A Dance Romance :)

Once upon a semester, there was a really insane story developing in the wild and crazy life of yours truly. Would you believe it? I'm madly busy with all my gallivanting and adventuresome shenanigans. By the way, catastrophe struck when my dear, dear trusty laptop bit the dust! The poor blue screen of death was very tragic and irreparably irreparable. Thus, we no longer know how or when to communicate with the rest of the greater population of the wonderful great peoples of my universe. Sorry! Luckily, I have a connection in my neighborhood. He is called by the name of Brad.

Can I mention that I'm very much in good standing with my newest, brightest, bestest, most fantastic... oh well, this is infuriatingly simple nooooooooo yes? I just started dating a really sweet handsome self-serving humble crazy fun-loving guy. We started dancing - foxtrot, chacha, two step, mambo - all that in a matter of days! It has been a crazy blast! What do/would you believe if I told you that three weeks ago we talked until 3 in the morning and decided to start having a landslide of fun together: we went cardboard box sledding, dancing, in-and-out'ing, running, scavenger hunting, finger painting, and much much more.

So, it should be no surprise that today was a fairytale. Really! They do come true. From breadcrumbs of cheesecurd and chocolate to gallant white stallions, we traversed realms of valentine mischief. First I presented my well thought-out scheme of sweet fantasy. It began with a sleepy trip to the parking lot to view the prancing rays of sunlight and construct a horse of paper and automobile. Then, Brad stumbled across the trail of cheesecurds, plodding happily along towards the anticipated rewards that were waiting for those of pure intent. Upon arriving, a beautiful maiden greeted the dashing knight at the door. Presenting a square wrapped parcel, she instructed her knight to read the words written in the magical, whimsical storybook. And lo, the quest continued! A great blue blindfold mysteriously bedeviled his vision and allofasudden he was sallied forth to the parking lot, where the sight of his white steed burst upon him! Yeah. It was pretty sweet!

My adventure was insane and amazing and beyond words and.... yeah, wow. The knight had a LOT of fun planning it, too. :) I could tell. It all started when a young friar came bearing gifts from lands afar. It was a Twix bar. On the wrapper was written in the hand of the East, "Margaret" (that means it was in Japanese). Beneath in hurried scrawl she found divinings that lead her to the aforementioned stallion to begin her mission to find the knight who had ...mysteriously... vanished! First to rollings hills and memories of adventures past, to lamp posts and kisses (Hershey's!) and Turkish delight! Then on to the lonely hilltop where she found a bright blue beanie full of more chocolate surprises! Thereupon she was guided back again to the Temple for sweet gummy blessings and clues to move on! At the FLSR she climbed a tree, braved the dragon's keep, mountaineered the stairs, earning even MORE chocolate all the way, until she found THE LAST CLUE!!! Engraved deep in the sport of the knight (RitterSport) were these ominous words: "You've finally reached the end! Now go to where it all began". Skipping blithely I found my own challenge thrown back at me: "If thou art of pure intent, Please Knock!" Heart racing, she defiantly knocked on the looming steel door. The quiet summons to enter contrasted starkly with the cold, uninviting display presented at the gate. She slowly pushed open the massive portal latch betwixt her trembling, slender fingers. Um, uhhhhh.... the Knight errant with a ravishing smile, sparkling cider, and a bouquet of glorious flowers that would have made Penelope herself green with envy swept her off her feet! We are both sure that Valentine's Day has never been better. The End.

I don't know what else I want to talk about. I just want to say this...
So, um, just one more side-note. My mission papers are coming along nicely. I'm very excited about this recent and riveting adventure in the life of ME. That's all.

Love,
Margaret and Brad (who wrote every other word in this one-of-a-kind email!)