The Beginning

This is my first blog post ever so bear with me...

In the beginning (just a few short 8 months ago) there was me, a single woman living in a town house in tallhassee with a roommate, working as a teacher with Leon County Schools, planning on going to graduate school at FSU, and pretty much doing whatever I wanted whenever I damn well pleased.  What changed you might ask...EVERYTHING!!!

So I mentioned I was single and if you've ever been single in Tallahassee I'm sure you can feel my pain.  I went out most weekends with one of my single girlfriends and tried to have fun and meet some new people. I dated here and there but nothing serious ever came of it and most of the time I just felt like I was meeting jerks and crazies and never meeting anyone new (Tallahassee is a small town). I was getting severely discouraged with my luck with men in this town and had pretty much come to the conclusion that I would be single for awhile if not forever and that I would spend my  time focusing on me, going back to school, traveling, and having  fun. No worries right!?!? That attitude didn't last long.

A friend of a friend had met someone on Match.com so I thought...why not? I'm a firm believer in trying new things and I had nothing to lose.  I was thinking that best case scenario I would make some friends and worst case scenario I would have some funny stories to tell.  I had no idea what fate had in store for me. :-)

So with the help of my sister-in-law we made a profile and I joined match.com.  It was interesting to say the least! At first I was a little discouraged. I actually recognized some of the men on there and had even been on dates with a couple of them.  I thought, "Oh Lord! This is just like going out".  I went on a few dates with different guys and it was not good.  Let me just tell you...people are liars!!!  But there was one man whose profile I had read several times and whose pictures I had gone through over and over.  What kept me from "winking" at him? He had/has kids.  Did I really want to get myself into this? His profile was adorable and he bragged and bragged on his kids and they were/are precious.  I mean, who could resist this picture?

So I did it!  I "winked" at him!

He winked back and that led to about 2 weeks of emailing back and forth before he finally asked for my number and asked me out on a date.  We took things slowly (mostly due to the fact that he had the kids every other week).  We only got to see each other a couple times a week when he didn't have the kids. 

Justin and I officially met/had our first date on July 28th. A month later and we had only been on 4 dates and hadn't even had our first kiss.  I wanted things to take off but I was afraid they never would.  He was/is very protective of the kids so I was starting to think it would be months if not years before he felt comfortable enough to bring me around them (not that I can blame him). At the very end of August he finally kissed me! Hallelujah!!! But, it was a on a Sunday night so I had to wait a whole entire week before I got to see him again.  I was a mess!   The following week we had 4 dates and things really started to take off.  Just a couple more weeks and Justin told me he was in love with me and I knew that I was too.  I was in seventh heaven!!! There was just one thing, I still hadn't met the kids and I was so nervous about how it would go.

On October 15th I fell in love all over again.  I got to meet McKayla (8) and Seth (5) and we just hit if off.  McKayla wanted to know when Justin would "make me a Wimberly". We knew we had found true love and wanted to get married but had no money for a big wedding and didn't want to wait.  That's when I came up with my genius plan.  We could get married on New Year's Eve.  It's already a party, many places are decorated, and there's a great atmosphere on that night.  So with just a little bit of planning we did it!  We got married under the white lights on Park Avenue on New Year's Eve.  I'm very proud to say I'm officially a Wimberly!

So I think it's pretty clear that my life has completely changed.  Now, I'm a teacher, a graduate student, a wife, a step-mom, a house hunter, a coupon clipper, and so many other things.  How do I feel about all these changes?

I LOVE IT!!!