summer loving having a blast (grease)

so after mexico, a fabulous lazy summer happened. i was working at the student gym; i taught two spinning classes a week and i was also a personal trainer. i didn't have as many clients as i usually had, so i had to get another job. i fell back on on the usual waitress position. tgifridays took me back. it was pretty slow there too, but between the two jobs (and winning a couple poker games) i made enough to suvive.

pretty boring post thus far, yeah? well the biggest thing that happened this summer was falling in love with chris.

chris and i actually met at the gym. he had been a personal trainer there for a while, and i started in january. so we met in january when i was doing training. we didn't really interact that much, but we'd pass each other now and again. but i did think he was super duper cute. so whenever i went to work, i would try to look super cute in case he was meeting a client at the same time.

a month or so after i started working, we had a training work shop at the gym. some lady from the east coast came in to train us about therabands and how diverse they could be. so i came all dressed up, not knowing we were actually working out at this thing. anyways, so the lady asked us to partner up. everyone found a partner except me and chris. so we had to be partners. we were doing theraband exercises together which only really works if the two partners are the same size. umm... hello? chris is like six inches taller than me and super buff. he was totally kicking my butt and laughing about it. i started to sweat and i was blushing and i knew i had pit stains... ugh! i was soooo embarrassed.

anyways, a few months later i was in the training room talking to mom. i had an interview in montana that weekend and i was trying to figure out how i was going to get there. i completely remember the week; i had 2 really big tests that i had to cram for, a few projects, and work on top of that. i couldn't imagine trying to drive 8 or 9 hours by myself to missoula after school on friday, sit through a five hour interview, then turn around and drive back. so i was on the phone trying to figure out how i was going to get there and trying to convince people to go with me to help drive. anyways, i got off the phone and chris was in there putting some stuff in one of his clients files. he couldn't help but over hear me, and he said he was from montana. he told me he was planning to move to missoula that fall to start school, do some prereqs, then apply to P.T. school. he said if i wanted some help driving up there, that he'd love to go because he had a few things he needed to do up there. it was perfect!

so that friday, we started on our road trip. we had literally never hung out before taking this road trip. so we didn't really know anything about each other. but surprisingly enough, we had a lot to talk about. we stopped in idaho falls to say whats up to the family, and he met my entire family the first day we hung out. he actually did really well. anyways, we kept driving to montana, and the conversation kept flowing. we finally got to missoula and i dropped him off where he was staying and headed to my hotel. i got lost going to my hotel and had to call him to help direct me to my hotel. i finally got there and crashed. the next day i had my interview, and felt pretty good about it (i later got accepted). we hadn't gotten into montana until 3 or so in the morning so i was exhausted after my interview. i called chris and asked if he would mind if we stayed another night. he was fine with it, so i went back to my hotel and slept for like 6 hours. the next day we headed up and kept on talking.

after getting back to boise, we were pretty much inseperable. we didn't start dating right away, but we hung out every night. we were texting all the time. he wouldn't directly ask me on a date for a couple weeks. he'd say stuff like, "well i rented this movie and if you wanted to come watch it with me, you could." what a wuss. it was right around march madness. i asked some guy friends to give me some quick sports tips so i could try to impress chris with my sports knowledge. how dumb. i hate the games you play while dating. anyway, after a week or so, chris started taking me on real dates and like i said, we were inseperable.

everything with him was just so easy. after a month or so, i felt like i could tell him everything. there wasn't any drama, no real head games. it was just easy and fun. we hung out all summer, and had a total blast together. but more than just fun, he was just there for me. i was with him when i found out mitch died. in fact, on our way to montana, we stopped and saw him. mitched died a month after that. but i found out he died and just cried, and cried, and cried. and chris just held me. he didn't try to say anything, and i didn't want to talk. i just wanted to cry and have someone next to me. it sounds dumb, but it was exactly what i needed. he quickly became my rock. everything else felt chaotic and frustrating, and he was just there and great.

he treats me like a princess. he's sweet, romantic, funny, smart, hard working, honest. i completely trust him. i've never felt this way. i just feel a comfrot when i'm with him. natalie said in her blog that she felt at home with pete. and that's exactly how i feel. after we started dating, i didn't even think about dating other people. we just belonged. i got accepted to montana, which was perfect because that's where he was planning on moving. but after looking at the money issues, there was no way for me to go there, and i had to go to ISU. i told chris, and sheepishly asked him to move to pocatello instead of montana so we could be together. at first he said heck no. i don't blame him at all. but i think like ten minutes later he changed his mind. i still can't believe he actually moved for me. i have never, ever been treated as well as chris treats me. he deals with me when i'm acting crazy, holds me when i cry, boosts my confidence when i feel broken, makes me laugh when i'm frustrated, and loves me for me. i love him so much. he's so amazing. i'm so glad for that chance call in the training room, the fact that we both got a job at the rec, everything. i finally found my prince charming. everyone deserves to be this happy with the person they're with. :D