The REAL Story of Us- Part 1

     I am inspired to write this post after reading one of my favourite bloggers- http://www.thelifeofbon.com/- and her own sweet love story.  L. and I have been together for nearly 10 years. "Geez...do you think it's time to get hitched already?!" Anyways, it is a rather long story to tell, but I am going to try my best (probably in several, several  parts).

      Our story started one Friday in April 2003 after I had just finished writing my final exam of my first year in University. Needless to say, I was exhausted. When my phone rang and my best friend asked me to go to the movies with her and a new group of guys, the last thing I wanted to say was yes. I knew she really wanted another female companion and I agreed to go under the circumstances that I would go, but only if I didn't need to look nice. I wanted to just go straight from my exam- little makeup, comfy clothes, and disheveled overall. Little did I know that I would be soon meeting my future husband.

     When we arrived, there were so many new people that I quickly said hello and sat in my seat at the end of one row and he at the other end 5 seats away. The group was simply talking about nonsense when for some reason someone brought up the name of a painting famously related to the French Revolution.  The title of it was on the tip of my tongue when L. all of a sudden said "Death of Marat." Let me just say, I was impressed. Mostly because I had just finished writing a history final for my course focusing on the period of the French Revolution to present day. This guy knew his stuff and his mentioning of the most gory and unromantic piece of art made me notice him.

Here it is! This is what started our life of love; a piece depicting death. Sweet, sweet irony!

I sat through the movie, which was horrible, thinking about those few seconds. The flicker where we interacted with one another for the first time and over a gruesome portrait about a dead man. Out of our small group, we were the only two that knew the name of the painting. Would we all go to a coffee shop after the movie was down? What When the final credits started rolling and the lights turned on, L. and one of his friends stood up, quickly said goodbye over their shoulders, and walked out the theatre's side door.

I was stunned. Where did he go? Was he coming back?  Will I ever see him again?

I stood there and wondered, why do I even care?

(To be continued)

This Bloggy Thing

There is this part of me that is envious of this blogging world. I know it would be a great creative outlet and a chance for me to keep my writing skills sharp. It seems like it builds a great sense of community, too. However, I seem to find excuses everywhere. Too busy with work. Nothing is interesting enough to write. No one will be reading it anyways.

I think back to a year and a half ago when I was ambitiously selecting wallpaper colour and editing my first post a million times. Now I look back and realize how silly it all was. I still only have one doe-eyed in love post to my name. Now it's time for me to get real. I am going to commit with one post a week from this point forward. Even though I am the only one reading this blog at this time, I think it would be a great venture to be a part of the blogging community, even if it is a small part, and chronicle the exciting things going on. I am getting married in a little over four months, moving into my first home, and embarking on a marriage, after all. 

I'm going to try my best to do it this time. Week/ post one. Completed. 

- A.

First post ever: Hello world!

This is my first blog post and I couldn't be happier. I am a high school English teacher and need to find a new way to express the ins and outs of my daily life. Even though this post is just for me (for now!), I am extremely ambitious that it will grow to be something great.

I've entitled it "The Story of Us" because I am newly engaged to the love of my life, L. We have already been together for eight and a half years and I simply can't wait for our wedding day (May 18, 2013).  I will post more details about the engagement in another post in the near future. My hopes for this blog are that it will not only be a creative outlet for me, but a chance to track our journey to marriage, beyond and everything in between.

But for now, I'm off to figure out this blog thing.

Lots of love (if anyone happens to stumble upon this)

<3 Ashley