Artie

So who is this mysterious girlfriend of mine? What does she look like? What is her name?

OK, OK. If you guys read my post on How I met the Girl of my Dreams, Literally!, then you saw her name once, know only how I started this relationship. Welp, she has read it and politely asked "Why am I only mentioned ONCE??!!" Umm, well.....I am getting to that. And here I am! So I will start with the 5 W's.

Who is she? Her name is Rachel, to me Artie. Her initials are RD and that is where we got Artie. Distinguishes her from my sister if they are both within earshot. 

What do I like about her? Just about everything, just.....*peeks around shoulder* Ok, everything. She is funny, sarcastic (working on that one....), God fearing, mission minded, loves children, short (I always wanted someone to look up to me :D ), sings beautifully, very smart~smarter than me~,  intelligent, writes wonderfully. Anything else???

Where did I meet her? I met her at church about 7 years ago. We have been good friends since.

When did this all start? Well, either 7 years ago or 1 month. Either way, I dont look back on it.

Why her? Why her??? Because, I have my reasons. As stated before but more importantly, God is gently prodding me. Need I say anything else?

So anyhoo, I was at her awards ceremony last night. That surprised her to begin with. I had acted like I was going to talk to her as usual at 9pm. Well, I walked into the doors and waited in the lobby like her dad said to. I waited and waited for about the 3 mins. Impatiently I called her dad to see what to do next. He said to keep walking into the downstairs room. So I walk in and look around the corner and there she is with her hand to her mouth on her cell phone. She was saying over and over "Wow". Her dad had called her to ask to walk into the foyer. Well here I come around the corner and luckily she was able to sit into a chair right behind. I sat next to her and asked if she could say anything else other than Wow. I asked her if she was surprised and she about slugged me and said emphatically "NO!" So after introductions went around, we talked briefly. I went up stairs with my friend who I brought along. We had a fun but long night. After 2 hours of awards, we get some pictures taken. I will get them up as soon as I get some from her. But to say the least, I am proud to say she got 2 awards, her sister got 1, and her dad (who teaches Debate and Economics) got 2 awards. Some pictures I took did not turn out with the new camera I got for my birthday.

This week/weekend is FULL for me starting tonight. But hopefully I will get through with God's grace.

Jon