The Sum of LOVE in a box

The other day I was cleaning and organizing my room when I found all of my old love letters and cards from Mark throughout the years. Then I found old OLD old pictures of Mark and I from our first date, our first 6 month anniversary, as well as pictures throughout the significant events.

My first date with Mark was to the Underwater Word at Mall of America, walked around Mall of America just talking and then eating at Olive Garden.

(This was our first picture ever together)

The First time Mark asked me out (yes he asked me out twice) was at the Keith Urban concert with Gary Allan Friday November 17th 2007. (I have a very good memory, wouldn't it be creepy if I remembered the time?) ;)

Then I decided to break up with him "for good" sometime in December, but boy was the stupid. I think it took me a whole three days to realize that was dumb and maybe nice guys actually are the type I want to date. You see, I broke up with Mark because he was "too nice!" That's right, I broke up with him because he was too nice. I was used to dating jerks! Mark on the other hand, opened doors for me, wanted to buy everything for me, and was always super sweet. That creep-ed me out though! Then when I realized I wanted him back, he didn't want me back! Ouch!!

After trying to win Mark back....he was teasing two girls at the time, me and one other. I won! We started dating again February 17th 2008! The rest was history!!

(Picture from when Mark showed up at the Airport to surprise me on my 19th birthday)

While I can remember a lot of things from my relationship with him, I don't remember them all sad to say. However, when looking back at old pictures, old letters he wrote me, or cards he sent me I had flash backs to the days we spent together and apart. My relationship with him has mostly been long distance, but for one whole summer we spent practically every waking moment together, and we didn't get sick of each other. Then last year at NDSU we spent a whole year together, and got pretty sick of each other.... no I'm kidding! We definitely found out what a relationship was like to see someone all of the time.(hiking Summer of '09)

(summer of '09)

My first two years of my relationship with him he was in Iowa and I was here, I spent a LOT of gas money to see him but it was well worth it. I met a lot of great baseball players, and new friends because of him. I have a lot of great memories with him in Iowa. Its funny how fast time flies by!

While living in Fargo, it was definitely different on our relationship, we hit some major road bumps and even took some detours along the way, but we are now stronger than ever in our relationship.(Christmas '09)

That's when it hit me, if Mark and I made it through all of that.... I can only imagine how we will survive what will slap us in the face down the road! Who knows maybe it will all be sunshine, beautiful flowers and winds at our backs type of ride down this journey I call 'ours'.(Spring Baseball in Florida '10)

(spring Baseball Arizona '11)

With all of this being said I want to create a time capsule, I have ideas of what I'd put in there such as old pictures of us, old cards, letters and things that have meaning to me, some personal and some things that make me think of Mark. I also want Mark to put things in there that have meaning to him as well. Then have us come up with a list of 50 things we hope we will have accomplished as a couple, as individuals, and of our families within the next 25 years.

(My college Graduation... Mark had a game that day!)

I think it would be sweet to dig a deep hole up at my cabin and 'plant' it there and dig it up in 25 years! I can only imagine how cool it would be to dig it up in 25 years and look back at things we put in there, look at the list and see what we wrote and see how far off we were about the life we imagined, and the life we had created. And if for some sad reason Mark and I didn't make it, I would still love to open it up 25 years later and look back and remember what a great love story I truly did create!

So as cheesy this idea is, I am a hopeless romantic and will be forcing Mark to do this with me! :)(Vegas June '11)

"You are my best friend as well as my lover, and I do not know which side of you I enjoy the most. I treasure each side, just as I have treasured our life together."

The doctor is in....

For some reason when I posted this yesterday, no words showed up! Crazy!

Anyways, yesterday I got to work with my beloved Alzheimer's patients! One man who is 89 was the sweetest thing ever. He was so confused, yet EXTREMELY funny, I couldn't pass up the opportunities to take "breaks" and sit at his bedside and talk to him and his wife. They have been married for 66 years, a true love story! She was a nurse, he was in the service. The little old man would chime in every now and then with "actually facts" as his wife would call it. He told me it was NOT love at first sight, his wife chuckled a little, apprehensive to laugh along she whispered to me... "he's not lying, he called me a b!tch the first day we met. We hated each other from there on out..." They continued on telling me about their love story and how he would wait for her after work "to try to figure her out" as he said. She said she came from a wealthy family and was very stuck up at the time and didn't give a rats a$$ about men with no money. little did she know they fell in love and raised a family of 5 and traveled the world. They continued to travel the world up until 2 years ago when his Alzheimer's became progressively worse. They were the cutest little old couple ever.

My title of the blog comes from this little old man, because he thought the doctor was "flirting" with his "married wife of 66 years!" See the doctor came in to tell the family that not only did he have progressive middle stage Alzheimer's but that his brain was filled with cancer. As the wife cried the male doctor gave her a hug... this is when the little old man got upset. I moments later walked into the room and as I knocked on the door the little old man goes " OH THE DOCTOR IS IN DEAR, you better go hug him some more" in an angry voice. As sad as it was, it was also cute, this man who was so confused was still being protective of his wife even at the state of mental capacity that he was at. As we talked about the doctor he drifted off to other stories of totally off subject topics and would jump from one another, but no matter what we talked about it was about "momma" as he called his wife!

Precious couple, one that I enjoyed getting to know in a little 8 hour shift.


On another note, I did run into the sexy doctor at work, so if you feel like getting sick and want to see a sexy doctor, you now know where to go ;)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm5kx3xqmg0

This song is my current obsession I cannot seem to let go of this song, enjoy!