No Hiker for a Month
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| Thu, 06-28-2007 - 11:02pm |
... and I'm getting antsy to just simply GRAB A HOLD OF HIM again. Auuugghhh on all this separation!!!
Okay, so at the beginning of June, he was super-busy with arrangements and getting ready for his youngest daughter's wedding. He was having it at his house and so there was alot of prep work to do. And then he injured his ribs during a tickle fight with his son (lol at that, but also poor Hiker, too) and so then we saw each other that week, but he was a bit too uncomfortable to DO anything. We still had a nice time sharing some dinner and dessert though.
And then we were off on our family road trip to California. We had a great time geocaching all along the way, though it was very odd to make that road trip without Mom along with us. :-( But the caching did help change the situation enough that we weren't just crying the whole way because of this or that. I think Dad wanted to cache our butts off to help himself to stay busy and not THINK too much. We did log over 200 cache finds in the 2.5 weeks... which is alot, in my book!
Anyway, we stopped off in Vegas for awhile on our way to California- and some of our days overlapped Hiker's stay in Vegas as well. After his daughter's wedding, he took the newlywed couple and H-son and they all went to Vegas. (It's not REALLY a true honeymoon for the couple; they've been living together for awhile, and have a baby boy already- but it was a 'honeymoon' trip gift from Hiker to them.) And turns out that Hiker booked their hotel rooms in the same casino we were staying at! And then it turns out that they got the same tower as we did... AND they were on the same floor as we were! Just the other end from the elevators, but that is quite the coincidence! How cool was that?!?
But drats... even with Hiker being THAT close by, we hardly got a chance to spend any time together because he was there with his family and I was there with mine- and busy doing our own things. We made plans to have us all get together to eat dinner one night though- so that was good. It was a short dinner for them- as they had to run off to see a show, but at least I got a chance to see Hiker, right?!? And then they left the next day to head back home... and we weren't going to be back home for another 2 more weeks.
So it's been nearly a month since I last got to spend any REAL time with Hiker, and I'm missing him! Thankfully we've been able to talk on the phone every now and then while we were gone, but it's still not the same. So anyway, we have a date planned for tomorrow night, and I can't wait!!!!! I'm gonna hug him and squish him and kiss him as soon as I see him again! :-D I also can't believe that in 2 more months, we will have been dating TWO years! How time flies!
~shrimpy, feeling like a teen

Shrimpy, I am so happy for you that you have a date planned with Hiker for tomorrow!
I love the Vegas story, how you all ended up in the same hotel, and the same floor! I just love quirky little things like that!
It's wonderful that you got to take a trip with your family, and I'm glad keeping busy with the geocaching kept you from missing your mom too much. I hope it continues to get easier doing things without her- the memories will always be there.
I hope tomorrow night is wonderful for both you and Hiker, and two years is surely reason to celebrate!!
Moody, basking in your happiness
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Shrimps - I was just thinking, "what happened to Shrimps?" - so I am really glad you came back and posted. I am so sorry for you and your family about the loss of your mom. It sounds like the caching trip was just the ticket.
You and Hiker are going strong, girl! And WooHOO - just wait til your date tonight! That is going to be a HOTTIE!
Thanks for the update!
Enjoy your hot date tonight!
I love "shrimpy and hiker", because, if my memory serves me well, I recall you met on the same day I met my Monkey - 21 August 2005... am I right?
Monkey always remembers the date by saying "21st" - 2 and 1 - the night 2 became 1. Romantic, hey? Oh, we didn't actually "become one" that night *cough* but you get the idea ;o)
Clem xx
Thanks everyone! :-)
Cat- no trips planned for 'just us' this summer. He has a camping trip coming up with his son, and he doesn't have a ton of vacation hours to use after that. I think my ex will be taking the kids for part of July so I will have some kid-free time, but nothing is planned for us. I'd be happy just to be able to see him freely at home without having to find a sitter for awhile!
Clem- yep, you remembered right! We share the same dating anniversary! Woohooo- almost 2 years, coming up! That's cute what your Monkey says about the 2 and the 1. :-) Congrats to you guys soon as well!
Is it date time yet??? Is it?? Is it???
~shrimpy
~shrimpy
"A man who wants something will find a way; a man who doesn't will find an excuse." ~Stephen Dolley Jr.
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I love the whole distance makes the heart grow fonder! That schoolgirl feeling is the best and think of how happy you will both be to see each other!!
I love this kind of stuff :)
Ahhhhhhhhh... that date was JUST what we needed. Perfection!
We had a nice dinner out (thai food) and then went back to his house. We knew what we were there for- and it was great. It had been a month since we could be together and intimate... and we both just WANTED IT. hehehe
What's funny is that one of his daughters (and dh and 3 girls) lives in a little house in Hiker's backyard- and apparently she'd come in to ask him for something- but probably noticed my purse there, and our shoes left in the living room. She probably put 2+2 together and scattered on out of there! She ended up calling him and asking him for what she wanted (wanted to borrow some money) and told him if he could "just leave it on the table" or something like that... so apparently she probably gathered a bit of "TMI" yesterday evening about her father having sex. LOL!! Hiker and I laughed about that- that it was a good thing we didn't just decide to tear off our clothes right there in the living room and got caught in the act 'in public'! Good thing we moved ourselves to his bedroom first instead! lol
We'd missed each other- alot. But it's always SOOOO great to get reconnected again! He is simply everything I want. Loving, caring, sexy, wanting to be attached... but not smothering or needy or demanding or controlling. Just right for me. :-)
~shrimpy, living in the land of permagrin again
~shrimpy
"A man who wants something will find a way; a man who doesn't will find an excuse." ~Stephen Dolley Jr.
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