The Story Of Us

I might have mentioned this before, but Monday is mine and Adam's 2 year anniversary. This year is really special because we will actually get to be TOGETHER for it! Last year he left for Iraq the day before our anniversary. I spent our one year balled up on the bed crying my eyes out. Not fun. So this year is a big improvement. I might have also mentioned that we are broke. I mean we literally have no income. We are living off savings which is a huge bummer. We saved and saved while Adam was deployed and built up a nice little nest egg - now its all disappearing. (On a side note, we are now watching Dave Ramsey's dont spend any money 101 Financial Peace University. Don't laugh. This guy is UH-MAZING.) My point is, we are not going anywhere or buying each other anything. Its easy to get caught up in the materialism of the occassion, but after what we went through last year, I'm glad just to have him home with me and spend time with him.

Anniversaries really make you think back to when you were dating and how this whole thing started. (At least it does for me) So I have decided to bore induldge you with how we became "Jess and Adam"...

Once upon a time there was a beautiful young maiden (yes, thats me) who had had her heart broken repeatedly by the biggest tools in all the kingdom. She had forever given up hope of ever becoming wed so she decided to just have fun an enjoy whatever tool bags hadn't screwed her over yet deal with the pain. One day this fair maiden's roommate introduced her to a noble young man named Jacob. The single maiden asked the noble young man if he had any noble young friends he might be willing to introduce her to. He said he knew just the man and told her he would arrange a meeting. The maiden was beside herself with excitement and waited anxiously for the day she might meet her prince charming.

The maiden waited and waited and had almost given up hope when one day she went to a friend's birthday ball. While at the ball she spoke to Jacob and he said he was going to call his noble young friend to see if he would also like to attend the ball. The maiden became quite anxious and had to throw back repeated Jell-O shots take several deep breaths to calm her nerves.

Then, out of nowhere she saw her prince's charming form as he walked rode his stallion up the street to the ball. And, what was this? A royal black puppy accompanied him! Oh the joy the young maiden felt in her heart! The rest of the ball was spent conversing and entertaining the royal puppy. What a wonderful night!

The next day the maiden could hardly wait to receive a facebook message phone call letter from the prince asking for another secret rendezvous (it had to remain secret for the maiden knew her kind mother would interrogate politely ask when the two would be wed - and we know the maiden was not looking for a husband) The maiden, who was still slightly drunk on cloud nine from the previous night decided to be forward and facebook stalk write the young prince. The young prince quickly responded and the two arranged a meeting for the following night.

The young prince arrive at the maiden's door that evening dressed in a Polo and jeans his finest attire and took the maiden to an establishment in which all the cool people of the kingdom went to. The two enjoyed their time together, however the maiden didn't think this charming young prince was her one true love. For the maiden had a picture in her mind of HER prince and, while this was a truly noble young man, he was not the picture.

The maiden still enjoyed the company of the young prince and the two were together almost everyday. They took the royal puppy for walks and swims and went to all the bars in the kingdom. They became quite good friends until one day the prince approached the maiden at the Royal Quizno's....

"My fair maiden... it pains me to say this but we can no longer be friends with benefits friends. For I have fallen madly in love with you and it feels as though a dagger is being pushed into my heart when we are together. I know you have been shit on hurt by village douches, but I would never hurt you as they did. I love you and I cannot be around you if you are not mine." The maiden was stunned and didn't know what to say. She knew that she enjoyed spending time with the prince, but did not feel he was the one for her. She sadly told the prince she understood and would miss him. The heartbroken prince left with tears in his eyes and a heavy heart.

As the maiden drove back to her crappy apartment palace, she thought long and hard about the prince's words and what they meant. The maiden didn't know what to do so she called upon her wise and noble father for advice. Her father asked her one simple question which changed the maiden's life forever... "my dear daughter, how would you feel if you saw the prince out with another maiden?" She pictured the prince at the bar with another slutty ho village woman, and her heart began to hurt. For this maiden soon realized that she had put a suit of armor around her heart to protect it long ago. For her tender heart had been cut, pierced, smashed, and walked on far too many times and the maiden wanted to save what little was left. The armor went up and she was determined that no one would ever be able to remove it. Until now...

With love in her now free heart, the maiden immediately ran to the even crappier house than hers royal palace to tell the prince she was in love with him! (In her haste she did not even notice that she was in her night clothing with no make-up...) Low and behold when she knocked upon the door the prince did not answer! The royal roommate opened the door and told the young maiden the prince had gone out to the nicest restaurant/bar in the kingdom with princes' from other neighboring lands. What little was left of the maiden's fragile heart was now breaking for she feared the prince was not out with friends, but with another slutty bitch maiden! She went straight to the nice restaurant (still in her night clothes and without make-up) to break up the pre-sex drinking date, and profess her love for the prince. As she rushed into the restaurant the hostess looked at her as if she had lepracy, and the maiden soon realized she had entered the nicest restaurant in the kingdom in her night clothes! She didn't even care - she knew she MUST find the prince! The hostess led her to the table and there was the prince! (Not with another maiden, but with other neighboring princes' as the royal roommate had said...) She grabbed the drunk heartbroken prince and led him outside. She proceeded to tell the prince she was so sorry and that it was him she loved. For he alone had broken the armor that surrounded her heart and it was now free to love! The prince cried joyfully, as did the maiden, and the two lived happily ever after...

Some story, huh? Happy Friday everyone!!! :)