Once in Awhile...

Once in awhile I feel like a college kid by getting very drunk and having a great time. Yesterday was the annual St. Patrick's Day parade in Seaside Heights and my fiance and I met up with my parents after work. We watched the parade, and then they left to go get some food elsewhere.

We met up with some of my high school friends who came down for the festivities at a few bars and then headed up to the boardwalk with some other friends. It was a lot of drinking over a lot of hours...and we had a great time.

I can remember one of the conversations we had last night after we spent time walking around to sober up and get some food. We talked about the time period when you first meet someone and it is new and exciting and you can't wait for the next time to be with the person. I can honestly say that I love our comfort level right now, I love getting in bed with him every night and feeling HIS foot against mine, but there's something different about that time period when you are just learning things. You talk for hours about everything and nothing all at the same time. You have the first this and the first that...

One of those times was very early on in our relationship. We were supposed to hang out for a little bit after work at a local bar to "grab drinks" and just chat. He actually had plans with someone else so our timing was a little strained. We went to this local yocal bar where there's probably no more than 30 (if that) shorter bar stools around a dingy low counter bar in a dingy back area of a liquor store. We "became friends" with the people around us and had such a great time that he never went and met up with the other person he was supposed to hang out with. That night we talked for HOURS, laughed, and it was just so new and exciting in a little dingy back bar...

...some things are just so great...

So once in awhile you remember the feelings of when things were "new" but you look forward to the new things that change in your relationship now. Things get stronger, things change, things are happy, things are sad, but you love that person...love changes everyday and it is the most wonderful thing...