Wuv, Twue Wuv!

I took this picture!! :)

Hey! So I have not done anything with this forever and I’m going to blame it on the amazingly wonderful Brooks Lindberg who stole all my free time by his manly charm! Speaking of Brooks, I think I shall dedicate a post to the boy who ended all posts for such a long time!

So I’ve been dating Brooks for 2 years, but I’ve totally been head over heels for him for 3 :/ Yep! The whole “love at first sight” thing is pretty much the story of how I met Brooks.  It was my first audition for a production at Snow College and I was extremely nervous so that nervous energy chose to channel itself into fixing the cow lick of the cute boy in front of me… yeah… touching random guy’s heads is something I did back then I guess!  This really attractive guy would be Brooks which it was also his first audition at Snow.  

American Gothic... our take.

 We were auditioning for Arsenic and Old Lace (a personal favorite!) and Brooks and I kept getting called up to read together for the part of Nathan and Elaine the lovers of the play which I was REALLY okay with!  Brooks got the part, I on the other hand came close but lost out to another girl.  But from that day Brooks was definitely cemented in my head as THE guy. The perfect guy that everyone dreams about but never actually exists. 

Well the semester went by and little by little I got to know Brooks better and start to like him for his personality; he was so funny, intelligent, talented and interesting… unlucky for me I was not the only one to notice and for the rest of the year Brooks was in and out of different relationships.  Always my ideal guy and always out of reach.  

Before we were dating... so cute!

So when I graduated from Snow I figured all chances were dead and gone as I’d be off to USU and Brooks would have his 2^nd year at Snow ahead of him.  Over the summer to my great pleasure and delight, Brooks started texting me, *cue texts of ridiculous amounts of over the top flirting*.  During fall semester Brooks and I kept in contact pretty regularly and I made the decision to go see him in Taming of the Shrew at Snow where he was playing the lead character whose name I can’t even begin to spell.  I told everyone I was going back to see all my old friends, but it was definitely just Brooks. When I arrived I called him and made up some story about me needing to put air in my tires but not knowing how (lies!).  Brooks came to the rescue and we ended up spending the whole day together: perfection!  This happened a 2^nd time during November for their other school play, this time though Brooks told me he liked me which was pretty amazing (even if he did call me a Buffalo in the process)!  Well we worked hard and made it work long distance (3 hours away) we saw each other roughly 4 days out of a month but talked 2 or so hours on the phone every night.  I’m so happy that now we live in the same apartment complex and I can see him whenever I feel like it.

I’m so lucky to have Brooks and so happy to be with him. He writes me notes with the perfect blend between ridiculous and loving, has the enthusiasm of a 5 year old at times, and to top it all off he is my best friend. I feel as though I am constantly growing with him, thinking more than I’ve ever thought and truly discovering myself in the process. I’m the happiest I’ve ever been in my life and I always want to spend every last second I have with him.  I mean, I love him enough to listen to a 30 minute discussion on the book he’s currently reading when he’s only like 10 pages in. Sorry for the sappy post! Just have to let everyone know!!

Now if only I could get him to ACTUALLY smile in pictures he'd be perfect!!