CHRISTMAS!

I actually have cool thought out gifts for my parents for once! Especially impressive since I did it last minute.

I will be visiting my aunt, uncle, grandmother, and cousins with my parents the day of and at night I will be going down to visit and her family and the awesomest beardy aka my adopted son. Oh and all of the fish that I love to feed because I'm a chef and apparently my love of feeding extends to animals as well.

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Life has been nuts, in good and bad ways. We won't get into the bad, because the bad things are in the past and I'm leaving them there.

So on to good things. I met this cute lil dergon back in june, and happenstance would have it that we only talked for a little, then stopped, then talked a little more, then stopped, then a mutual friend who we didn't know was a mutual friend reintroduced us and we talked for a few weeks, then stuff happened and we both went different ways.

Then she randomly messages me on Skype saying she needed a friend. So we talked.....and talked...till like......way later than I should be up on a night when I had work the next morning. And then we talked some more and then we finally met in person and hung out. And then we hung out some more. And then I finally asked her out. And she said yes(obviously).

Then I bought a ring and lasted less than 24 hours till I purposed.

And yes I've been asked "Isn't this kinda early?" "You've haven't known her that long"

Listen

I've dated people before for longer periods of times (2 years or more), and I could have easily purposed, but I never really felt an inclination to do so. I never felt that desire to say I was theirs and they were mine for all eternity.

I heard when I was younger "when you know, you know". It's true after all. It didn't take long for things to click in my heart and in my head. The two actually worked in conjunction for once and agreed!

What more? My mother loves her. Her mother loves me.
Want even MORE? Since the beginning of it all, even during courtship. My work ethic at work has improved markedly. The quality of my work has improved markedly.
The way I treat others around me has improved. The way I see things has improved. Everything seems a little brighter. It's easier to find the silver linings.

So did i move quickly? To people on the outside absolutely it looks like it. But to me? In my heart? In my soul?

She seems familiar, like I've known her before, a long time ago. So to me, it doesn't feel like a short time. Meeting her felt like coming home.