More of a story....
11 years ago when I worked at Islands of Adventure I met this security guard. she had blond hair and blue eyes, she just said "hi" to me one day....and the next day and the next day and the next until it got to the point she was annoying me. She would sneak up behind me and "spook" me and laugh when I jumped.
One very cold day (I live in Fl, I don't deal well with "cold") I am freezing my costumed butt off and her come Ms. security with a cup of coffee.
Wow that was all kinds a sweet and appreciated. I guess that's when I decided she was not so annoying. We got to talking and exchanged contact info. A few days later we happened upon each other online, this is back in the hay day of AOL. We talked for about 4 hours online. I have NEVER talked to anyone that long (anyone not standing in front of me). After we couldn't type anymore I called her and we talked on the phone for another 2 hrs.
This marathon of laughing and joking got the ball rolling for the most lovely, saddest friendship I ever had. We were fast friends after that night and I quickly fell in love, so did she. There was one major problem though, I had a girlfriend and so did she, Sigh.... life sucks so hard sometimes.
I could not be a jerk and neither could she so we stayed friends.
This was has been our position for the past decade, neither of us being single at the same time, the one time we had a chance was when I moved back to S. Fla and she told me she couldn't handle a long distance relationship. I NEVER cried so hard over a girl before!
So fast forward through the years of friendship and arrive at last month (Nov) we had not had an in depth conversation in a few years...just friendly comments on FaceBook...so out of the blue she hits me up and I tell her I am no longer married. She tells me how she has loved me all these years from afar. I tell her the same back.
Actually I tell her much more then that for I have ADORED her for over a decade, no one has ever measured up to the standard of awesome she had set in my heart so many years ago!
So we decided that finally it is "our time" and since then life has been....amazing, I don't know...my feet do not touch the ground! She is all I remembered her to be and so much more! She came to visit me for 4 wonderful days and it was....I am so not a "faller" but here I am so fallen!
I have an aggressive personality and a problem with closeness...I dont build walls I build fortressed citadels. I "hit her" with the full force of my personality and she didn't do a dang thing but sit and smile quietly until I wore myself out. Now I sit here in a position I have never found myself. Calm and unafraid. CALM! Well actually... opt calm as I am so giddy in love.... anger free. ZERO desire to push anyone away. I for sure thought I was gonna knock her over, very sneaky how she just simply...didn't!
Now in 30 days I will be living in Orlando and by the end of March she will be living in Orlando...back where we started, both in the same city....my future hold endless possibilities. The planets in my universe feel aligned. What the hell am I gonna do with all this happiness, my cup runneth over!
This is my Tina
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