Let me just start by saying that September 14 was the best day of my life...
Something that started out as a little secret has become my entire life.
I have known Bryan since high school. Coincidently, he dated all 4 of my high school friends before he got to me. We have been decent friends for 7 years (although I never wrote him on his mission... sorry about that)and we started dating my last semester at USU. Because of the bitterness of the situation of him dating one of my friends, even though deep down I knew I had a crush on him I could NEVER admit it. All of my friends would ask why we WEREN'T dating because "we would be the best couple" and "had so much chemistry", and I would always respond "oh, I never could because of Lexi..." and never thought that we actually would.
It all started when I worked for a little internship called SAAVI. I had a big event coming up called Walk a Mile in Her Shoes-- and if I didn't bug the crap out of you about it, you must not know me at all. It turned out I needed a male to walk around campus with me to hang up flyers in all of the restrooms to help promote the event. I'm not exactly sure why, but he agreed to do it. twice.
The first time we did it I heard ALL the details to his love life and I gave him advice. I told him ALL the details of this crush I had at work. I was had a bit of a rough time last year and Bryan was always there helping motive me and giving me support. We started hanging out more, and one night somehow we kissed... The rest is history.
We really never left each others side at that point until he left me for Texas to go do summer sales (a contract he signed before we started hanging out). Before he left he told me he was going to put everything he had into us, but then we would see what would happen when he left. When he left that night I cried a little bit and told him to call me when he got there. It was funny because we didn't stop texting basically the whole drive down there. We had FaceTime date nights and I had a strict schedule of being home by 10 pm every night so that we could talk for a few hours before bed. I seriously cherished those phone calls because I learned so much about him while he was gone this summer. Not two days into him being in Texas he told me I should visit him, and I did.
That trip to Texas literally changed my life. I knew I loved him, but it kinda freaked me out because it all happened so fast, but it was so natural and so right. Things started to get really hard the end of July with the distance, and summer sales weren't working out as he had expected. He and his boss decided it would be better for him if he just went home early. 30 hours later I was picking him up from the airport.
Since then, everything has changed for the better. I was offered a job as a Preschool teacher the day he got home and we had to decide what would be best since the job is a 1 year commitment. He told me he would go to USU and we could do long distance. A week later he dropped all of his classes at USU, sold his contract and decided to stay at home. During all these big changes we had so much fun, fell more in love, and decided we should marry each other (as if it was SO average).
The thing I love about this is that I really just had this idea of what I thought love was; I was wrong. I thought I had a pretty good idea of what my life was going to look like; I was wrong. And I am so happy I was. I had no idea that someone could make me weirder and SO much happier. I am so completely in love with him I just wish I could scream it at the top of my lungs, because I feel like no one understands.
On Saturday morning, Bryan asked if he could take me to breakfast and surprised me with a bouquet of my favorite flowers, and a small box labeled "not a bomb"-- (inside joke we have had since we were "just friends") but told me it wasn't what I thought (i literally said "I know" because who proposes at 11 am on a Saturday?) and inside was this necklace.
It had so much significance to it because when he was away in Texas I told him I just wished I could shrink him like Honey I Shrunk the Kids and carry him around in a jar with me so that I could just take him around with me (yeah, I'm partially psycho). and he actually found a tiny jar so I actually COULD have him with me. When I saw the words in the necklace I saw Bryan get down on one knee and ask me if I would marry him. I was basically in shock and I think I even asked him if I was serious and put on my dream ring-- yes, a simple but perfect round solitaire ring. He did a good job.
Since that week we have majority of our wedding booked and just got our week honeymoon in Cancun finalized.
I just didn't see myself as someone who would be so excited to get married and be in love, but I have never been more excited for anything in my whole life.
I just feel sorry for everyone who isn't me and isn't marrying Bryan. That's all.
I love him. and November 21 could not come soon enough.
