The grand finale

The last 3 days of the trip!

Tuesday we had planned on going bowling with some of my friends and then ice skating. The day of this adventure my friend checked the times of everything and he said that the iceskating rink didn't have a free skate that night. I guess I wasn't totally focused on making phone calls, or checking the availability of these companies. I was more interested in spending every waking hour with the girl who seemed to make everything much more fun, the one who made every minute the best minute of my life.


We planned on meeting up with everyone at 5 so we had a few hours to hang out and we did just that! It was amazing. Then we went to walmart to pick up a swim suit for May and then we went to Habachi buffet. She wanted to go but I think she remembered it being better than it was. Everyone has spent a day working in the sun or doing something active and the most basic ham and cheese sandwhich tastes better than the main dish at a 5 star resaurant. Last time we were coming from regionals so it was really delicious. She tried a few things and didn't like them and got some more and ate a little, meanwhile I'm stuffing my face with whatever I felt the urge to put on my plate. No sushi this time though.




After that we met up with the guys at the bowling alley and had a great time...atleast I did. My friend Henry was hitting on May and I was a little jealous but it was all just fun. After bowling we headed off to Oran's for some pool, ping pong and the 12 man jacuzzi! We started playing pool which was pretty mellow and then moved to ping pong. Ofcourse when you have 6 wrestlers and a female audience the games become more like a competition. The boys started to play sting pong( for those of you who are not familiar with it, it is ping pong except when you mess up...you lift your shirt and the other person hits the ball in your direction).

May didn't seem to like this game, and I don't blame her. We stood in the other room for a minute and decided what we could do so she didn't have to watch. So we went to the neighboring room and started up some video games...I know really what an 18 year old girl wants to be doing, but all of the games they had were about war. Something I've learned with Marika is that she doesn't like violence and I respect her for that. We talked about these things a lot so it was a great learning experience for us :) Then we all got involved in playing around the world which went on to turn into all of us just trying to keep the ball going. After that we called it a night.

The next day was our last day together, Wednesday. We didn't have anything planned so we could do whatever we felt like and have time to talk and just be together. We checked the blog and talked for a while...then May drove us to Sammi's pizza. Bad choice on my part because she kept telling me I had bad breath! Then we walked at the smithfield park, well I walked and May jumped on my back. It was nice but too long so we came home. This is my favorite part!!!

I told May I wanted to go for a walk which was true and somehow I convinced her that there were clams in my ponds in the back yard and that we should look for some. When we got back there she didn't seem very excited so I started to look or atleast pretend to. After a few minutes May started to look and to our surprise we found one! It was really pretty but only half of it was wet...hmmm. So we decided to not waste anymore time and go take it inside. Ok, this was the moment of truth. I can't remember exactly what I said but it worked...May wanted to open it up! What kind of girl wants to open a dead clam? The kind who sees there's a pearl inside! After about 5 minutes she got it out. Pearls come in different colors and this one was creme, which stands for success. I pulled out a necklace and put the pearl inside. Then I told her to wish on the pearl. I wonder what she wished for. She never told me but then I put it around her neck. I thought she sould have realized the moment I pulled out the necklace or atleast when she saw that it fit perfectly inside but...nope. I explained to her that I planned the whole thing and she sat there for a minute taking it all in. :)



I had our last night planned out with where we would go...I even knew what I would wear but our neighbor offered to make us salmon and we couldn't turn it down. We hadn't been able to really talk with them so it was great. Some of their relatives came over and May could barely understand them. There is something about those rednecks! May picked up the baby before we ate and I guess he had already eaten because he threw up on her. Then to escape we answered those questions. Don't worry, we had plenty of time left...




Thursday I woke up really early and went over to wake up my sleeping beauty. With no surprise she was already awake. This was the day we wished would never come, but it did all too quickly. We cleaned up, packed, picked up some food and were off to the airport.


When we got there I think it was just before 11. We printed her tickets, checked the bags and then said our goodbyes. May had already begun to show her emotions...I was showing the bottom of my feet from standing on my toes so May wouldn't be taller than me. I'm sure it was a funny sight but there was no way I would have the woman of my dreams remember me being an inch shorter because of a pair of heels! After about 15 goodbyes we made our way to the terminal. I couldn't go any further unless I wanted to be jumped by the 5'2" woman and the 65 year old senior citizen security guards. I might be exaggerating a little but the point is it was the end of the road. May said goodbye and I lost it. I couldn't hold it in any longer so I left...I wanted to watch her go but I couldn't stand there and let her watch me lose it. I'll never forget her face, nor will I forget the stares I got all the way out of the airport. I got to the car and cried like I had lost her forever. We were so in love, why did we have to leave eachother?

The way home was horrible. Finally gaining my cool and drove, but it was like getting cut. Even after you stopped the bleeding(leaving her at the airport) it's still sensitive all day and if you're not careful, you can reopen it. I couldn't hold it in so I thought I'd turn on the radio. Music has such an impact on our lives. We can be angry, sad, worried, upset and by just listening to a song we can get our thoughts off track long enough to change our attitude. I was feeling so heartbroken...so what was I waiting for? I turned it on and on comes "love like crazy" by Lee Brice, so I listened and cried and listened some more and then changed the station. Thinking that that was the worst song that would possibly come on I listened for that song I needed to dry my tears... and on comes Pink singing "please, please don't leave me" There was no coming back from this, I was gone. Needless to say how horrible that drive home was. I miss you May

Love, Kyle