Sorry I haven’t been able to post as much as usual. Lately I have been busy finishing up a large project that my company is working on. The project is just about complete which is super exciting. However, there are other exciting things that have been going on in my life lately.

Here is a chance to see catch a glimpse at the biggest development. Following a day at work for the both of us, I canceled our previous arrangement of going and working out together. Instead, I offered a dinner of sushi with the promise of “dollar sushi night.” It was the place of our first date: Nara Korean BBQ and Sushi in Missoula, MT. However, Bonnie was completely unaware that I had signed the papers and made the purchase of an engagement ring before picking her up at work.

We arrived at the restaurant and it was pretty packed. There were only seats at the bar available. I knew that it would be hard to look up to her on top of a barstool from one knee, so I insisted we wait until a table was available. After we got a table near the back of the restaurant, we proceeded to order drinks and make small talk. When Bonnie got up to wash her hands, I quickly rushed to our waitress and interrupted her filling drinks in the kitchen. Quickly I said something to the effect of:

“Sorry to bother you. My girlfriend is in the restroom so I only have a minute. I am going to propose to my girlfriend tonight. When I hand you a camera, I’m just going to ask you to take our picture. However, the camera will already be recording so just point it at us.”

After many gourmet rolls of sushi, the check had arrived and I finished paying. Just before we were about to get up, I asked our waitress if she would be kind enough to take a picture of my girlfriend and I. Here is what followed:

I love her so much and can’t wait for all that life has in store for us.

The clothes that hang comfortably over her skin do little justice to the amount of beauty that exists in her face and in her head. She is working hard on completing a speech that is incredibly important to her on so many levels. It is these times that I find her so incredibly lovely. Lost in her world, doing what she enjoys most. Seeing the smile on her face. It’s really quite rewarding. I understand that you can’t possibly know this, but that is okay.

After work she met up with me in our car. I offered Chinese food and surprised her. I like that she loves Chinese food. We got our first movies from Netflix. This was one of the presents that I received for Christmas this year. The first movies that we got are two that I, personally, have been wanting to see for a long time. Tonight we watched the movie that I have been hunting for ever since I heard about about it: Batoru rowaiaru (Battle Royale). I knew it wouldn’t quite be up her creek, but she still staid afloat and watched it all the way through with me. The second movie we got was The Namesake. It is supposed to be a romance-type-thing that she probably will not enjoy as much as I.

That is okay. Relationships are about a constant give and take. She asked today if I would mind moving some of her choices from my our Netflix queue. See? There I go again. I have to keep remembering that everything that I have, she has. By doing so, it allows us to grow together. Rather than one person passing the other by. It is something that I have had difficulties with in other relationships.

This one seems to be different.

I am sitting here at work taking a breather from the code that I have been diving in all day. I’m just about finished with the task I wanted to complete for the day when I was thinking about my girlfriend, Bonnie. I was thinking of all of the things that I miss when she is not around. Then, I started to think that there were also some things I didn’t miss quite so much. So, here is my first attempt at a list for this blog:

5 Things I Miss About Bonnie When I Am at Work

• Being able to make her smile, and see it on her face.
• Seeing that look in her eyes that lets me know that she is struggling to contain herself…
• When she randomly bothers me to ask the question, “Can I sit here and bother you with something?”
• Having someone around to channel surf for me.
• The occasional, random, kiss.

So, to be honest, and to keep this blog worth reading I have to post the things that I do not miss about Bonnie when I am at work.

5 Things I Do Not Miss About Bonnie When I Am at Work

• Having to remove my headphones or turn down my music because she likes to talk to me when I am not able to listen well.
• The occasional random rant about how I should be paying more attention to her when she is ranting.
• Resisting the urge to scream when she starts cleaning everything around me. It’s not that I’m lazy, I just don’t want to right now.
• Watching her get upset at me when she starts talking on the cell phone and I do something loud. If you wanted to talk in private, why didn’t you go to a private area?
• Angling my laptop just right so she can squint her eyes to barely see the YouTube video I want to show her.