Back in Texas 8/31/2014

Well, we survived Vegas and decided our story wasn't going to end there! What I didn't mention in the last entry was that the day before we left for Vegas, Paul accepted a job in Midland! He asked me my thoughts on us going on a first date to Vegas and then him moving 8 hours away the next week and all I could tell him was, "let's just go have a GREAT time and talk about the rest when we get back. After all, there are no guarantees at this point that we will even hit it off!" He quickly came back with "You got it, pretty girl! I swear you are the female version of myself! Pack your bags!"

We arrived back in Texas in the wee hours of the morning Monday, and we were both completely exhausted!! The flight back was terrible! Paul had the week off before his move and I certainly didn't feel up to a day of budgets and reports so we decided to stay in Houston that day/night and catch up on some sleep! I think we slept from 7am to 7pm, woke up and grabbed some dinner and then straight back to bed and slept until the next morning! Vegas definitely got the best of us. 

Tuesday I was back to work and Paul was busy making preparations to move the following week. He headed up to Jonesboro and Gatesville to visit his family and Wednesday I hopped on a plane to South Carolina and Atlanta with friends for opening weekend of college football. After our FABULOUS weekend in Vegas and talking day in and day out once we got back we decided to really give this thing a shot. Sure, long distance isn't easy, but if you want something badly enough you can make anything work. Not to mention, it was evident neither of us were afraid to hop in a car or on a plane to go see the other one and we are both accustomed too and not intimidated by the others ever changing crazy schedule! 

The more we talked about it, we realized most people would probably think we were crazy! After all, neither of us really told anyone we were jet setting to Vegas. How could two near strangers hop on a plane to Vegas, hit it off perfectly and come back a couple? Can that really even happen? Once we both got back and shared the story with our friends and family and kept having people tell us things like this really DO happen - it became more of a reality to us both! 

After only a few days apart, we were ready to see each other again ASAP. I was flying back to Houston on Sunday and with Labor Day being Monday and Paul flying out to Tulsa on Tuesday, we decided to spend a few nights in Houston together before the big move. It was a low key weekend full of relaxation and preparation for all we both had ahead of us. The highlights were both of our first trip to James Coney Island for hotdogs (how either of us have grown up in Texas and frequented Houston yet NEVER been to James Coney Island is beyond me), FINALLY finding Paul a new A&M hat (we looked all over Vegas and went to three different malls in Houston before we found one), and Paul's personal favorite - all you can eat shrimp at Red Lobster (a first for me)!

Tuesday came far sooner than we would have hoped and with that, I was dropping him off at the airport and he was off to Tulsa for his first day of his new job! Little did he know, I had a surprise in store or him. In passing Paul told me he was staying at the DoubleTree - I called and arranged for a little surprise to be delivered to him when he checked in :) 

Paul left Texas that week with talks of him trying to make his way back down here the upcoming weekend for a trip to the beach with his family and a few family friends. Meeting the family on week 3? Only time will tell this tale.