Fun in the Sun!

Last weekend was a whirlwind of fun! I had messaged a guy(name undisclosed for his privacy) on a website(I know what you're thinking mom!). And a day later or so had decided I would shut down my profile because I was tired of some of the attitudes I was receiving. When I went on though he had messaged me back and caught my interest even more. After a couple of exchanged emails he told me he was coming to my town for his grandparent's wedding anniversary. This provided a chance to meet.

He told me that he had a friend along who had never been to Kelowna and was going to be giving him a tour and I was welcome to join them. I agreed and made plans to meet at a popular location. When I got there I was a couple of minutes late and saw two guys walking away. I was pretty sure they were the ones I was to meet but I was too far behind that I would have had to run to catch up...running in a skirt isn't the most comfortable thing to do so I took the option of sitting at this landmark knowing that the walk they were on wouldn't take too long. While I sat there I looked out at the lake, took a picture of a sailboat(the picture didn't really turn out that well) and people watched. Then I started blowing bubbles...cause who doesn't carry a bottle of bubbles in their purse for such occasions?

As I was mid-bubble I noticed these two fellas walking back...and the one gentleman waved. I knew it was them. :) I walked over and was greeted by a hug and a handshake by his friend. We walked along the water and stopped at the bird sanctuary. There was one duck that was bobbing his head with such passion. It was really funny to watch. It looked like he was trying to save on waddle gas by using his head to pull himself along. haha. Anyways, we chatted there for quite some time just getting to know eachother. Oh yeah, his friend had no idea that this was our first encounter. He had been told that we were old friends and we played with it so that it would be comfortable and not awkward. However, it came with such ease that I too forgot that this was our first time meeting eachother. Old souls I guess.

After hanging out at the bird santuary we headed to a restaurant for lunch. It was a very yummy lunch. He was very kind and treated both his friend and myself. After lunch we headed over for icecream. I have no idea how I made room for it, I was so full from lunch. But not only did I have icecream, but I had two scoops. He had two scoops as well! Crazy fun! Once we had our icecream the three of us walked downtown and came across the Japanese Peace Gardens. So pretty. As we were enjoying sitting along the water/pond we blew some bubbles and watched the fish. After we were all peaced out I brought out the water guns and we had a classic water gun fight! So much fun with the pond scum water!! hee hee. The people around us didn't seem to mind, the security guard thought it was funny. Then we headed to the park and played on the swings. I love the swings!!!! We chatted the entire time just having a wonderful time. Like I said it was like we had been friends for a long time. Everything was so natural and fun.

Then I had to head to work. Apparently the day in the sun made me look like Bob(the tomato)'s twin. :) It was well worth it. The next day we had made plans to see eachother between his activities involving his grandparents anniversary party and between my shifts at work. He came and picked me up from work and we headed to Starbucks. Then we headed to Costco where he went to get some photo's developed. After that we headed to a walking park and went for a walk. It was an amazing time because there was nothing to distract us but getting to know eachother. Plus the walk through the trees was a lot of fun. After a while we turned around and headed back. He drove me back to work so I could finish out my day there but we had made plans to see eachother again that evening.

After I was done work I headed over to the church where he was at for his grandparent's anniversary party. It was a little nerve racking. Once I found him though I felt more at ease. We came back to my house to play guitar hero 3! Woo hoo!!! So much fun. Then we watched Corner Gas. He very is very classy and asked permission to put his arm around my shoulder. It made me blush and I accepted. After Corner Gas we started to head him out to his car...however, we kept on finding things to talk about...and knowing that he was leaving the next morning we tried to get in as much as we possibly could. At 5am he reluctantly got into his car and headed back to his parents home. Oh, but before he did that there was one point where I had the urge to pray but I thought that would be weird so I didn't...but maybe a minute later he just busted out a prayer. It was amazing...I was left speechless.

The next day at work I was kind of tired..but nothing that 3 cups of coffee can't fix..hee hee. Plus I only worked the day shift so when I got home I had the opportunity to relax. That's not what I did though..hee hee. I did something....I can't remember what....oh yeah, I started to clean up a little bit and then Justin(Cameron's girlfriends' brother) came and picked me up and took me for icecream on the Westside. He wanted some girl advice. :) Then I came home and cleaned up a little more and then headed over to Becky's parents' house and sat in the hot tub....it was a really strenuous evening. When I got home I had a great conversation with this gentleman I had met 48 hours earlier on MSN. We talked until the early am once again.

The next morning I had bootcamp and almost slept through my alarm. Oops. But I got there. :) The day(Tuesday) was my day off and we talked on MSN for a large part of the day. Then we talked through Skype(I love the inventor of Skype) for the remainder of the evening. We both learned a lot about eachother.

However, the lack of sleep did catch up with me yesterday though. I slept right through bootcamp. And all the way until 11 am. I haven't slept in that long for an uber long time. When I woke up I was still tired...I think from over sleeping. I dragged myself around the house, talked on Msn to that special person and then headed out to go for a walk with my friend Melissa. We stopped for some fish and chips for lunch and then went down these really pretty paths I didn't know existed. We watched the ducks and chatted and admired some of the homes along the way. It was quite a nice walk. We ended up down by the waterfront and stopped in a couple of stores, picked up a slurpee and then headed back cause I had to get to work. It was an awesome time!

That's pretty much everything up to date. There's a lot to take in...but right now life is exciting!!! Until later...keepin' it real.
Michelle.