WARNING

Warning: this post may contain little spurts of joy and times of gleeful boasts. May all readers take note that I hereby declare that I am not responsible for these moments that may (and definitely will) come up in this following post. They are the fault of one person and one person only---a man by the name of My Man.

David left on May 17th...which means the last time I had seen him was May 16th...notice the PAST tense...I SAW HIM ON SUNDAY!!!!!!!

He (meaning The Cadets) had a concert in New Jersey Sunday night and I was able to hitch a ride with some stranger who dropped me off a couple miles from where it was taking place. KIDDING. Whew can't believe half of you fell for that...haha. ;D Nah, I went up with his family, which was great cause I haven't seen his mom in awhile and I love her to death and so it was nice to see her again too. :]

So on the ride up (...I guess technically we rode OVER to New Jersey? Not up? I dunno...I always say "up" or "down" when I'm travelling somewhere...never "over"...oh well? I digress...) I brought a book to read but I ended up sleeping...YUP. I took a two hour nap in the SMACK DAB MIDDLE of the afternoon! I must have been exhausted...haha...

When I woke up we were driving through this little town and his parents were talking about where they need to go to get to the school to see him. And me still being in my "waking up daze" start babbling about how we could only see him after the performance and all this stuff and they both look at me and they're like, "Uh...Rachel? He called? He said we can go see him now while he's eating?" My first reaction was immense confusion...trying to figure out how that worked with the schedule I knew he had and all that but then my brain shut itself down and my heart went WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!

We pulled in to some parking lot and I see the huge coach buses and then we turn a corner and I see a big group of people getting food and sitting down and eating and all that good stuff. So I groggily get out of the car with my sunglasses on...doing a horrible job adjusting to the daylight, haha...and next thing I know I turn and I see someone SPRINTING for me...now my sleepy mind couldn't register that this was a GOOD thing. So as David reaches me and picks me up and spins me around in the most AWESOME hug...I'm screaming my head off cause my brain isn't working as fast as it should. :P The scared scream eventually turned into a happy scream (not that you'd know the difference... ;D) but I was FREAKED OUT for a second...or two...haha!

So after THE SCREAM (I feel like I'm some million dollar piece of artwork...hmm... ;D) I stepped back and really got a good look at my man...MMM MMM MMM! In those two weeks he had gotten an amazingly attractive tan, lost some weight, and put on some muscle...so uh, I'm kind of ok with him being gone for summer now, seeing as he's only been there TWO WEEKS. I think I'm getting the better end of this deal...he tours around the country during the summer, working incredibly hard every single day, gets very little sleep...and I get a very in-shape and very attractive boyfriend at the end of it all. :] WOOT. You know I am in a tough spot though...you're really attracted to a guy and then he goes and gets muscles that make you giggle every time you touch them??? Uh...how am I supposed to have room for all my "OoooOOOooOOooh...AaaaAAAaaAAaah..." feelings? ;D

So YEAH. I'm ok with him doing Cadets this summer...mhm. Definitely. :D

Oh my...ok, now I'm starting to zone...I gotta get this post back on track...FOCUS.

After seeing him for about 20 minutes the family and I went out to Friendly's, which was aight. Aight food...aight place...but I kinda wanted to get back to see David. :]

We were REALLY tight on time but it worked out, we got back to the high school, we bought our tickets, and got inside and found standing room in time to hear The Cadets start to "warm-up".

OH. MY. WORD. No way possible can I explain that sound...uh...it was AMAZING. And it was SO COOL for me cause it's like...I'm sitting there (we got seats eventually), just totally enjoying the music and the INTENSE SOUND and then I think to myself...I am in an auditorium with THE CADETS. They're right in front of me!!! First time I saw them was on an huge movie screen as a little baby freshmen (oh my goodness tonight I was a "junior"...WOW) and it's like...you can't touch them. They're so above you and so...not real in a way? It's just incredible and you can't imagine being THAT CLOSE TO THEM.

So I'm sitting in my seat...thinking all this stuff and then I'm like...DER RACHEL. HELLO??? Not only are you in an auditorium with THE CADETS...your boyfriend IS A CADET.

GREATEST feeling in the world!!!!! Haha, I was sitting there listening and I just broke out into the BIGGEST smile and starting like bouncing up and down in my seat. It was AWESOME. I think because of that night I've decided that I may enjoy the feeling of being incredibly proud of someone I love more than I enjoy the feeling of being proud of something I've done...THAT'S YOU DAVID!

After the concert was done and after he finished changing (we won't go into how long I had to wait for him to get off the bus... :P) I got another 30 minutes with him, which was really REALLY nice. He got some food and we just sat on a curb and talked and caught up and I giggled as I felt his arms and he laughed at my reactions and even though it was slightly embarrassing I didn't mind too much cause...well YEAH, I was enjoying myself. :]

But...of course he had to get back on the bus to go back to Spring Training and I had to get back in the van to go back home...

It was a BEYAWESOM night...and what made leaving a little easier is the fact that I get to see him again this Sunday cause he has to come home for a college visit. Yaaaaay...COLLEGE!!! ;D

Hmm...I think I'm gonna go call my man right now...