my man...

i love my man so much! =-)
i am so grateful to have found him?
wanna hear the story?
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i was working for cathy silvers a.k.a. "jenny picollo" from happy days. she was/is a raw vegan and she had this raw vegan festival to do in phoenix. az for the weekend. i went with her as her personal assistant.
it was at a ramada resort...gorgeous! while all the raw foodies were hangin out i was in the bar eating chickenstrips and drinkin martinis. lol
i have been vegan off and on throughout my life...but not then.
anyway, a guy went by the booth while i was off on one of my heathen binges and met cathy. she invited him to her last demo of the last day in the last hour.
he came.
dyring the demo i noticed this guy video taping her demo and he turned it on me a few times. i remeber walking behind him to take some pix and thinking...who is this guy?
anyway, after the demo, cathy went to go sign some books and schmooz. i was left to finish the demo and clean up. as i was serving some food that guy came up to me and hip bumped me and said "hi".
i turned thinking...>-( whatthe heck!?!?! but couldn't help but smile.
he offered to help and did. =-) i noticed he was very good with a big knife. and i said...wow, you seem to know what you are doing...he said...i used to be a chef.
after serving, he stayed to help clean up too. (wow)
he asked my raw foodie name and i didn't have one. everyone there went by goji or gojiberrie or sunshine or something. he said, well i am mango. i said...well i have always called myself tofuticutie. he said...thats it! tofuti. i like it!
i got a little frazzled cuz i had to pack everything up and we had to catch a shuttle in 45 minutes. i remember looking at him, telling him i was uncomfortable with him helping cuz i wasn't used to it. he took a peice of luggage and disappeared for abit to let me gather myself. =-)
we met up again and put our luggage in a storage closet and we had about 30 mintues until our shuttle.
he asked if he could hang with us.
we walked around saying goodbye to people and in that time, he took pix of us, i took one of him (a poor quality one) he watched us do one last dance to drums, and i found he had been raw vegan for about 6 months and had lost 60 pounds. he also worked in alaska on a fishing boat for 2 years. i also got his number because we were gonna collaborate on something for cathy. he said he had a girlfriend too but i remember sensing there was something off when he said it.
it was time to catch our shuttle and he helped us pack up, cathy went to the van. i turned to say goodbye to him and could only smile. he kept kissing me on my cheeks and hugging me over and over. i walked away and turned around one last time and as i looked at him i distinctly remember thinking....he's the one.
i went to the shuttle and said...i REALLY like him! cathy said to me...you are gonna marry him someday!
i smiled in silence. i felt she was right but who really knew!
when cathy and got to the airport we realized we had forgotten a piece of luggage so i called him and we chatted abit.
over the next year and a half we texted off and on. we talked around xmas of 2007 i remember. i asked about his girlfreind cuz i kinda had senses they wouldn't make it. they were off and on i found out.
finally around summer we were texting alot and i told him i was gonna come visit. he was totally down. i original planned to go in october to see the balloon festival but had to delay it a couple times due to car trouble. in that time i found out he no longer had a girlfriend and was stearing clear of them.
i ended up goingout in december, right before xmas.
it was AMAZING!
leading up to the visit, i told one of my friends...i REALLY like this guy. this trip is gonna make or break me, i can tell. i am going to be VERY disappointed if things don't work out with him.
the weird thing was, i didn't have anything to base it on. it was just a gut feeling.
and our texting chemistry...lol
we had such a good time on my visit. we literally fell in love. he asked me at one point, when do you think you will come back? i said...when do you want me to come back? he said...i want you to move here and be my girlfreind, i think i love you!
i said...i think i love you too.
there is more...i will continue later. =-)