So this whole long distance thing really sucks. Lucky for me my wonderful fiancé had spring break this past week and was able to come up and visit me for a whole 9 days! It was fantastic. And a HUGE thank you to my friends Sarah and Craig for letting Jon stay there for the week. They're so great.
Now for a recap of our week together. On Friday Jon's flight got in at 1:49 pm. I'm supposed to have class till 1:50 and so I was bad and ended up skipping it. Yep I'm a bad student... So I got to the airport and last semester I had gotten the idea to pick him up from the airport and make a sign the says, "I waited for you" and hold it wearing a wedding dress. This same friend who gave me the idea had a wedding dress (actually more like a white prom dress) that she used for the same thing when her home teacher asked her to pick him up from the airport awhile ago. What I was going for was the whole crazy Mormon girl that waited for her missionary and is ready to just get married. Now the trick was getting him to dress nice without it sounding fishy and luckily the day before he totally set me up. We were just talking and he mentioned something about me wearing a dress and I readily agreed and told him I would be wearing an awesome dress but he had to dress nice too. It was pretty funny just standing there as people walked by and stared at me. But boy was I nervous/excited to see him. And as soon as I saw him I think it took me all of two seconds before I ran and jumped on him.
He loved it :)
We did so much together this week. Friday night we went to lunch at the Res Iguana with some friends from Austin that now live in Salt Lake area. Saturday Jon was a good sport and spent all day at a guard competition with me. That night we went bowling. Jon is taking a bowling class and loves to bowl so he started to teach me how to throw a curve ball. It's pretty addicting. I don't even pay attention to my score anymore and I just try and focus on my technique. And Jon is an awesome teacher.
Sunday we went to church with Sarah and Craig and then had brunch with them afterwards. And then we took a nap. And don't worry we napped in separate beds. Man I can't wait till we can just sleep next to each other all the time. I just can't wait to wake up next to him everyday. Just had a nice and relaxing Sunday.
Monday I had class and then guard rehearsal and Jon just came along with me to rehearsal and just watched me do my thing. Then we just hung out at my apartment, made dinner and watched a movie I think.
Tuesday we went running in the morning and I totally kicked Jon's butt. Granted we was using some excuse are the dryer air and the altitude or something like that. I don't know what that was about lol. But really we both did really well running that morning. And maybe it helped a little so I only gained like 9 pounds instead of 10 this week. After we went running I had to study and take a test. I actually didn't end up getting a ton of studying done but I still had to take my test anyway. And then we had dinner at Sarah and Craig's and played scrabble. Really good game and Jon and I totally won! And then we went hot tubbing.
Wednesday I had class and rehearsal again and then Ashleigh came over to my apartment to meet Jon. And then we went to my Aunt Becky and Uncle Jimmy's house.
Thursday we had lunch with Ashleigh and then I had to go and take two tests and I had a paper due that evening. Stupid school keeping me from spending all the time that I want with my man. And we also watched the BYU game.
Friday after I got done with class we headed up to Jason and Kara's for dinner. On the way we had to stop in Salt Lake because I had forgotten to turn in an assignment and it was due at five so we stopped by to visit Jon's old boss and I emailed my assignment in. My Uncle Steve and Aunt Kim had driven all the way down from Boise for dinner so they could meet Jon which was awesome. They're always fun to have around. Slowly but surely Jon is meeting all my family. Kara was saying that he's lucky cause she had to meet everyone in the family at a wedding. But now Jon has meet all of my siblings and their spouses and children except for Joe who he'll meet after we've been married ten months and Joe gets home from his mission. But dinner went relaly well.
Saturday we went and spent the day in Salt Lake. Went and got chocolate at Hatch Family Chocolates and ended up seeing one of the little chocolatiers! And the chocolate was really yummy too. Expensive but I kinda expected that since they do have a tv show and are famous. And of course w went to temple square. We did a tour of the conference center. The girl that did our tour was really cute and kept on practicing her little presentation like we were nonmembers even though I had mentioned that I'm go to BYU and Jon had served a mission. And then when we got on the roof there was a couple that had just gotten engaged. It was cute. And we also walked around the temple and the visitor centers. In the south visitors center there's this cool new model of the temple that reminds me of a doll house that is cut out on one side so you can see the inside of it. I thought that was really cool. I'm soooo excited for when I finally get to go through the temple myself and then of course when I get to go in and get sealed to Jon for time and all eternity! I love my baby! We also drove by the two apartments that Jon used to live in. Boy do they look like crap holes. I just laughed and was like "you seriously lived there?" They looked bad from the outside. Apparently the inside of the one matches the outside but the other one was actually nicer on the inside than it looked. And then we went to eat at Tucanos. It was good but I would definitely suggest going for lunch instead of dinner though cause it's a better bang for your buck. But I would watch out cause it's like all they're trying to do is get people in and out of there. Literally thirty seconds after we stood up to leave they were already at our table and clearing it. I had barely just started to put my jacket on. And the waiter also forgot to bring Jon's debit card back with the receipts to sign so we had to go back late that night to get it since they aren't open on Sundays, it was almost midnight when we got back there to get it. And we also went bowling that night with Jessica and Tyson. That was pretty fun.
On top of the conference center
Today we played a game of Settlers and then went to sacrament with Jessica and Tyson. Then it was time for me to take Jon to the airport for him to go back to Texas. Definitely my least favorite part of the trip.
I know this is going to be the last time I'm apart from him and that it's only gonna be five weeks till I'm with him again but every time I have to say goodbye to him it just gets harder. I hate it so much. He started laughing at me though cause when we were saying goodbye at the airport I was hugging him and wouldn't let him go. Seriously don't do the long distance thing if you can avoid it. It's the absolute worst. I just wish he was here with me still. I got home and just slept cause I just didn't feel like doing anything else. And I was secretly hoping that I would wake up and our long distance would be all over. It didn't work. But I'm sooooooo close to being with him again and not having to do the long distance thing ever again. I'm just so ready to be married to him and get to see him everyday and just have to say goodnight and know I'm wake up and see him first thing in the morning.
But I should also mention how awesome Jon is. While I was in class and taking tests, Jon had to entertain himself. He did some bowling and took some naps but my wonderful fiancé also took the time to get the oil changed in my car and put rain x on Rona's window's. Makes the ride smoother and it is so much easier to see when its raining. I'm so extremely lucky to have a man who loves me so much and treats me so well.