12 Days Of Learning From My Exes: Day 4.
I am all for taking every experience, and learning something from it, good or bad. So for Christmas I am going to reflect on all the things I have learned, good and bad, about myself, and other people, And what better way to narrow it down then to focus on only the lessons I have learned from the people I deemed important enough to be in a relationship with. Think "The 12 Days Of Christmas", but ex addition.
Disclaimer: I am not one to hold grudges. Anything and everything that happened with the following persons is nothing but a good memory, or a fun story to tell. I care deeply for all of my exes, and they will always hold a tiny piece of my heart. ALL OF THEM.
I met Trung *blank* during the summer of 2007, between the seventh and eighth grade, while I was spending my summer vacation with my dad in Washington. (I am also going to save the details of how I met Trung a secret, until I make his own separate post... you'll see why if you stay tuned!). Anyways, Trung came to me out of no where, and surprised me by becoming such a caring friend, even throughout the school year, which I spent 18 hours away from him, in South Dakota.
After a year and a half of staying in touch, despite the long distance, we decided to give us a shot. It was the end of November, during my freshman year of high school, when I got the message from him, through MySpace, saying that he had wanted to ask me in person, but didn't want to wait till summer. I was happy to know that Trung shared the same feelings for me, as I did for him, and that he was willing to try long distance to be with me. Something about him has always felt so comfortable to me, but also so new.
This was around the time that I had gotten my first cell phone. It was a pre-pay Trac phone, and I spent almost all of my minutes on texting Trung while I wasn't home talking to him on the land-line. Everyday after school, I would rush home, and make it just in time for his phone call, and then we would talk until dinner time. As summer grew closer, and closer we began getting more and more excited to be able to see each other in person again.
About a month before summer, Trung called me to explain that the long distance was just too much, and that even though I would be in Washington during the summer again, I would just be leaving back to South Dakota once school started up again. We decided to call it then, in order to preserve the great friendship that we had. I still spent a lot of time with him while I was in Washington, holding hands, and kissing when we thought no one was looking. At the end of the summer, we said our goodbyes, and all was good.
He moved down to California for a year after that, and besides random Facebook messages here and there, we sort of lost touch for about five years. During the summer of 2014, I took my first vacation from work, and decided to make a solo road trip to Washington for two and a half week.I had always wanted to do a solo road trip, but part of me really just wanted to have my car out here so that I could drive myself up to Bellingham to see Trung whenever I wanted to during my trip. That turned out to be one of the best choices I could have made.
We always stayed close, and Trung is still very much a part of my life.... but I'll get to more of that later, promise.
xoxo~
