one year... and counting =)

one year. damn, that was fast.

this time last year, i psyched myself up to being single for a REALLY  LONG TIME. coming from a five-year relationship, i swear i thought it'd be a pain to start my life all over again. 

i had never really gone through the normal process of dating. i was always "the girlfriend", never "the hot date". and i guess that's normal for the first couple of relationships when you're in high school. but i had been in an on-and-off relationship for over five years (just a couple of months shy of six), which includes most of my college years. so starting over at 23 was definitely difficult. heck, flirting was a bitch (since everything gets comfortable after the second year.. which is short of saying you kinda let yourself go after the third :P)! so after the rollercoaster ride of a relationship that i've had, it was inevitable that i'd be okay with being single for a while. finally have some ME time.

as fate seemed to have it though, almost as soon as i thought it, this guy snuck up (LITERALLY.. snuck up behind me) when i least expected it, and threw all that out the window. he came up to me in his seemingly cocky stature, bought me a drink, swooned me (possibly ran his game on me :P), kissed me that same night, and asked me out. we dined. we wined. we whined. and we still whine. and the best part so far? through all this whining, he's come to know everything--from my lil quirks to the deepest dirt. and yet, he's still in my life. 

i'm sure i'm missing a lot of the single-lady activities that new yorkers seem to be enjoying these days, as the whole point in moving back here was to completely move on.. in style (LOL). meet hot guys, date around, travel, possibly work at one of the biggest magazine companies in the world, and live THE ultimate life. and though it didn't exactly turn out the way i imagined or planned it out to be, i'm pretty happy where i am. it hasn't been easy. but i wouldn't have it any other way.

maybe it's a lil too early to say, but what the heck, i'll say it anyway. i'm not afraid to say "THIS COULD BE IT". i just hope i didn't jinx it. :P

happy anniversary, baby.

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.