Getting ready ...

Every one was voting on it ... when was it going to happen? Bets were made (and I should have joined in - because I would have made some major moolah!) ... My sister said 6 months and so did my mom. Others were guessing right around that same mark. They were wrong! It was a year (well, 11 months!). I thought it'd be longer actually ... if it even happened at all!

December 30th, 2008 at Little Saigon I was finally asked ... "Move to Memphis with me?" ... Well I did what any girl would do. I laughed out loud. Then he asked again. Then I laughed again. That's normal right? Okay, maybe not - but I was just too flabbergasted to believe it. I didn't realize it was going to happen so fast. Once I realized the seriousness coming from Dustin - I answered. "Yes! When? ... "

I'll be moving down there in about 3 1/2 weeks now - and I'm so excited. I never thought I would live with someone before the really big step (marriage). However, after being together for nearly 5 years and after travelling so much, I couldn't be happier. I hate driving south on I-55 by myself just to leave in a day and a half and go north on I-55 by myself. It is quite possibly the worst drive ever - so my adventures in something new are about to take place...

So what do I have to look forward to now?

-Movies and cuddling

-TV shows that I want to watch (luckily, we watch the same TV!)

-No parents (Love them! but come on, seriously ... I am 24 and it's time to get out!)

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And that's about it because Memphis actually sucks and is dirty and crime-ridden! But maybe, just maybe, every now and then we can head to a local bar and just sit and catch a good jazz band or something? Maybe take in some blues and visit a few restaurants on Beale Street (and the surrounding downtown area). So my adventures are beginning ... but first things first...

TIME TO PACK!