OK so It's wedding week over here at casa la Dobosz!!
Well if you call our "1bedroom living with my rents so we can save some money to buy our first casa" a casa.......well so be it (oh the sacrifice!)!!
The point is that our 4th wedding anniversary is creeping up quickly here and I wanted to dedicate some special posts (yes I will be documenting every thang) about our love story!! I'll add some pictures in between to keep things a bit interesting!!
May be boring to many of you, but hey since this is sort of my online journal I'm not going to spare any details......well maybe just a few...... like the steamy honeymoon bits........JUST KIDDING..........2hotty and I haven't even had our first kiss yet!! Gosh!
(this is going to require allot of time dedicated to blogging........I guess 2hotty will be spending allot of his time golfing (I'm sure right about now he is running around the
house room with his hands in the air and waving them like he just don't care............your welcome hunny!!)!!)
OK so let the rambling begin..........Oh where do I even start?!?!!
Oh OK........let me share some background info with you all (well the 7 of you.....haha! OK just 6.... not including 2hotty!) so you can see why all the stars in the sky had to just align perfectly for me to have even met my darling husband who I call 2hotty!! I am ever so thankful and have now fully grasped the idea that our God is really in control and if you let him he will be your guide through and through!! I am blessed........Thank you Jesus!
The stars align:
- I was born and raised in the south suburbs of Chicago before moving to Wisconsin the summer of 2002 starting my junior year of high school! (I was kickin and screamin every step of the way.........seriously who on earth moves their kid while they are still finishing high school.........leave it to my parents!!)
~Little did I know He had a plan for me!!~
- 2hotty was also born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago and his parents moved up to Wisconsin when he was in junior high!!
- We had a pretty similar upbringing!! My parents are 100% Polish (born and raised there) and I am first generation Polish-American!! 2hotty's dad is 100% Polish (making Scott 50%.......look at this math whiz here!! haha!)!! We both have fond memories of our strong-willed (will make you eat ox-tail soup and like it) Polish grandma's!!! Also, the city/suburb upbringing was pretty similar too. Walking to school through ally-ways and hanging out with neighborhood kids into the wee hours of the night is what we reminisce about today!!
- A few years later, my Freshman year of college in 2004 (a community college because I was so undecided about the direction I wanted to go) I took a zoology class where I met my friend Chris (remember Chris?)! Chris (aka cupid.....you'll understand why in a moment) was pretty much just a "school" friend.........we never really hung out outside of class......maybe only to grab lunch and study. After finding out that I was Polish, he talked about having a friend who was also Polish. He joked about us meeting and dating and he even showed me pictures of him of a recent trip to Disney they all went on!! But that was about as far as it went..........his "Polish" friend was never brought about again........and the next semester Cupid transferred to a different school so I never really talked to him again!
- 2hotty was also going to the same community college that year!! I don't recall ever seeing him there though (which is strange because its not a very big campus). He had gone back to school after deciding his (childhood) dream of being a police officer was not for him anymore! You see he was a police officer for a couple of years prior but realized it wasn't what he wanted to spend the rest of his life doing (thank heavens......I would be a nervous wreck these days!!)!
~This is where it gets good (hello are you still with me?!?!? haha!!):
- The end of my Freshman year of college (summer of 2005) I was working as a checker for a large retail company (I can make you guess) and I got a phone call from Chris Fourth of July weekend (mind you I'm really not sure how he got my phone number to this day.........because I just had gotten a new phone and number) leaving me a voice message telling me that he was back in town and if I wasn't busy that night we should hang out!!
I was like um OK a.) why would cupid call me and want to hang out with me (we never hung out outside of class before!)? and b.) how did he get my phone number?
Well either way I gave Chris a call back because I was curious to see what he was up too and to find out how his second semester went at the new school!!
He told me that he was hanging out with a friend that night and if I was interested I should come out and go 4wheeling with them (I know......how redneck?!?!)!!
Well I figured what the heck I was working late anyway and had no plans for the night (what a nerd) and scrambled to find a friend to come with me!!
No one was free......they either already had plans or they were too busy working because of the fourth of July weekend. Bummer!
I had to make a decision quickly to see if I wanted to go all by myself (did I mention that I was way shy back then?!?! Well I was especially when it came to boys!).
Shockingly I called him back telling him to pick me up at the Walmart parking lot (still to this day I cant belive I went!! and Walmart parking lot?1?....classy I know)!!
Phew..........(If I was talking..........I would have to catch my breath about now!)
What was I wearing the first day I met 2hotty:
A "nice rack" (had a picture of a deer on it) shirt with a pair of jeans holding a bag of twizzlers in one hand and a bottle of Mt Dew in the other (Wisconsin' country redneck vibe was really growing on me....haha. We laugh about it to this day) 2hotty was sitting in the passenger seat and Chris was the driver!! ( I'm surprised 2hotty gave me the time and day now that I think about it!!)
What did we do that night?
We drove around town cracking jokes and even went over to Chris' house to look at old pictures!! Needless to say we never went 4-wheeling that night!!
I could barely look at Scott............I was that shy!! But Chris made the situation a bit easier.......Chris is the OPPOSITE of shy!!
At this point I couldn't remember if 2hotty was Chris' "polish" friend (I assumed but wasn't for sure) but I do remember quite fondly being very attracted to him!!!
He was so tan, tall (I'm 5'll and he's 6'3?) ,with blonde hair and deep blue eyes!! I remember thinking he looked just like the guy from the movie: Sweet Home Alabama.........Josh Lucas!
See the similarities......or am I just crazy?!?!?!
the first pic I took of Scotty:
Josh Scott
Needless to say I was very attracted to him.............but wasn't really sure if he felt the same way!!!
UNTIL..........
- I got a phone call the very same night (seriously like not too long after I had gotten home)!! It was Chris on the other end!! He asked me if it was alright to give my phone number to Scott because he was interested!! (I tried oh so hard not to jump up and down on my bed and shout of happiness) !! I composed myself (as much as I could) and told Chris that I was interested too (maybe just a little...haha)!!!
I swear I didn't sleep at all that night..............I was SO happy!!
The very next day we hung out again............this time I brought my friend Katherine (who I met in the same
magical zoology class)!! We decided to go 4wheeling that night and hang out under the stars (how romantical).
Scotty had asked me if I had wanted to go for a ride with him (keep your mind out of the gutter!!)! I was too shy to say yes and declined (In my mind I could have jumped on the back of that thing in a heartbeat)!!
So my friend Katherine went................I was jealous!! To my surprise he had asked me again (I probably could've gone into cardiac arrest.......I was that shy) and before I knew it I was on the back of that thing with my arms wrapped around his stomach!!
IT WAS MAGICAL and I'll never fotget it!!!
All of us even laid down on a blanket to gaze at the stars that night!! It would have been perfect except for Chris telling Scott to move closer to me (it made the whole situation uncomfortable)!! haha!
So to make a long story well even.......LONGER (sorry..... I warned you)......Scotty had asked me out on a date a few days later!!!
He had taken me to Devil's Lake (a state park near us) to go hiking!! I've never been. (My friends back home thought that was the most ridiculous thing ever.........What ever happened to a dinner and a movie?!?! and we even joked about me bringing my oxygen tank along just in case!! Oh how two different states could seem like two different worlds!!)
It was at this moment in time (after walking up a steep hill to find a rock to sit on and me trying so hard not to fall) where we talked about our past, present, and what we wanted out of our future (which happened to be each other......we just didnt know it yet......or did we?!?!).
It was on this very first date that we really connected with each other!! We talked about our similiar upbringing such as living in a bigger city and then moving to a smaller one where we didnt know a soul. It was there that we found out we were both the same nationality........with very Polish grannys..haha (I knew he was the "Polish" friend Cupid tried to set me up with from the very beginning). It was there that we reminisced about our past.............and it was there that we realized we really liked each others company and would like to do it more often!!
I still remember the car Scott was driving, what we were both wearing, what was playing on the radio, what cologne he was wearing, what the temperature outside was like.................I will hang onto that memory with a sweet smile on my face!!!
Sometimes we talk about the "what-if's" and it blows our minds just going over each scenario!!
What if my parents never moved me to Wisconsin?
What if Scott's parents never moved him to Wisconsin?
What if I had gone to a different college?
What if Scott still remained a police officer?
What if I had never sat next to Chris in Zoology class?
What if Chris never called me THAT night?
I can go on and on.............
Would we be where we are now?
It's too scary to even think about!!!! See what I mean about star alignment and trusting in the Lord even when you feel like nothing is going your way!!
Moving to Wisconsin was a nightmare!!
Not going to a 4-year college right off the bat was a nightmare!!
Being in a college classroom not knowing even just one person was a nightmare!
Choosing a different career path after thinking and knowing your whole life that a police officer was what you wanted to be was a nightmare!!
But if all of those things would've never happened......................... we wouldn't be living the DREAM that we are living with each other now...............can I get an awww?!!?!
So that my friends is how a blue-eyed boy met a brown-eyed girl.............whatchya think??
Maybe looking at this picture will help brighten up your day....haha!?!?!
So tell me, what is your "boy meets girl" (vice versa) story? Anyone else's parents make em' move miles and miles away during a crucial period in your life?? Ever think about the "what if's" when it comes down to situations like these?? Come on spill those beans.....you know you want to!!!
xoxo Joanna D.
