Dan and Shelley

Is it possible to keep falling deeper in love with someone?  At this point in my life, I do believe so.  I keep falling deeper and deeper in love with you Dan.  You keep finding little ways to make me so very glad that you have chosen me to stay by your side forever.

So, Dan got out of work just a little late on Friday, but that was fine.  As long as I get to be with him, that is all that matters.  Nicky was in bed but Shannon wanted to stay awake to show him a picture that she had colored.  They were so excited about having ‘Daddy Dan’ (as Nicky now calls him) to be back home with us.  I walked out a little bit into the rain to wrap my arms around him… I would have ran out to do that, but as the sidewalk was wet I could just picture myself slipping and falling.  We came back in and put Shannon to bed then had the pizza I had put into the oven.  Then as is our tradition it seems, we spent the night inseparable from each other and slept soundly that night.

Saturday morning we all woke up and slowly had breakfast.  We had decided that we would try Geo caching… without the GPS unit at first.  Now, we knew it would make it harder, but I figured it was worth a shot to see how things went and if the we would like it.  So, we packed up and headed to Frick park where roughly there was supposed to be three of the caches.  Well, we wandered around the park for a long while in the mud (much to Nicky’s amusement by the way as he ended up covered from head to toe in mud) but didn’t find any treasure as the children called it.  It was fun though just to get out and search for them so we think we are going to pick up a little GPS and try it again.  After stripping Nicky before I would allow him back in Ella we came back home.  It did teach me on what to bring next time though… so I suppose that’s a good thing.  Though we were all worn out, mind you we spent over 4 hours walking around looking in the park.  We came home and had some cinnamon buns for a snack then I made some stuffed green peppers and mashed potatoes for dinner.  Dan showed me how and set it up so that I can load modules onto Moonlight and somehow incredibly fixed the laptop.  I’m still laughing about that one truthfully… The kids fell asleep quickly as did we after we snuggled on the couch for a while.

Sunday we woke up… well, forced ourselves out of bed to go to church. We all were dragging more than just a little.  After church we all went to Cici’s to have some pizza then came back home.  Shannon played outside as is her usual and we played with Nicky inside as it was a bit chilly and really muddy outside.  We looked around a little bit on the Internet for a house or town home that we all could live in together and different jobs around and that sort of thing.  Yes, we are ready to put behind us feeling lucky to see each other every other weekend and be able to be with each other every day.  We set a date for our wedding, September 4, 2010.  So, yes, we are going to move in together most likely a good year before we marry but that doesn’t bother us obviously.  However, this time he did have to leave and go back so he could go to work.  I didn’t want to let him go and he didn’t want to go, but such is the way we are right now I suppose.  Honestly I cannot wait until it’s not like this, but it won’t be too much longer I suppose.  I love you my sweet Dan, more and more every day and there is nothing that will change that.

Before I end this post though I want to add that somehow he snuck something onto the laptop.  When I booted it up a message from him popped up on the notepad.  I was confused when I saw the message box pop up until I read it and then I just started to smile and cry at the same time.  You truly are the sweetest man in the world Dan and I’m so very glad that I get to be yours.  I truly love you.

So we got back into a “regular” schedule of our getting together every two weeks.  Friday I cut out of work a few minutes early and headed straight to my Shelley.  I drove as fast as I could and truly could not wait to be back in her arms.  I got there a bit earlier than normal, mostly because I left early.  We had decided to keep the children the whole weekend.  Nicky was fast asleep by the time I got there but Shannon was still awake.  After we put her to bed, we had some dinner and a couple of beers.  We then spent the rest of the night inseparable from each other.

Saturday the church that Shelley goes to had a children bowling event in the afternoon.  We decided to leave in the late morning and spend a few hours walking through a local park, skipping stones on the creek, and just having fun.  After becoming rather exhausted, we left for bowling.  Honestly it was a blast bowling as well.  It was wonderful to be able to bowl with Nicky and to watch Shannon.  I think that we all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.  After bowling, we headed home.  Nicky took little time to fall asleep and Shannon wasn’t all that far behind.  Shelley and I “watched” Harry Potter (I fell asleep and missed most of it) until rather late then headed to bed.  I was so tired I know I fell straight asleep.

Sunday morning we woke up early and went to church.  The children had their Sunday School and Shelley and I had ours as well.  After the service we headed to Bob Evans for something to eat.  We had a little wait but it wasn’t bad.  We ate then headed home, still a bit worn out from the day before.  Shannon went to play outside for a while before heading with Nicky to their grandmother’s house for a little while.  When they got home, Shannon went back outside and Shelley and I had a little dinner.  As usual, we weren’t all that hungry on Sunday afternoon.  After saying our goodbyes….I unfortunately had to leave.  As is custom, leaving was very hard to say the least.  On the drive back to Ohio, I was sad, quite sad actually.  I just missed my Shelley so very much.  After I got home we had our usual phone call then I headed to bed.

Shelley, I will never be able to tell you this enough, I love you.  I know that those simple words don’t even come close to saying what I feel, but I haven’t a better way to say it.  I love being yours, I love being with you, I love everything about you.  Being with you is the highest of honors.  I love you Shelley, I truly do, and nothing will ever change that.

So, it took us a while, but we were finally able to have another glorious weekend together.  Not because we didn’t wish to be together (quite frankly we could never spend enough time together), but because of Tim’s birthday.  His birthday dinner was the Sunday after Valentine’s Day (so, yeah, there went Valentine’s together), then his family party the next Saturday…  I don’t explain it, I just accepted it.  That’s the way their Mom likes to do their birthdays.  Now, this made me feel like I was going through withdrawal from Dan because we were apart for so long.  I cannot tell you how happy I was to finally see him walking down the steps to see me… We were actually really lucky because there had been a possibility that he wouldn’t have been able to come out for having things to finish up at work.  Needless to say I would have been a touch more than miserable if that would have happened.

So, Friday night, Dan literally ran out of work early and drove as fast as Henry would let him to come and see me.  I had taken the children down to Michele’s because after that long apart I felt like we really needed some alone time and I was right.  We were completely inseparable that night and into the morning.  Dan did get to try on the new Spongebob pj’s that the children (namely Shannon) picked out for him and I had some new pj’s as well.

Saturday we eventually rolled out of bed and got dressed.  We even had time for breakfast and started a game of chess before Michele called.  It ended up that we got Nicky for the afternoon but Shannon went with Michele until later that afternoon.  The three of us went to Best Buy and Dan helped… well he picked out a camera for me and later on set it up completely and showed me how to use it.  Then we went to Elmer’s and Giant Eagle.   After that we just spent a nice evening at home with the children and another night together.

Sunday we woke up early after my alarm on my cell phone nearly scared everyone.  We got ready and went to church.  After church we were invited to brunch with the pastor and his family.  The brunch went well.  We didn’t get back home until mid afternoon and spent the time barely letting go of each other.  We did take turns giving each other back massages that we desperately needed for our sore muscle.  We gave both kids a bath and just ordered some pizza because I had forgotten to take out the chicken for dinner.  Honestly I was a complete mess when he had to go and it took all I had in me to let him go and not run up to his car and refuse to let him go.  I don’t know why this time was worse than the other times, but it was.  Usually I can keep him from seeing me like that and wait until he leaves, but this time it was just too hard for me to keep back.  Yes, I was one step away from a temper tantrum… I’ll admit it.  I do say this, when we can finally be together everyday and not have to be apart like we are I will be a much happier person.  I cannot describe just how much happier, how much more complete I feel with him, how at peace I am in his arms or with my arms around him, how much better I sleep at night and possibly twitch less… I just know that life with him next to me is the most wonderful thing.  So, my sweet Dan, just know that you will always have my heart and in fact own me.  Simply, I love you.