James and I had an amazing time on our getaway to Ocean Shores. This is the first opportunity we have had to spend several days together and it was wonderful to dig into some big conversations and envision the future we want to build together.We were unable to leave Seattle on Christmas night as planned since he needed to spend the night at home with his oldest daughter. This was a last minute change, that we had to talk through and navigate together. After discussing it, we made sure he could be with his daughter that night and we resolved to make the best of it - spending Christmas evening together than then leaving first thing the next day for our trip so that we could arrive by 8:00 AM and really feel like we had spent the entire day there.
The house in Oyhut, "Don't Worry Beach Happy," was super cute, with Christmas decorations up, and it was just the right size for the two of us. After storms and heavy rain all morning, it cleared up and we drove onto the beach and walked around. I found peanut shells in my rain boots - a hazard of keeping them in the garage (darn squirrels) and James had quite a moment of calling all the Seagulls to him using the peanuts. It was wild. It was windy on the beach, but sunny and beautiful and we felt lucky to have an opening in the weather. We followed that with lunch at the Mexican restaurant in town. We spent the rest of the afternoon and early evening at home: talking, hot tubbing, watching football, playing Cards Against Humanity, etc. We are a very good match in every area we've encountered so far. We went out for a simple dinner that night before enjoying a cozy night by the fire. The next morning we had a nice breakfast at home before packing up and heading out to the beach again. This time it was a mild and gray morning. We still felt incredibly fortunate to be able to be on the ocean stretching our legs and enjoying the unique scenery. We talked about a ton of stuff on the drive home. I feel like I can share anything with him and it will be accepted. We started talking about what our future could look like and travel plans for the summer. I am so happy to be at the beginning of exploring this relationship with James. He is kind, thoughtful, and complimentary - he builds me up and knows how to make the best of any situation. I feel so fortunate to be dating someone with his character and mindset.
We've had some other really great dates together this past month and I'm including pictures of a couple here in order to capture them! We explored the new Seattle waterfront park and had a yummy lunch at Portage Bay Cafe. We went and saw the incredible display of lights at Tulalip Casino.
