My rectangle boyfriend

When Tom and I started writing letters....it was last December.

The rules were simple, must be handwritten, must draw something and there must be a trinket.

5 months later i have a box full of letters, drawings and trinkets.

It's so much fun to write letters back and forth with Tom.

From day 1 my drawing has always been Tom in the shape of a long rectangle,

and myself in the shape of a smaller triangle.

Why are we shapes?? I have no idea, i just like this better than stick figures.

I'm not an artist, this is the best i can do ;) 

One thing about these pictures is i've always drawn a little red bow in my hair.

Tom even started drawing us in the same way...

still giving me my little red bow in my hair. 

This is my most recent letter, i haven't sent it yet soooo i had to blur out the words ;)
Well....i probably would have blurred the words anyways haha

I've had to do a lot of thinking about picking Tom up at the airport...
You know girly thinking...like what will i wear, stuff like that!!
I've been online shopping for the perfect airport outfit for the past 2 weeks.
sounds silly...i know, but this is serious business...
I mean i know Tom will just be happy to see me, but i want to look nice.
I can happily say i've found the perfect outfit, and it's red, just like my bow.
Which is what i was trying to do...get something to match the red bow that will be in my hair :)
Come on...how cute is that!!!!
SO CUTE!!!

I'm so excited!!!
Only 50 more days to wait.
YEA 50..HOLY MOLY!!!

I'm now going to leave you with some of the sweetest words spoken by Tom.
This was after we skyped on Saturday, right before he went to bed.
I apologize in advance if this embarrasses you Tom ;)
mwahahahahahahaha

Tom-to-Emily
"Well I need to tear myself away now for some dang sleep,
I really enjoyed our skate tonight, it was just perfect as always.
I know i stared at you a lot, but I seriously think you're the most beautiful girl
i've ever seen, i really do and i can't wait to see you again"

Mmkaaayyy....Someone needs to resuscitate me ;)

Conversations With Tom #3

E: Soooooo I was online shopping today.

T: Nice Em, what did you get?

E: First of all i'm glad you're so invested in my shopping habits,

that's like serious points in your favor.

Oh and I bought a mans shirt from JCrew

T: hmmmmm....a mans shirt huh?? 

E: Yea, i mean that's not weird right???

because it's just a t-shirt, like i can lounge in it

and it was on sale

and it's just a t-shirt...

i know it's for guys but....

i just really liked it...

It's JUST A T-SHIRT!!!!

It's not like a bought a whole outfit...

Here look at it...

{I then shared my screen on Skype}

T: That will look so good on you Em.

E: Oh....good, I'm glad you think so..

T: I mean i have some shirts i was thinking of throwing away...

you can go through them...

haha ;)

T: What are you doing tonight Em?

E: Oh you know just going to hear a speaker.

T: Oh who's speaking?

E: Oh it's just the King of Wal-Mart...{Wal-Mart CEO}

T: What thats amazing, i want to be King of Wal-Mart

E: Well...challenge him to a dual???

T: Ok, you set it up...

E: Alright, then when you beat him we will be Wal-Mart royalty

T: yea, and we can live in Wal-Mart

E: ooh, and people can visit us and bring us gifts..

T: we'll be set for life...

E: We really do have the best life goals..

T: It's so true!!

E: Hey Tom do you drink lemonade?

T: hmm no i don't really like it.

E: What?? How do you not like it?

T: Well it's like fizzy, it has carbonation.

E: What kind of lemonade are you drinking??

T: Regular lemonade....

E: hmmm no, lemonade isn't carbonated.

T: Well ours is...

E: well yours is weird...

T: hmmmmmmm maybe..

E: Ok did you ever have a lemonade stand when you were little??

T: No, because i wasn't raised in 1950's America...

E: Whhoooaaa...somebody sounds jealous ;)

Ahh i love conversations with Tom!!

Also we've figured out some of the things we will be doing in Texas.

Like going to the Perot Museum in Dallas.

Going to the Dallas Aquarium.

Going to the Ft.Worth Zoo.

Going to the stockyards.

Six flags.

We have so much planned!!

I am so so excited!!

Remember to check out the summer hints I've been giving

One, Two, Three

And here's Hint number 4 for our "Bigger" summer plans.

 - Long Red Bridge -

mwahahaha

PS...THERE'S ONLY 2 WEEKS LEFT OF THIS SEMESTER!!!!!!!!!!

THEN I GET TO GO HOME AND JUST WAIT FOR TOM FOR 40ISH DAYS....

ok ok and i'll be working and being semi-productive ;) 

But for real, school is almost out for summer.

Never have i ever been more ready in my life!!!!

-Em

100 followers and the GFC crash!!

I love this little blog of mine.

My goal in the first year of blogging was to reach 100 followers.

I mean i get excited when people are excited about my blog.

Nothing wrong with that.

So i currently have 86 followers Via GFC

and 21 Via Bloglovin.

Which totals 107!!!!!!

I reached over 100 followers

in my first three and a half months blogging!!

I like to call that sweet success.

BUT WAIT...

Apparently GFC is going kaput :(

Which is sad because that's a way a lot of blogs

are able to show their following.

Sooooo my plea to you is this...

if you like my blog enough to follow it

please consider following me on bloglovin...

It's super easy and you can actually connect through Facebook or email.

Which you may actually like more than google friend connect!

I really really hope you like my blog enough to keep up with me :)

you can follow me here :)

Have a great thursday!!!
-Emily

Becoming an Ex-Expat

A year ago today i was waking up in America for the first time in 3 months.

My trip to Europe was officially over.

I was no longer able to walk down to Glacière metro station,

and hop on the metro to go over to the Eiffel Tower.

We saw the eiffel tower so much that we joked it was becoming Blasé...

I didn't realize how much i would truly miss seeing it so often.

I'd do anything to walk under it's shadow again.

I remember the first week i was home,

I was a mess, sleeping all the time, eating after midnight.

My body was not letting me adjust back to USA standards.

I remember being sad that it was over,

but excited to be back home and get back into a routine.

Soon that routine became Blasé and i was missing Paris desperately.

I still am.

It became my second home, the only other place i've ever lived.

And i truly love it with all my heart.

My wish for everyone would be,

that you could experience Paris at some point in your life.

I love this quote so much and it really just sums it up.

You can find this painting here 

So for now i will just focus on getting back to Paris next spring :)

I'm showing my video in Chapel on thursday, i'll post it on here as soon as i can!

Hopefully it's a BIG BIG recruiting week!!! 

ALSO...this has nothing to do with traveling...
I'm doing the 30 day squat challenge...and it's KILLER!!!!
oh.my.goodness.
It makes me cry!!!!!
getting ready for day 3 tomorrow ;) 
hahaha
i'm a wimpy baby!!!

-Emily

Surprise Box from Tom

So a few weeks ago Tom said something about a letter.

Which got me super excited!!

 

I mean who doesn't like getting letters.

I know i LOVE getting letters.

Especially when they're from your cute British boyfriend!!!

 

So when i got an email yesterday telling me i had a package to pick up...

I thought it was just one of my many online shopping endeavors

finally showing up for me to enjoy.

 

I get to the post office and give them my little yellow slip,

they go around this corner and bring back a little box.

 

A BOX???? I was not expecting this at all.

I was expecting a letter, but i got a box instead.

 

It didn't take me long to rip into it....literally i was tearing it apart

while walking back to my apartment....

walking and opening a package is a pretty impressive talent!!

 

Soooooooo look what i got!!!!! eeeeeeeeep!!!

 

A few weeks ago I was telling Tom that i didn't get anything for Easter...

because i'm in school and i missed ALL of the festivities.

 

Tom told me about all of the fun things he got...

you know like chocolate eggs and fun stuff like that..

I may have said how jealous i was,

I'm happy i did because he sent me some..

mwahahaha

 

I also got my wonderful letter and a fun British Flag pen :)

OH and he sent me a kitkat bar....Which he knows is my favorite candy.

 

You may not know this but KitKats from England/Europe are

soooooo much better than US kitkats....not sure why but they are...

and i basically cried tears of happiness while eating devouring it!!!

 

I am the luckiest girl in the world!!!!

siiighhhhhhh ;)

 

 



The Big One!!!

Today is my big...huge...terrifying business presentation.

 

If you've ever been a business student or know someone who is,

then you've probably heard of Capsim Business Simulation.

 

What you do is...

You're given a company, and you have to maintain it.

You have to keep it afloat...

 

Now that the semester is coming to an end,

we have to present our business to our teachers AND to the Dean.

We have a 10 minute presentation...30 minutes of intense Q&A,

and 10 minutes of feedback...

 

It's always nice to remember that....

hmmm.....like this project?????

 

May 9th May 9th May 9th

S.U.M.M.E.R



A blog about Tom....

We started out as friends.
We only started talking because of him.
He was contemplating sending me a message.
Finally he did.

We talked for a few hours that night or early morning for him.
We finally said our goodnights and promised to talk again the next day.
Little did we know we'd be speaking every single day over the next 6 months.
Little did we know that he'd be buying a plane ticket to come see me.
Little did I know that he would become so important to me.
I'm so glad he has!

I've gotten to the point where i don't remember a time without Tom.
I don't want to remember a time without him.
I'm just glad i have him now.

I could be having the worst day ever,
then Tom swoops in and makes me laugh and i forget all about it.

He really is an amazing guy.
An amazing guy that will be here in 59 days.
59 DAYS

I was talking to my good friend Lauren today.
She always makes me laugh, she's amazing!!!
she was like...."yea at first i thought this was a little weird.
You know....dating online....and so far away!!
Then he bought a ticket and met your family
and you met his family and like whoa....this is really real,
and it's awesome, It's so fun."

It's funny, i think most people at first are like...uhhhhh this is weird.
What are you doing Emily??? You're soooooooo crazy!!!

Then they read the blog, or talk to me about Tom
OR talk to Tom and then they just....get it!!

It's funny because as soon as people see how Tom and I are together
they instantly get why it's working so well.

Because we really fit together, in an amazing way!!
I'm just so excited to have this opportunity with him...I can't wait for you
all to see us together in real pictures where our faces aren't in Skype boxes!!
I literally don't think i can contain my excitement!!!!
59 daaaayyyyyyyssssss!!!!!!

I kind of like talking about him....have you noticed???? ;)