Almost a year ago I met an amazing guy called Duncan and fell in love. It was like nothing I had ever experienced before, and I was completely head over heels. I remember the first time I realised I was in love with him as clear as it was yesterday; lying in his bed next to him watching him look at me, trying to take a mental photograph of his beautiful eyes (greenish/blue-gray with yellow around the pupil) and thinking to myself how wonderful he was and how he made me feel like no one had ever before. I felt like my heart was quite literally going to explode in my chest. It took some time for me to get the courage up to tell him how I felt, but it wasn’t hard because I was sure he felt the same about me.
The last year has truly been the best year of my life, and I have never been so happy. Sometimes I feel like I have to pinch myself to check that I am not having some super awesome romantic dream after watching a stupid and cheesy Hollywood rom-com. In the past year we have:
- Danced to Shapeshifter outdoors on the first weekend we met, followed by another time, and then another time
- Been chased by rabid Tongan dogs while riding pushbikes
- Gone on a surprise weekend away to a secluded bach, courtesy of Duncan
- Visited the biggest tree in New Zealand
- Introduced each other to our families with no dramatic consequences
- Travelled to a 5-day drum and bass festival for New Years where Duncan DJed, requiring me to wake at 5am, which I did because I love him and his lush beats
- Day-walked the start of the Abel Tasman track
- Seen a whale
- Conducted a failed Tongan kava ceremony in the bathroom of our fale on Fafa Island
- Gone shopping for jeans together no less than 28 times
- Taken photos of each other “levitating” while jumping on a trampoline, resulting in me acquiring a bung knee
- Become frequent flyers and professional travellers
- Quite obviously danced to lots of drum and bass together
I have also become completely smitten. I have had so much fun, and can’t wait for all the fun 2008 will bring. Baboo, you are the best thing to ever happen to me. Happy Valentine’s Day!
