Courtney and I were in hair school together and she invited me to a birthday party. She told me Patrick (who I had heard of many times before considering we were from the same area) would be there and we both knew the least amount of people so talk to him if I needed to! She also said, “you’re either going to be bestfriends with him or fall in love with him, so lets see.” Well, we all see how that turned out.. We talked all night and I felt like I had known him forever. I remmeber texting my bestfriends and saying, “OMG! I met a guy and im obssesed.” Unfortunately, at the time he lived in Texas so I wasnt getting my hopes up. The next week, he messaged me and said he wants to hangout again, and that he was DRIVING to Georgia... When I tell you guys, I almost died. 12 hours to see me?! We hungout and I didnt see him for a month, until I flew to Texas for the first time to see where he lived! Fast forward, a few months I was finishing up hair school and told Patrick I didnt want to do long distsnce anymore and I was coming to Texas. Having no idea what our future held, (a pandemic) things were still great in Texas. I got a job the same week I moved there. We got to see new places and live together! Then the summer comes around.. Let me set the scene for you, it was a 100 degree day in Texas. I was wearing boxers and a t shirt with no make-up and my hair in a bun. We were dancing around in the living room and he gets down on his knee and pops the question! I had a feeling it was coming soon, but surely not in that moment. I wouldnt trade it for anything though! It was exactly how I wanted it to be. I obviously started planning right away. Trying to plan a wedding 12 hours from where you live wasnt easy. We then found out at the end of August we were moving back to Georgia! Now here we are living back in Georgia in our new house. I cannot imagine life without us together! We are so excited for this part of life and cannot wait to celebrate with everyone.