I Love Whit!

Right now.

And she’s ROCKING it!

Context:

Getting into Ernie’s truck. It’s raining. 

Ernie: Hey. I get to test out my new windshield wipers! (*turns them on*)

All of us: “Woooooooooowwwww.”

Whit: Y’know. Some things in life are just great. Like a good pair of windshield wipers!

So. I have an aunt. Ernie. She’s my godmother and one of my best friends. She’s been there for me throughout my life. Shoot, she even coached my little league baseball team when I was 11. When we moved to Utah, she followed us out. Suffice to say, she’s very important to me.

Well.

Wednesday was her birthday. And, do to other peoples’ work schedules, she was going to spend it alone.

So I gave Whit a call and asked something like, “Hey. Wanna drive an hour away to take Ernie out for her birthday…Only to drive an hour back late in the evening when you have to leave real early the following morning?”

She agreed without hesitation. That means the world to me.

So we went. We had a blast. We ate ice cream cake. We came home late. She left early. But she came with me to Ernie’s anyway.

I love you, Sweetie.

Lately our future together has gotten even more real. And I like it. Call me girly, I don’t care. But I like to imagine my proposal…our wedding…naming our future children. It’s the real good stuff and I can’t wait for it all to really happen.

Whit was tapped on the shoulder by this really cool program that finds people who would make good teachers. AND! It’s in the L.A. area. Seems that God has provided for us to make our way to L.A. That’s where I’ll be going to school for at least a couple of years. The only (and major) problem was how would Whit and I continue a weekend-only relationship even longer? We’ve been at it for almost 4 years already and neither one of us wants to continue. We just want to be together. So. I’ll be praying that this (or something) will work out so that we can get hitched sooner rather than later.

I seriously can’t wait. The excitement keeps me up at least 2 nights a week. 

It’s all getting more and more real. Makes the wait all the more difficult to bear.

Even when I’m difficult.

So. I’ve already said this all to Whit. But I thought I’d share with the rest of the world.

We’ve been together now for 3.5 years. Well, 3.5 years and a day. It’s so strange to me that I feel – all at the same time – like we met just yesterday and like we’ve known each other forever. The time in my life when I didn’t know Whit seems unreal. I mean – I know that I spent most of my life without her, but it doesn’t feel that way, y’know? 

I dunno. Strange as it is, it’s also really comforting. To share the comfort of lifelong friends and excitement of time flying by. I like it 🙂

So. Holy crap!

Whitney bought me Shuns. I love them — because I’m a geek. But more so because they represent to me something more. And it’s really tough to explain exactly what I mean. If I try to, the explanation will fall woefully short. So I won’t. 

I’ll be able to give these to my kids someday. Cool!

If you don’t know, Shuns are the best knives available. Period. Sharper than anything else. They stay sharp for a long time. SUPER durable. Damascus steel (looks wicked cool!). Comfortable in the hand. Just freaking sweet on all accounts. They mean so much to me. And it means even more how Whitney arranged with my folks and her folks to get them for me. They bought what amounts to almost $1000 in knives (9-piece set, whaaaaa?!). And here is the first picture of me wielding them (two of them anyhow). Oh yeah, I’m dressed as a fantasy football player. It WAS Halloween, after all.