DarkSlinky

I’m so tirrrred, I can’t believe it’s Tuesday already.  Technically Wednesday.  Anyway, time for an update.

I uploaded photos from the volunteers’ lunch on Saturday.  We were so proud to see the Holden up on stage like that.  Of course, a lot of jokes ensued, especially when rain clouds appeared on the horizon.  Things like, “Oh, where did we park the car??”  Haha.  It was a lot of fun.  There were balloons on the stage that spelt out “THANK YOU” but as you probably noticed from the photos the ‘A’ and ‘T’ escaped and hid behind the Holden.  I was like “So THAT’S where @’s come from.”  As Emma would say; hurr hurr.

On Sunday Gavin and I went to my brother, Barry’s house for lunch.  My other brother and his fiancé (John and Nicole), my parents and uncle were there as well.  It was really nice to see them all again, especially my uncle because he’s been sick.  I’m worried about him because he’s a wonderful man and my life wouldn’t be the same without him.  I hope he’s okay.

My family and I went on a bit of a mission too, as we always do in my crazy family.  John had brought Barry a box of native Australian bees and together we were figuring out the best place for them in his backyard.  They decided at some point to try putting them on a stack of wood things, which Barry tried to cut with some kind of dangerous-looking, electric saw while he held the wood down with his foot wearing only thongs.  Amusing to watch, thankfully no accidents occurred.  In the end they settled for a stack of pavers anyway.

Monday was my nephews’ birthday.  My sister and her children came to our house with cake to celebrate.  I’ve officially been an aunty for 13 years now!  Happy birthday, Kasim!

Monday evening a rather significant event occurred, as you may have gathered from the title.
Dr. Necromancer is Gavin’s gamer alias.  You’ll have to forgive me for rambling a bit; I enjoy remembering these things in detail.

Gavin was at my house leeching my internet since his modem died and he has no internet [what can I say? The internet is like an oxygen supply to us geeks].  A storm was brewing as they often do on hot days in Queensland since the drought subsided.  It wasn’t too severe, but it wasn’t one of those little sissy storms either.  I told Gavin I wanted to watch the lightning for a while, because it brings me peace.  He offered to join me, so we headed up on to my parents veranda together.  He silently stood behind me, arms around me.  I could feel his heartbeat, hear him breathing.  I felt safe, secure, and I remembered the days when my sister would hold me when I was afraid of a storm.  Like my journey through life, if there’s ever a storm, my beautiful siblings are right by my side keeping me safe until it passes.

The whole time we stood there I was paranoid Gavin would be bored.  My paranoia stems from the fact that my ex never enjoyed watching the storms with me; I would usually watch them alone.  It didn’t bother me so much because it gave me time to think.  My paranoia faded when Gavin moved to sit on a chair not far from where we stood, indicating to me he was enjoying the atmosphere as much as I was and was keen to stay a while longer.  I sat on his lap and he put his arms around me.  The storm was really beautiful to watch.  Our conversation was as follows, and I hope he doesn’t mind me publishing this.   Please correct me if I’m wrong Gavin, I can’t remember what our conversation was exactly.

Gavin:  “My Slinky.”
Jayne:  “How do you know when you’re ready to move on?”
Gavin:  “I guess when something feels right, you’ll just know.”
Jayne:  “I want to be yours.”
Gavin:  “You want to be mine?”
Jayne:  “Uhuh!”
Gavin:  “Would you like to go out with me?”
Jayne:  “I would love to!”

We kissed, we held each other.  I feel happy, content and complete.  It was a memorable night, one I won’t be forgetting for hopefully a very long time.  Gavin and I are so compatible.  We have the same interests and he takes care of me.  We clicked straight away.  A few years ago if someone had said to me, “In a few years Gavin will ask you out while you watch a storm together in darkness, and you will accept,” I would have laughed and the obsurdity of it.  This is the path I’m on, and I’m looking forward to see where it takes me.  Every snow flake falls where it’s meant to.

Unfortunately a few dramas followed, as there were a few guys who were interested in me as well and they were obviously hurt to hear that Gavin and I had made it official.  I was heartbroken to see the hurt that was caused, because I care about my friends a lot.  I’m sure all will be okay though.

Today was a biiiiiiiiig day.  I was up most of the night dealing with dramas and ended up going to bed at 2am when my internet died.  I didn’t sleep well.  I woke up at 6.30am and couldn’t get back to sleep.  Today I babysat Emily, cleaned, cleaned, cleaned, taught Tasman piano, had dinner, moved my new double bed in [it’s gorgeous and only cost $70!  Thank you to Leigh and Gavin for picking it up and moving it in] and then lanned with Gavin, Leigh and Kasim.  We had a hilarious game of Left 4 Dead.  I’m hoping there will be more games like that in the future.

I am about to fall asleep on my keyboard, and I do NOT want drool getting into it.

<3 DarkSlinky.