love

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This semester has been one of the craziest semesters of my life and my life will forever be affected by the events that took place. When I started this blog in April, I was talking to Catherine Hecht. We were going on dates and enjoying each other. We started to hang out a lot more before school got out in the winter, and our friends Mitch and Amber would asks us to double up with them. One of the dates we went on, we decided to play the newly wed game. This night we realized how much we knew about each other, and as we drove home, I realized how much I like her and I was determined to kiss her. After begging her for a kiss she gave in... this event changed the course of my life.
The week that followed that kiss was crazy. I had finals, a trip to plan, and student body things to take care of... But the only thing I could think about was that kiss. I would go take finals, and get them done as soon as I could just to go see her. I wanted to spend time with her and enjoy every minute with her. I was crazy about her.
Due to our story, she had no reason to trust me, nor did I have a reason to trust her. But I looked past that, and went with it. I was trying to play it cool, but I couldn't take her of my mind. I was planning on going to California with one of my greatest friends, Garrett Michael Johnson, and I did not want to be distracted. I wanted to enjoy every minute and live a worried-free week. As awesome as this sounded, due to Catherine it was impossible. She left Thursday to go to Iowa and I left friday to california. I texted her and call her as much as possible. All week, all i thought about was her. She was the only person I could think of and I was trying to talk to her or text her every minute of every day. We talked at nights when she could, or skyped any time we could.
The week went by slow but at the same time, it went by fast. Coming back to Rexburg was awesome! I was excited for the semester to start and for IBC, but i was DYING to see Catherine. I came into Rexburg a few hours before expected, and I went straight to the IVY. She was on the phone with her dad, and I came in, hugged her from behind, and kissed her on the cheek. At this point, she said "Dad, ill call you right back!"- hung up and kiss me. I had been waiting for this kiss the whole week... I missed her so much. We hung out that night, and almost every night since then.
That week made me realized a lot of things, and one was that I really liked her. The more we hung out, the more I realized that I didn't want to take her home. Curfew became a hated time of day, because that meant that I wouldn't be able to see her for another 10 hours. I love going to school because that meant that by lunch time, I would see her.
Long story short, I realized that being without her was something that I dreaded. I wanted to make sure I would be with her forever... So after talking to her dad 2x (because she wanted me to do it again) on my birthday, I asked her to marry me and she said YES!

I love her!

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