History in the Making?

Everyone I know has been sick like once or twice in the past two months! I was beginning to think I was the exception until I woke up fairly ill on Tuesday. Derek and I ripped it up until at least 6 A.M. at the bar and didn't go to bed until 9 A.M. but that's pretty standard for us. Truth be told, I am getting kinda sick of the vampire schedule and feel like my body would benefit from some fresh air and sunlight.

Fresh air and sunlight are what brought me to consciousness today. That and my snotty, sneezy nose! Anyways, I've slept quite a bit the past few days and have been taking lots of Zicam nose gel stuff and Tylenol Cold products (God bless the P.M stuff!) I have trouble sleeping normal hours so every so often I'll force myself to sleep with various OTC sleepy time meds. Melatonin is by far the best product out there and the vibrant dreams would make you think you're trippin' balls even though you're not! It's totally worth the scary cat dreams too!

I took the girls for a car ride today. They LOVE being in the car. We went to Walgreen's and Subway. Nothing too exciting but they don't know the difference! Last night we celebrated Derek's birthday. I'm quite impressed with the number of folks who came out until the wee hours of the night! I didn't drink much since I am trying to keep my immunity up and shake this minor head cold. Derek, however, put em' away. Shit. Let's just say when it comes to drinking, he's an Olympic level athlete. I don't like "binge drinking" much but on one's birthday, I expect nothing less so I was a very tolerant, patient girlfriend. I mean, why wouldn't I be, he is fucking awesome!!

I was pretty sure I was never going to have a BF again until I met him one night at his place of employment. Mind you, I've been frequenting this place for the past year since they host Monday "Bike Night." My scooter crew and I used to go every Monday and every Monday he'd card me! "I'm 30," I'd say. "I still have to card you." Sigh. Our relationship didn't take off until one late October night when I was waiting for a friend. It was literally just the bartender, Derek and I sitting there. I hate being in bars alone. So I looked over to Derek and struck up a conversation. "What's the Hawaiian word for porch," he said. I responded with, "I have no clue but my friend Kevin will know, he's from Hawaii!" That's when scooter Katherine walked in and said, "Lanai." And that is how Derek and I met. From there, we talked on and off all night. But when it came to it, we both failed at getting each other's phone numbers! I thought about him all week long and even told Darren and Grant about my new "prospect."

We were bowling at Fireside that night when I told them and I was slightly drunk. I decided it would be a great idea to go to where Derek worked and make him mine! We rode up and much to my disappointment, he wasn't there. So we had a few PBR's. That's when it happened, he walked though the door and noticed me almost instantly and said, "Millie, oh my God, I totally wanted your number but chickened out." My first thought was, "Holy shit, this guy remembered my name." My second thought was, "OMFG he's even cuter than I remember!" At this point, Darren had gone home but Grant, the trooper that he is, hung with me. Derek was like, "Uh, is this your boyfriend?" He was referring to Grant.....I LOL'ed and said, "NO!" That's when, like clockwork, Grant chimed in and was like, "Cut to the chase dude, she clearly has a thing for you and you should just make your move already!" Talk about embarrassing moments in history, that was one of them. Shortly there after, we shared our first kiss in a dark corner of the bar. The rest seems to be history in the making. Every bit of time we spend together is awesome. He's seen me at my worst and at my best. He compliments my personality perfectly and I'm so excited to see what the future holds for us!!