ONCE UPON A TIME I ATE MEAT AND FELL FOR A PRINCE.

THE DAYS HAVE BEEN LONG SINCE I HAVE UPDATED THE WORLD WIDE WEB OF MY SIMPLE LIFE. MANY ILLNESSES HAVE MANAGED TO THROW A FEW LOOPS IN MY DAILY ROUTINES. SUCH AS FOOD POISONING FROM MEAT. DON'T LET YOUR MIND WANDER TOO FAR, FOR I DID NOT EAT MEAT ON PURPOSE, BUT ACCIDENTALLY. AFTER THREE DAYS OF LYING ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR, BEDROOM FLOOR, LIVING ROOM FLOOR, AND COUCH I AM CONFIDENT IN SAYING THAT I WILL NEVER - EVER CONTEMPLATE SUBSTITUTING MY VEGETARIANISM FOR A CARNIVOROUS LIFESTYLE. NOW THAT WE ARE ALL CLEAR ON THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE DOWN THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD OF THE PAST MONTH TO THE JORDAN KNIGHT CONCERT. LIFE CHANGING. HORMONE CHANGING. FANTASY ENLARGING JORDAN KNIGHT CONCERT. ETERNAL THANKFULNESS SOARS TO BECCA FOR HOOKING ME UP WITH THE PASS TO TOUCH THIS BEAUTIFUL MAN FOR MY BIRTHDAY PRESENT. BUT IT'S TIME TO GET SAPPY Y'ALL. EVEN THOUGH JORDAN IS PRETTY HIGH ON THE TOTEM POLE OF NECESSITIES TO SURVIVE LIFE, GOD HAS COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED ME BY BLESSING ME WITH AN ABSOLUTELY MIRACULOUS MAN. BACK STORY? SURE! WHEN I WAS 16 I LIVED IN NASHVILLE, BUT WENT BACK TO MICHIGAN TO WORK AT A KIDS CAMP THAT I ATTENDED WHEN I WAS A KIDDO. WHENEVER I WOULD WORK AT THIS CAMP, LITTLE SUMMER CRUSHES WOULD DEVELOP WITH OTHER WORKERS. THIS YEAR THOUGH, I HAD DECIDED TO COMPLETELY FOCUS ON THE LITTLE LIVES I WAS IN CHARGE OF, LEAVING MY HEART BEHIND BARS FOR ROMANCE. THAT YEAR, ON THE LAST DAY OF CAMP, A HANDSOME GUY WHO I HAD NOTICED (AND NOT PURSUED AT ALL), CAME UP TO ME AND WHISPERED IN MY EAR, "I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT I HAVE A HUGE CRUSH ON YOU." HE THEN WALKED ON STAGE AND STARTED PLAYING GUITAR WITH THE BAND, COMPLETELY LEAVING ME PERPLEXED. TWO WEEKS LATER I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL FROM HIM (HOW HE GOT MY E-MAIL IS STILL A MYSTERY TO ME), TELLING ME HOW AMAZED HE WAS BY ME AT CAMP, AND THAT HE HAD NEVER FELT THAT WAY ABOUT ANYONE, AND WANTED TO GET TO KNOW ME. A FEW BLISSFUL MONTHS PASSED, I RECEIVED A CD OF SONGS HE WROTE AND PLAYED ALL THE INSTRUMENTS FOR ABOUT ME. MY BEST FRIEND AND I WENT TO VISIT HIM TWICE IN MICHIGAN. ALAS WE WERE YOUNG, AND IN A LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP. FIZZLE FAZZLE WE ENDED UP PARTING WAYS. I HAVE ALWAYS COMPARED EVERY GUY I HAVE EVER BEEN INTERESTED IN TO THIS MAN. ASK ANY ONE OF MY GIRLFRIENDS FOR VERIFICATION. NO ONE HAD EVER TREATED ME AS GLORIOUSLY AS HE HAD. I WILL EVEN ADMIT THAT DURING A FEW QUESTION GAMES WITH GIRLFRIENDS AT SLUMBER PARTIES, I ADMITTED THAT IF I HAD TO BE WITH ONE OF MY EXES FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE I WOULD PICK THIS HANDSOME MAN IN A HEARTBEAT. HANDS DOWN. 100%. DUH. THIS YEAR GOD BROUGHT HIM BACK INTO MY LIFE, AND MY HEART IS FILLED WITH NOTHING BUT PEACE AND LOVE. A PERFECT COMBINATION OF CORNY, ROMANTIC, AND SARCASTIC. HE TREATS ME LIFE A PRINCESS. HE SHOWERS ME WITH WORDS OF AFFIRMATION. HE PRAYS WITH ME. HE IS MORE THAN WHAT I COULD HAVE EVER ASKED FOR IN A MAN. SUFFICIENTLY BLESSED WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT. SORRY BOUT THAT LIFETIME NOVEL, YALL. DEAL WITH IT.