Holiday Happenings take one....

So I can easily say that I have had the most amazing Christmas ever, and Christmas hasn't even happened yet. Jordan bought me a plane ticket to Vancouver to meet up with him for five days, not only did I fall more in love with him (yeah, yeah... I can hear the awwwws... and the rest of you saying how 'sick' that is... well shush...!) but I also managed to fall in love with Vancouver.


Don't get me wrong, it's no Amsterdam, Paris, London or Nice... but it has a certain charm and beauty to it that is tough to describe. It's an interesting city with history... Not only does it have charm and beauty, it has a range in topography, which is quite uncommon in rural Alberta! There is the ocean and mountains all surrounding the city. Another amazing factor was the lack of snow and warm weather!!! I was quite shocked to walk of the plane and freeeeeze and see even more snow on the ground!! What a welcome back to this lovely province!!

So my five days in Vancouver were jam packed with time with the boy, friends both old and new and just relaxing. We had never spent so much time together in one time frame, so it was exciting that neither of us tried to kill the other and that we both enjoyed the time as thoroughly as we did. It was seriously the best five days I have had in a row in a long, long time.

It made me realize what I want for my future, and that the long distance relationship is extremely hard but it has reinstilled the hope that one day it will get easier and everything will fall into place. All I need is patience and belief... good thing I can have both of those IF I try hard enough!

I can't wait to go back in February, and I will not be stupid enough to forget my camera at home!! I will take mine and I will document the entire journey!!! It will be epic!!

Leaving was tough, it always is, but this time was so much more difficult. I always thought the goodbyes would get easier as I got used to the situation... but just the opposite is true. Poor Jordan, thought if he fed me liquor it would make me cry less, and in reality I bawled, and sobbed, and told him I didn’t want to leave. I don’t know how he does it. I really don’t. I tried to keep it together as long as possible, but after Andrea called saying that there was a blizzard and she couldn’t make it to the airport I lost it.

All in all, I managed to say good bye to Jordan twice, crying both times… and make it home alive. Thankfully my cousin landed around the same time as me, and offered to drive me to her dad’s for the night and then home this morning!

Jordan called when he got home, and again I cried. Damnit I remember when I didn’t cry, when it took a person’s death or something major to make me cry… now I am a giant cry baby. Seriously though, it’s tough… especially after being together for an extended period of time, only to be apart again…