The Transition-

Just to clarify, The Boy and I have been together for just shy of 4 years now. I just thought it might be good to give a little back story :-)

It didn't take a rocket scientist to realize that we had gotten serious without ever intending to. I had this moment where I realized that I had spent my entire life dreaming about being with a certain type of man, and here he was right in front of me!! I knew then and there that our future was going to be spent together and it was going to be wonderful.

One day I show up at work and get called into the office. My boss tells me some bull crap story about my knee problems (I wore a knee brace during long shifts for a minor condition I have had all my life) being a sign of weakness and that it was best of I didn't come back to work! It did not effect my ability to do the job. I was physically able to do every last thing required of me at all times and last I knew you couldn't fire someone for that.

Oh I should mention that my boss just happened to be The Boy's uncle (they are not close at all) who had recently found out we were dating. Our suspicions were that he did not think we would last and was worried that we would be a distraction to each other...which we probably were, but our work was always handled and our stores always run right. Anyway, years later we found out that he truly just didn't like that we were dating. What a jerk right!?

Now here I am, unemployed. And there is The Boy completely annoyed that I got fired and still having to look at the boss everyday. I went back to my roots and found a job waitressing within a day but The Boy was just not happy working at his store. He was never satisfied with the job, but the recent situation made him have less patience than ever. He stuck with it for a few months while we got through the holidays. Shortly there after, I had decided to stop busting my butt waiting tables for no money and get back to having a full time salaried job. In the interim, I was unemployed again and spending my time interviewing.During my unemployment, I received a call from a person I met while across country in training for my job with The Boy's uncle. He just opened his store in Northern, VA and wanted me to come down and work for him. For the record, I was born and raised here. I even went to college within driving distance and commuted. Although I have traveled all over the world, I had never lived anywhere but here. The Boy and I were now practically living together....even though we didn't really ever discuss it. He just made room for me in the closet and gave me a set of keys. Although he was not from the city, he was from New York State and had only ever lived here. We were not really convinced that we wanted to move to the DC area, seeing as we had never been there, but things were not going all that well for us and our work in New York. The owner of the store in VA agreed to pay for us to come down for a weekend and check out the city so that we could make an informed decision.

I don't think either of us realized just how much those two days would change our lives.