have three different types of risotto there!  I love risotto and I haven’t had it in such a long time.  In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever had it at a restaurant.  So I cannot wait to try it!   Oh and I still don’t have Mike’s gift!  Talk about the last-minute!  I am usually not like that.  I am definitely picking it up after work!

I’m excited for my luncheon today!  Today my work is taking the people who have a service anniversary that they are celebrating to a local fancy restaurant for lunch!  I’m happy that my co-worker/bridesmaid will be attending with me. I think I would have felt really uncomfortable going by myself.  That will take up 2 hours of the day.  So it should be nice.

Alright, well have a very Happy Friday! 

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