Shamefully late!

I'm headed out to Alaska in 11 days!!! This trip has more significance to it than it did when I casually mentioned it at the end of my last post. One of my "friends" that's working out there is Justin...and he's turned out to be much more than just a friend.

It feels a bit late in the game to be mentioning this now. But as I said in my last post...it's taking me some time to fully join the blogging world. I keep up on my facebook much better.

Justin and I met through a common friend while he was living in Provo. There were a bunch of friends getting together at said common friend's apartment for dinner and Justin was his roommate. It's kinda tragic for me to say that we were both too scared to really talk to each other until after he left. Facebook is a blessing for this reason!

When he first got up there he was alone so I would catch him a lot online and we chatted. And then it got to be where I would sign in for the one purpose of finding him there waiting to talk to me. It soon got to the point where that wasn't enough. I remember the first phone conversation...nervously waiting for him to call, wondering if I would remember what he sounded like. But as soon as we started talking it felt natural and it was fun! He made me laugh all the time and we've just been growing closer ever since!

I'm so lucky! Not only am I going to see the most amazing person in the world, but I also have such an amazing sister and brother in law that made it possible! They have a lot of frequent flier miles and offered to buy my ticket! I'll be getting quite the tour of U.S. airports since that's how frequent flier miles tend to work. I start off by flying to Dallas and from there I go to Santa Ana. From there I go to Seattle and then to Juneau and from Juneau to Skagway! I'm so excited and very nervous! Justin feels the same way. I only have a one way ticket out to Alaska...so that means that I'm there until he's done working and then we'll be driving home together.

I can't wait to write about how things go! I really feel so lucky to have found Justin! It may be crazy to say but I love him...even though we haven't even had our first kiss!...soon to be taken care of...;) I'll be posting pictures soon!