Practice.

Bridals and Wedding day. This is the makeup look I'm going for. Yes, I'm doing my own make-up for the big day. My good friend Chloe (from my Self-Defense Class !!!) is a makeup artist and she's been helping me get this look together. Yesterday we went to different stores and bought the goods I'll need. Then we went to her place and she taught me a few tricks. She would do one side, and I would do the other. Here are pics from yesterday's learning session: (I ate before I took these, so the lipstick is a bit smudged + the lighting in this apartment is horrible!!!)

This evening, tired of studying, I decided to get some practice time in. Wedding Makeup Practice Session 1:

How am I doing? Feedback on this one would be seriously appreciated! I think I want less eye- liner on the bottom and more defined lips, however I will have different [classic red] lipstick and that will help complete 'the look' a lot (we couldn't find what I wanted yesterday here in Pootah, so I'll just buy what I need when I get to Hendo).

Dearest Haele, I miss you.

I just got these pictures and messages from David: Haele said send it to giulia...

Haele says, "We miss you!"

I wish I was there to play with you at the big Christmas Party, Haele (and David). I'll be there next year, I promise.

She got between my legs and said take a picture and send it to giulia....

This got me laughing so hard! :) Thanks, Haele!

I wish you were sitting right here on the couch with me, Haele. I would be all scrunched down so you could get your arm over my shoulder too, and we would talk and smile and giggle because we're friends. I love you, Haele.

Recipe for The Best Mornings Ever.

Go here. (easiest recipe ever)

I'll be going every morning at 6 this week and next week. If you would like to join, don't hesitate to call. :)

Sigh.

What Giulia feels like a lot of the time:

...I just want to go home. And be with David for more than 3 days every so often.

...and I kind of want to throw a pity party. anybody want to come?

okay. pity party over.

now. who wants to write a research paper for me?

no takers? ...strange.

Kobe.

I'm not a big sports fan. Actually, let me rephrase that: I'm not a sports fan. I love sports, playing or watching. But I don't have "my teams" and I don't track or follow any teams. I don't get upset when BYU's football team sucks it up. However, this popped up in my news feed this morning and I thought it was awesome.

Is this really happening?

I'm sitting in a little lobby/lounge area on the 3rd floor in the JFSB. It has a good view of the pretty courtyard and fountain. At one point I look out the window and see a group of boys walking through the courtyard. The next time I glanced out, they were dancing like monkeys. I look closer: 3 have their faces painted blue. 1 face is red. 1 has a bright yellow jacket. They're still jumping around. And ohp, there's the cameraman. I'm sure this video will be on YouTube by midnight. They're still going at it.

PS, staying up until 5:30a.m. finishing a project and doing research and writing italian essays doesn't feel so good come noon. ugggh. I want to take a nap.

There was this one time...

around Halloween...when my ward had an awesome, slimey, pumpkin war. See video footage here.

Upon arriving home, covered in pumpkin guts and goop, Breeze and I took these beauties:

yummy.

1 month left.

I couldn't restrain myself from not reposting this on my blog. But before we get to Jenelle's entry, here's a bit from me:

Let it be known that Allana and Corinne are the two cutest little girls! I have the privilege of babysitting them and the last two times I was over there Allana said:

"Where do you live?" (she's asked this one a few times and after this night it finally stuck I guess, because now she'll tell me where I live.)

Me: Provo.

"Where's Provo?"

Me: Do you know where BYU is?

nod of the head. "Yah! That's where you lived last year!"

Me: Right! I go to school at BYU, which is in Provo.

"Ohhhh."

"Where does David live?"

Me: In Vegas.

"Where's Vegas?"

Me: Where you were born. Where Grant and Connie live.

"Ohhhhh! That's far..."

the end.

Later that night during bath time:

"Hey Giulia! When are YOU going to be a Mommy?"

Me: uhh.....not for a while.

"Oh."

Another night. Andy and Jenelle were at an ultra sound appointment. After the parents left, the girls and I were finishing dinner and talking about their baby brother (in Mom's tummy).

"Giulia! When are YOU having a baby???"

Me: uhhhm....in a few years.

I remember asking her, "Why do you ask?" or something like that on both occasions. But I was so shocked about the initial question that I forget her replies.

Either way, SO CUTE! Obviously, Allana understands that babies come when two people are married (or it's when they're SUPPOSED to come anyway). She knows that David and I are getting married in January (only 1 month left from today!!!!), so I think that's where the questions are stemming from...

And now here's what I found on Jenelle's blog that made me smile:

Together Forever

Giulia and David stopped by Sunday before David headed south to Vegas to pick up Potatoes for Connie and Grant. We talked them in to staying for a few minutes and eating lunch with us before leaving. After saying goodbye to them, Corinne and Allana continued peeking out the window to watch Giulia and David say their goodbyes. As they watched Allana was explaining to Corinne that Giulia was feeling sad that David had to leave, "Giulia lives in Provo and David lives far away in Las Vegas."

Then after Giulia and David drove off in their separate vehicles Allana asked me, "Why do they want to be together forever?"

"How do you know they will be together forever?" I asked back.

"Because they are going to get married and then they are going to have children..." was her reply. I wish I could describe the all-knowing intonation she used as she made the statement. Use your imagination...

note(s) from giulia: As we were saying our goodbyes, I looked up at the window and laughed because I saw the girls sitting there watching. :)

Also: One month from TODAY, at 1:00pm in the Las Vegas Nevada Temple, David and I will be sealed for time and all eternity. Sighhh...can time go faster please??? I just decided that I'm going to list 30 reasons (because we have 30 days left) why I love David Scott Robbins II. In no particular order:

30

He's the nicest man I've ever met.(not just to me, but he's nice to EVERYONE. And it's not a fake nice. He's sincere.)

29

He's a hard worker.

28

He knows what's important.

27

He tells me he loves every day. (more like 10-20+ times a day)

26

He sends me a wake up message every morning that's something similar to this: "Good morning my beautiful fiance..." or "time to rise and shine,gorgeous". No wonder I like David so much. :)

25

When I'm gettin' jiggy (dancing) in the car, he laughs and tells me to keep going. (Instead of shaking his head while looking at me like I'm crazy)

24

He dances with me. AND WANTS TO LEARN HOW TO DANCE.

23

He tells me everything that's on his mind. (When we were first getting to know each other, he'd start saying something and then suddenly stop and go, "Wait! Why am I telling you this?" But he'd tell me anyway. Typically they were embarrassing stories about himself.)

22

He loves his family.

21

He was a good missionary. I love hearing stories about his Mission. And I love hearing about his mission from other people. When we went to his mission reunion in October, every person I was introduced to would turn to me and say something along the lines of, "hold on to this one." or "This is one of the finest men I've ever met or worked with." or "You can't go wrong with Robbins here. He was the best missionary." and it goes on and on. :) [David once told me there was a saying on his mission that went like this: the harder you work, the hotter the wife. And then said, "I must have worked dang hard." Oh that David. ;) I just love him.]

20

We talk about EVERYTHING. In August his Mom gave us a book, "300 Questions Every LDS Couple Should Ask Before Marriage". We had already talked about more than half of what was in the book before she had given it to us.

19

He gives me flowers.

18

He's still super nice even when I'm being a brat.

17

He'll hike the Y with me at midnight.

16

He's not afraid to sing in front of me.

15

He can tell when I'm annoyed about something/in a bad mood/ stressed and does whatever he can to make me feel better.

14

He knows the gospel is true and honors his priesthood.

13

He's taking me to the temple. :)

12

He's driven up here 6+ times, a 6 hour car trip, spending well over $600+, just to see me.

11

He knows my dreams and will do anything to protect them and help them come true.

10

He washes the dishes with me.

9

He lets me beat up on him (as I practice my self-defense skills learned in class).

8

He ASKS to rub my feet. (And does a fabulous job)

7

He gets cold sores too!!!! (We were very relieved when we found out that we're both cursed with these gruesome, ugly beasts. We know and understood each other's pain.)

6

He has this little smirk sometimes in his smile and it just makes my "toes curl" (as described by Grandmama Forsyth). (not curling as in cringing. "makes yer toes curl" is a good thing. it means you're in love. )

5

He loves my family. And is already best friends with Logan.

4

He tells me that his favorite hair-do of mine is when my hair is in a messy ponytail.(that's easy!) And that his second favorite is when it's curly. (or maybe it was the other way around. I'll just keep telling myself that the ponytail is #1)

3

He has good facial hair. hehe :) He also has a wonderful set of hair on top his head. Thick, full, and wavy. mmm.

2

He's excited about life.

1

He loves me. Quirky me. Crazy me. Giggly me. Grumpy me. Zit-faced me. In the same clothes as yesterday me. Blonde me. Whatever I want to be me. He loves me.

And I love him! And I am so IN LOVE with him. And find myself falling MORE in love with him every day.

I think these pictures explain #1 preetty well (giulia is awkward and pulling faces and laughing, but david still wants to mug on her.)

Kinda...

My wedding dress fiasco isn't all the way solved yet. (wouldn't it be so nice to have $1,000+ just for a dress???....sigh) But the more I think about it, the more I love the dress I have on hold right now. It kinda sorta looks like this...

...but not really. :) I've looked online for a picture of it, but can't find it anywhere (which I was really excited about. If I do go with this one, I'll be the only bride to ever wear a dress like it. Especially after we alter a bit. That's pretty cool.) And the more I look at that picture I just put up, the more I don't like that dress. Sure glad that's not what mine (err...I mean the one I have on hold) looks like at all!

Also, bird cage veils have suddenly grown on me.

Take that back. I've always loved the look of them, but always told myself that I couldn't pull off something that chic. But I tried one on this weekend, and by goshums I looked good in it! :)

soo...

i dropped my phone in the toilet this morning.

hopefully i pulled it out in time to save the SIM card.

good thing Mom sent David with another phone for me to use. (providential really, because that happened yesterday, and i dropped my phone today. good timing Mamma.)

my wedding dress gets here today.

it's coming with David.

i can't decide which one I'm more excited about. dress or David.

just kidding. David wins, easily.

i'm gonna go play with this face now.

and oh how i wish i could be kissing this one!

So excited to see this.

After talking with my Mom on Friday night, she mentioned how wonderful this movie is. I woke up on Saturday morning and watched this trailer. I must have been in a highly emotional state (I've been like that for a few days now...very strange) because I was BAWLING by the end of it. It's not even that sad, I just, I don't know. Cried like a baby. My tear ducts have been working overtime lately...

and just for kicks. Found this on Rachel's blog this morning (but she took it off and so now I'm putting it on my blog so I can watch it again and again). I am definitely a fan of Taylor Swift. This lil' diddy made me smile.

have a great day!

Love story… David’s Version.

So on March 24, 2009, I had a long plane flight home from Australia. During that flight home I had lots and lots of time to do a lot of thinking about all kinds of stuff….. Most of it was how much I already missed my mission and all the experiences I had while I was there. But on that flight I also set many goals for the future, and one was to not really get into the dating stuff. I wanted to get a good job, start making pretty good money, and get quite a bit of schooling out of the way before I got serious in dating somebody.

Soon enough I was finally home with all my family and I was trying to figure out what exactly I should do with my life. I really needed a job and my Uncle Lonney said I could come back and work for him in Henderson (I'd spent my summers before my mission working for him). So I thought about it for a couple weeks while looking for other jobs. I found what I wanted to do. It was fighting forest fires during the summer. I saw I could make a really good amount of money. A lot more than I could working with my uncle ( Uncle Lonney, I love working for you =) ). I thought it would be perfect. There was one opening for me. While applying I did not have a good feeling about it. I continued to pray about it for a couple days and felt I needed to go to Henderson. I am so happy I did =)

Before I came to Henderson, I kept telling my mom one reason why I didn’t want to go too much. I kept telling her that the aunts down there were all wanting to set me up on dates and all that. “Mom, I am not dating!” I was so set and determined not to.

So, after being home in Panaca for a while, I finally worked my way down to Henderson. And sure enough there were a few females that wanted to set me up with somebody. I just kept telling them I wasn’t ready for that social arena quite yet. And that is how it stayed… for a bit ;)

My first weekend in Henderson my Uncle Joe invited me to go to the lake with him and his family in his nice boat. It was a blast. During that trip he said that I could take his boat out any time I wanted. I told him I might take him up on that sometime. Thanks Joe =)

After being in Henderson for a little while I found out my cousin Courtney was speaking in her ward. I decided to go surprise her because I had not seen her since I got back to the United States. So I worked my way into church and found a spot by Courtney’s family. I sat down and looked up on the stand to spot Courtney. The first person I saw when I looked up was this gorgeous looking girl, and it was like I saw light about her. I got all of these feelings I don’t know how to explain. I couldn’t stop looking at her. I found out that her name was Sister Stolworthy. Then I kept telling myself, “Come on David. What are you doing? You don’t have or want an interest in girls right now.” After sacrament I talked to Courtney for a minute and told her good job. Then I was with my Uncle Randy and Aunt Mer (also in the same ward) and they were talking to one of their friends. All of a sudden Randy asked his friend “Hey, do you know anybody my nephew can date?” His friend looked at me and I started to shake my head “no” because, as previously stated, I was set on NOT dating. ANYONE. Then his friend said, “Hey, you could date one of the Stolworthy girls.” I shook my head no again and said “No that’s ok.” But deep down inside, as soon as he said the name 'Stolworthy', I swear my heart skipped a beat!

After church I went home and did stuff with my family. Later that day I received a text from Courtney asking if I wanted to come to her house to play foursquare. I said sure, then she informed me that her friend Giulia was going to be there as well. I was trying to figure out if I knew Giulia, because I have met some of Courtney’s friends in the past. Nope. Giulia didn’t ring a bell. So I said ‘oh well it will be fun’. But really deep down, I was so hoping it was this Sister Stolworthy I saw in church!

It came time to go down to Court’s house and play. While I was driving there I was so excited and a little nervous and had butterflies because maybe this Giulia was that gorgeous girl I saw earlier that day. I get out of my car and opened up the gate and saw Rob, Courtney, Trevor, and and and GIULIA. It was her! It was her! It was her! At that moment it felt like my heart started pounding fifty times faster and the butterflies were out of control! Soon the game started and the whole time I couldn’t stop taking glimpses of her. At one moment we were in line together and she turned around and said “Hi, I am Giulia by the way.” In my head, I was like, “David speak, spit it out, you know your name.” I said I was David and then Courtney said, “sorry, I thought you two already met.” I don’t think we said anything else that night. When I went home that night I couldn’t get over her. She was all I was thinking about. And the one feeling that hit me hard was it was like I already knew her. Like I knew her my whole life, but I had never met her before.

The next day I tried changing my feelings. I kept telling myself this isn’t what I want. I don’t want to date, not one bit, and to get over these feelings that I have. But during the whole week I couldn’t get this Giulia girl out of my mind.

Next Sunday evening we played foursquare again and after that aggravation too. During the game I went to give Giulia a high five for something she did during the game ( you can read it in her version ) and she punched my hand away. It felt so good 'cause we touched for the first time. During that game I think we both knew there was a little bit of a connection between both of us. I think she caught me eyeing her a lot and I caught her doing the same all throughout the game. After the game was over it was time to go home. We walked out the door and I realized she didn’t have a car, so I offered her a ride and took her home.

Later that week all my walls that I put up came tumbling down. ( bytheway, have you ever heard the song, “Halo”, by Beyonce. We [D&G] like that song.) I wanted to know everything about Giulia. I ended up going to Court’s house during that week to talk A LOT. And it was all about Giulia. I think it was on of those nights when I got her number =)

Soon we got to talking and one time the subject about Tyson’s party came up. I knew Giulia was planning on going. I said I would like to go but didn’t want to go by myself. Honestly, I could have cared less to go to the party. I was just trying to find some reason to be with this amazing girl I was falling hard for. She ended picking me up and we went. On the way there Giulia discovered David didn’t know how to drive a stick. No joke, I honestly didn’t. I think some people didn’t believe me. But I really didn’t. I never grew up with a vehicle that was a stick.

Anyway, after the party we decided that G was going to teach D how to drive a stick. Just like Giulia said, that was one of the most fun and memorable nights of my life. We talked and talked and talked and laughed and laughed and laughed all night long. After I went home that night I received a text from Giulia saying how much her cheeks hurt. I can’t remember what I sent back, but I remember texting her until I fell asleep and then woke up continuing the conversation that we fell asleep to the night before. We did that for days and nights after that. It was like our conversation never ended for a couple weeks. Every second we could, we were texting, talking, or were with each other.

During one of our conversations, I told Giulia that my Uncle Joe told me I could use his boat anytime I wanted. I think this made Giulia happy. I told her I would take her sometime. She said, “Does this mean we are friends?” I said, “Most definitely”…… PS, I still tease her that the only reason she wanted to be my friend is because I had connections to a boat =) but I know it is a lot more than that.

Sometime during all of this, I talked to my sister Felicia on the phone, and I mentioned a bit about Giulia. And she said, “Wait. Giulia Stolworthy? Keith’s sister?” I said, “Yeah, why?” She then talked about how she wanted Giulia to write me while I was on my mission. She talked about how she met her a few times (while she was living in Henderson) when a bunch of people went to Keith’s house to watch a movie or something like that. So that was pretty crazy that my sister all ready met this Giulia and thought we would make the perfect pair. WE SURE DO!!! =)

After I started hanging out with this girl and talking to her all the time, I couldn’t help but smile… all the time. I was the happiest that I have ever been in my life! It is like a happiness I didn’t know existed. And every time I received a text from her, I had the biggest smile on my face. Everyone always knew when I had a message from Giulia just by the grin on my face. =)

Now that happiness grows more and more everyday. The closer I get to Giulia, the happier I become. Just think how happy I will be when we are both eighty. =)

Every moment that we could be together we were. Our time together (before we were “together” if that’s what you want to call it) consisted of stick driving, stick driving, stick driving, foursquare, David getting beat in horse, lay ups, rock climbing, watching movies at Court’s house, playing pranks on Rob, frozen yogurt nights, running through sprinklers, and talking, and laughing, and talking, and laughing….. A lot.

note from giulia:...I love David! more to come from him SOON. + The Proposal.

saweet!

seriously...

HOW???

Here are a few fun "laughing ones".

Giulia loves to laugh (like you don't already know that...).

And mmm David can get her laughing good and hard.

Trying to be serious and having to tell Ashley to stop...

...so we can compose ourselves.

and...Isn't David just so handsome???

His true colors...(haha. I couldn't help it David, sorry!)

D~RiZzLe~

For a 'funny' on David read the very end of this post on Julie's blog.

but really though...sigh...so nice to look at.

How lucky am I????

how are we going to pick?

For those of you who haven't heard (or seen), David and I took our engagement photos a few weekends ago. Ashley did a marvelous job, as always. Here are two from Ashley's photography and design services. (unedited.) [there are SO many that I love. I don't know how we're going to choose.]

Happiness.

I like my shoes (Steve Madden for $20!!!)

David picked them out. No lie.

see more here.

And when I went to Panaca, we had Felicia take a few with our "&" (ampersand) sign.

yay! I can't wait to see more of these ones! Thanks Felicia!

ps, It really is coming. AND, a story written by David is in the works!

cuteness.

from the mouth of lil' Miss Becca (David's cousin; littlest sister of my good friend, Courtney).

post edit note: it was brought to my attention that this is hard to understand clearly. I was so excited to show Breezy this, but after watching her watch it and not seeing a reaction from her, I was kind of bummed. Breezy then informed me that she had no idea what was being said. So, for any of you that can't understand what Becca is saying, let me clarify: 

"David and Giulia are gonna get married".

Yes we are!!!

pretty much...

my ward ROCKS!

Chalk Wars from Boston McConnaughey on Vimeo.

Pumpkin Gut War from Boston McConnaughey on Vimeo.

good times and sunshine.

I just got hit with a wave of nostalgia. Oh sweet summer. Come back ...please?

a few days late.

For our engagement photos on Saturday, we wanted to use an '&' sign as an awesome prop.

We found this ampersand wood sign on Etsy (from The Back Porch Shoppe. Check out her stuff, it's great!) Sunday night and got all excited. But then realized that the nice lady that makes them lives in Louisiana. So I emailed her Sunday night asking her if it would be possible to get one across the United States before Saturday. She replied on Monday morning saying that they (she and her husband) were cutting some that night and that they'd do one more and have it ready to ship before Wednesday (with over night shipping) just for me! :] Srsly, so nice. 

 'Twas not meant to be however, because it didn't show up on my doorstep until this afternoon. Maybe it being addressed to "Gloria" confused the postal service. Who knows. Isn't it cute though? Ashley, want to do one more quick photoshoot over Thanksgiving with our fun little (2.5') prop? Maybe we'll have a 'D' & a 'G' by then too! Orrr...Felicia...should I haul this to Panaca for the weekend? haha.

Hey hey YOUNGS. check it out.

Guess what I found at Target this weekend! I couldn't resist buying...

Can you hear. the FARKLE, hear hear, the FARKLE?

(yes the picture is 'mirrored', sorry.)

As David and I were running around in the games section with laser guns in Target on Friday night [registering], I spotted the Farkle and laughed out loud. Naturally, I picked it up, shook it, and danced while chanting, "Hear. the Farkle. hear hear, the Farkle." Then put it in the cart. :) Don't worry. David is so used to such behavior from me by now that he doesn't even think I'm crazy. So...Ya'll ready for another round of Farkle at the YFR '10? Yeehaw!

PS, Giulia just finished her p90x workout for the day and feels like a limp noodle. 

Pss, I still can't find my camera chord. :( 

Psss, We took our engagement photos in Salt Lake on Saturday! We looked gooOOood and had a fabulous time with Ashley as she played dress-up with us.  Thanks SmAsh. You'da'best.

PsssS, I'm going to Panaca this weekend!!!! woohoo!

love story. part 1

Giulia's version: [once again, sorry that I switch between 1st and 3rd person all the time]. (maybe we can get David's version on here in the future...wha'doya'say?)

Conversation between Breezy and Giulia the day we were done with finals: (abridged...slightly skewed from Giulia's sketchy memory)
G: Breeeezy. I don't want to go back to Vegas. It's sooo hotttt.
B: blehhh I know! (Breezy then tells me a bit about her childhood summers spent on the lake with her family) Conclusion: the heat is bearable when you go to the lake!
G: jealous! My family (or should I just say my parents?) isn't into water activities at all. I've always wanted to have a friend with a boat. (Lol. but really.) The last time I went to the lake I think I was in 5th or 6th grade and it was with Aubrey. NOT COOL. (pun!)
B: Yah man. Sigh. I miss the lake.
G: Breezy, I'm going to befriend someone with a boat this summer.
B: Good plan. Can they be my friend too?
G: mmmhm.

Giulia and Breeze clean, pack, go to a wedding, move back home for the summer, and commence their work for the City of Henderson aquatics department. Giulia's first week back in her home ward, the bishopric asks her to speak on Mother's Day. Giulia's friend, Courtney, was also asked to speak.
Mother's Day Sunday rolls around and as Court and I are sitting up on stand, scanning the crowd, Courtney gasps.
G: Courtney? You ok?
C: David! He came! I haven't seen him since he got home from his mission because I was stuck in Provo.
G: Oh that's cute. He came to see you speak! When did he get home?
C: A couple months ago...
(Giulia's never been interested in fresh RM's)
Giulia looks where Courtney's family is sitting and spots said cousin of Courtney's. Giulia thinks: Wowza! David is hottt!
We both gave our talks (Giulia bawled for at least half of hers). After sacrament meeting, I went to Sunday School with my mom, and I'm assuming Courtney ran to go talk to her cousin.

Later that day I get a text from Courtney. read about it here. What I failed to mention in this post was that before I got to Courtney's she told me that her cousin David will be there too. Giulia is suddenly all nervous and excited to go. Strange... because Giulia isn't interested in boys at this time in her life. Her plan: work two jobs this summer to save lots of money for school next fall/winter and Italy in the spring; serve a mission; graduate; get a good job; and then she would consider dating for reals. Giulia did go on quite a few dates during her year at BYU, but if they asked for a second she always played the "we're just friends, sorry dude" card...and was named "the ward heartbreaker" by one of her guy friends in the ward. Sorry boys! :) So yes, this giddy, butterflies in the tummy feeling that she got upon hearing that David would be coming was strange to her. "You haven't even met him before. Settle down," she told herself. [another interesting factor considering that Giulia has met A LOT of Courtney's cousins on the Robbins side of the family, including David's sister and apparently one of his brothers (I don't remember said meeting, but Courtney swears Zach and I have met before.)]
Giulia shows up...and David isn't there! She's surprised to feel disappointment from his absence. Courtney announced however, that David was on his way from their Aunt Mer's house. Giddy nervousness, excitement, and butterflies resume. David arrives and the game begins! A little bit into the game while David and Giulia are both "in line" waiting to get into the "D" square, Giulia turns to David and says, "Hi! I'm Giulia bytheway..." while giving a nice big 'hello' wave. Courtney exclaims, "Oh! You two haven't met? I thought you did! Sorry, I would have introduced you to each other earlier." David stutters, "uhh...nope, haven't met." And then it was his turn to go in. I don't think we said anything else to each other all night. Despite this, Giulia felt like she already knew this David Robbins whom she had never met or spoken to before now.
Giulia went home that night, blogged about foursquare, smiled about the Australian accent and words that slipped out of David, and was determined to not be "interested" in David...because if she was, she would have to change her plans, and she didn't want to change her plans. With that said, she fell asleep with David consuming her thoughts as she reconsidered her plans for her anti-social summer working two different lifeguarding jobs.

A few days later we all met to play some foursquare again. It was followed by a game of Aggravation, the first time Giulia ever played. As Giulia was trying to figure out this game, David and Rob would try to get Giulia to kill her teammates (Courtney and Lindsey). At one point, Giulia accidentally "killed" one of her teammates, and David gave a "wahoo" and put out his hand for a high-five. Rude! Giulia punched it out of the way. But she wasn't mad at all. David touched her! woohoo!
The next day, Giulia got a follow up call from an interview with the Bellagio Pool requesting her to come pick up her uniform and get processed (because I totatlly ROCKED that interview). She hesitantly got ready to go, suddenly not sure if she really wanted to go through with this (working for the city in the morning and the Bellagio in afternoon/evenings). As she was leaving the house she got another call from the Bellagio saying that they just decided to reconsider her availability (because I would be working for the city in the mornings and didn't have the most open available hours that they might need from me). Giulia wasn't upset for one second, she was actually quite relieved.

Sometime after this, David finally got Giulia's number [read as stole it from Courtney's phone. I say stole, because he certainly did not ask me for it. But...I'm not complaining!] Soon enough, David and Giulia were talking to each other all day long. Having a message from David waiting for me after teaching a swim lesson put the biggest smile on my face. My co-workers knew whenever I had a message from him, "that smile gives it away every time" they would say. Giulia's thinking, "ahh crap! You're never this easy to read, girl! Get it together! David does not fit into your plans! So get over this little fascination you have with him! ASAP." At the end of the week, she wrote this. What you are not reading in this post is that Giulia is doing everything possible to keep David out of her thoughts and thinking of her plans and how there is no way David can fit into her plans. She even consigns herself to say that the only kisses she'll be getting from any boys for a long time (3+ years) would be from her dogs, Buddy, Brutus, and Harley. You see, Giulia is putting up walls, making up reasons why she has to stop liking this David boy, telling herself that she'll only be getting kisses from her dogs (gross), telling herself that her hair has to be at least 8 inches longer before she gets serious with anyone because if she gets serious with someone that means she'll marry that someone and Giulia has always pictured having long hair on her wedding day (that really was a reason. I did not make that up as I'm typing. I was using whatever I could!) Deep down though, she wanted all the walls to tumble down.

The next day. Saturday. Tyson's farewell party. And because Giulia has little self control, she struck up a conversation with David. It was discovered that David was wanting to go, but didn't want to because he didn't want to go by himself (the only people there he would know are Tyson and Courtney).
G: I don't want to go alone either! (although I would have) Do you want to just come with me?
D: Yah, that'd be sweet.
G: Alright, I'll come by around 6. I'll be driving the Red Wienie Wagon, aka a Ford Ranger, and you're not allowed to make fun of my stick driving abilities.
D: Deal. Can't wait!
(Giulia is actually quite competent at driving a manual transmission. She just thought that David, a guy who works on cars all day and who is from a small town, knew how to drive a stick-shift and was a lot better at it than she is. WRONG.)
After Giulia changed her outfit 5 times, she picked David up at the set time. On our way there David commented, "yah...I can't make fun of your stick driving abilities. You're a lot better than me. I've never learned how." This takes Giulia by complete surprise. "Whaaaaaa? Well you are learning how tonight!" So, after mingling at Tyson's partAy, David's first lesson took place. One of the most fun/funniest nights of my life! We drove up and down the "horse streets" for a long time as Giulia explained what to do and laughed at David's attempts to find "that balance" with his feet. We talked and laughed and talked and laughed and laughed and laughed and laughed and talked the night away. When I finally got home, my cheeks hurt from laughing and smiling so much. I told David, "You made my cheeks hurt." And suddenly, Giulia was falling. Fast and hard. And she didn't really care!

A conversation between David and Giulia the following week (still in May) (again...abridged and slightly skewed from Giulia's sketchy memory)

In the guard room at work one day Courtney mentioned that David stayed at her house super late. "What did you two talk about for that long?" I asked. Courtney replied, "ohhhh...lots of stuff (Giulia later learns that it was all about her. ha!) and I got him online to update his boating license (or something like that...we'll just say that's what it was for the progression of this story)." All Giulia heard was 'boat'. "Yessss!!!!" she screamed on the inside.

G: So, Courtney tells me you two were up pretty late last night.

D: Yah...you could say that.

G: Well, what'd you do?

D: We talked about a lot of stuff and I did this boating license thing (or something like that...Courtney...what was it???)

G: Ha, she told me a little about that. She said you didn't want to quick review for it and you barely passed. If I'm ever on the same boat with you, am I going to be safe?

D: Well, you'll have to come and find out for yourself.

G: So you're saying that you would take me to the lake with you?

D: Yes. Why wouldn't I? You're the only person I talk with that I'm not related to. (but seriously, I was.)

G: Sweet! Does this mean we're friends??? (you did read the conversation between Breezy and me at the beginning, right?)

D: We are definitely friends.

G: goody! (or something. I don't know how the conversation ended.)

A few days later the Bellagio Pool called again. I didn't answer. They left a message saying that they would love for me to come get processed and be a part of their team! I didn't call back. (because suddenly, I wanted some sort of social life this summer. AKA I wanted to spend any minute I could with David.)

The rest of May was spent by beating David at basketball, continued flirting on the phone, rock climbing, pulling pranks on Rob (it was us, okay!?) and continuing to teach David how to drive stick. Driving practice nights were always the best because we would just talk and talk and talk and talk, and never run out of things to talk about...or laugh about! I've never felt more natural and myself around someone, especially a boy, than I have with David.

On May 31st, I posted this. Let me bring to your attention the first quiz, the "When Will You Be Married?" one. Under it I wrote my last attempt at feigned nonchalantness (are you allowed to add on a "ness" to nonchalant???) for the whole David situation. "Ha. Yahh, we'll see about that," is what I said, trying to come off sounding as if nothing had changed in my plans. But in truth, I knew by this time that what I had "planned" wasn't going to happen. And that I would, like the crazy Facebook quiz predicted, be married VERY SOON.

to be continued...

note: I know ya'll are waiting on the proposal story, and I started typing it, but ended up with all this instead. I decided to just keep going with what I had so far- an abridged history of Team D&G, A Love Story. I know it's super long, but I'm writing all this mostly for me, and I really am abridging (shortening) it for you! (Just hitting the high points here). :) I also thought that some of you might enjoy knowing how the infamous "David and Giulia" came about. The proposal will be up shortly. :)