My Long-Overdue Update

The last time I posted, Nancy and I were still apart, and I was still fighting to convince her to come back to me.

Our break-up lasted about 5 weeks.

During those long, agonizing weeks, she finally cracked and decided to "try getting back with him" and "see what happens," while I just kept trying to show her how much I loved her.  Even while they were "back together," she was holding back, 'cause she'd already been burned by him once, and she wasn't gonna just jump in with both feet and risk it again.

While I was sending her virtual flowers almost daily and trying to be myself with her (and still show her how I felt without breaking down into tears or losing my mind completely), he was reverting to his old self.  The things he did before that made her break up with him in the first place were slowly starting to fall back into place; he apparently decided that since he'd "won," he didn't have to try anymore.

Finally, around the beginning of October, she realized just how much she loved me, and that I made her happier than she'd ever been with anyone else (including Aaron), and made the decision to dump him for good and get back with me.

Jump to the end of October. 

We'd spent the last few weeks since we got back together get back to normal--how we were before August--and starting to talk about how and when I would move to Maine so we could finally start our life together.

I told her that my mom was wary of her and didn't trust her and was afraid that I'd get back there and then Nancy would do the same thing, and by then I wouldn't have anything to come back to in Indiana, 'cause I'd be giving everything up to move.  For all intents and purposes, I'd be screwed.

We decided to show mom and dad that Nancy was serious this time, and wasn't gonna abandon me.  We made plans for Nancy to fly to Indiana and stay with me for about a week, then I'd be driving her home to stay.

When I told mom that Nancy was coming to visit, she was excited, but still wary.  Naturally, she had a bad reaction when I told her the rest, but she and dad came around and understood that we truly do love each other completely, and we're completely committed to spending the rest of our lives together.

I still had no idea how I was gonna get my stuff to Maine, but mom and dad agreed to help me find a way.  Over the next couple of weeks, Nancy got approved for time off from work and finalized her flight plans, while mom and dad and I worked on how to move me and my stuff.  We ended up deciding to load everything we could into the back of dad's truck, and he and mom would drive it while Nancy and I followed in my car; whatever we couldn't pack and bring, mom and dad would pack up and store in their garage until I could come back for it.

During the week leading up to November 13th, we all made a mad dash to get my stuff packed into the truck, and we spent two days on the road. 

Mom and dad stayed in a hotel on the beach for several days, during which we spent as much time together as possible before they got back on the road and drove home.
I've been back here in Maine with Nancy since November 13, and we've been living together happily ever since.  :)

We decided to continue counting our time together from May 24, 2009, because even when we were apart for those 5 weeks, we never really stopped being together.

We plan to get married August 13, 2010, and fully expect to live "happily ever after" for a long time to come.