Joey, rockstar that he is, bought me a laptop so I could write.  And so, I have been.  For the last several weeks, before I knew he was buying me a laptop, even, I have been writing the story of how Joey and I fell in love.

It’s one of those stories that starts out all awkward.  You know, where you cringe and think “wow, are you kidding me?” for about fifteen pages in Word before things start looking up.

So just for kicks and giggles, I’ll be posting one part a week, probably on Wednesdays (PEPSI DAY!), until I finish.  I’m having a blast writing it, too.  I didn’t realize how much yucky love stuff I had forgotten, but my favorite part has been hauling Joey over to read what I’ve written after I finish a part.  Love’s fun.

I tried to be as tactful as possible…the ex referred to in this story as X is not a bad person, he’s not a major jerk, and I don’t have an X voodoo doll or anything.  I really tried to paint him in a neutral light, but as the author who fell madly in love with someone else, I know I probably failed at least a little bit.  I couldn’t get around including him, or I would have.

That being said, please enjoy reading how Joey and I tiptoed around the “does he like me?” phase, continue to disagree about how long we actually did date before we got engaged, and eventually fell madly in love with each other.