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It's official! March 14, 2014. Boyfriend season came in the form of Charles Madrid. Despite the supernatural challenges that seem to be getting worse coming up to this day so far, specially for him. (The lady is giving him a bad time sleeping. Really bad.)

Important dates:

Feb 1 - my sister's debut. He got to meet a lot of my family and relatives. My bad is that I was too stressed I wasn't able to introduce him properly.

Feb 13 - my birthday! He surprised me with a birthday cake before the eve of my birthday at the office! WOW! No one has ever done that to me before. He's so sweet. :)

Feb 14 - valentines day! Wow! Despite the usual "late" Charles haha, the date was impeccably planned. Rose petals everywhere in the passenger seat with a heart "just for you"... Dinner for two in Antipolo's Cafe Lupe with a breathtaking view of city lights on the rooftop, sumptuous buffet dinner... A detour to Cainta that I didn't expect, to give his mother medicine for high bp... Then the anticipated yet forgotten question that almost popped up at the end of the night after giving me a bouquet of orange flowers... Oh my god! I pannicked! Hahaha this night, i know i wasn't ready to say yes.

Feb 23 - Kaelin's swimming party. Charles almost fainted when I asked him to come meet the folks. Haha he said he wanted carbonara, there's carbonara at the party. Haha he made it through the day. :) nothing but positive feedback! :)

Weekend jog at UP. Always ❤️! Sundates to keep me awake as a prerequisite to my weird schedule. Haha! Movies watched so far.. Ronin and Lego Movie 😊

Jan or Feb - that one night that I went to watch movies in their place. I didn't sleep well on the couch because of the mumu. I was so impressed that he was such a gentleman. Honestly, good guys that respect women like that nowadays are a rare find. :)

Going back to March 14, 2014... Three days ago, he warned me that he was gonna pop the question again on Friday. He was gonna take me to work that night and pop the question, with my permission of course, only if i say its okay. I've always wanted to take a retreat one of these days to make myself ready for this moment but i never had the chance. So yesterday, I went to church, twice! Haha while praying for this decision, it felt right now. I believe it was God telling me to dive in. It's one of those moments where you don't feel comfortable, you feel fear and a bit of uncertainty but you do it anyway. Dive in. Because no matter how hard and how many times i overthink the situation, I already knew early on that I will say yes. The debates in my head will always result to a YES. I am already sure of this. And if I am sure now, and he's gonna ask me now, I see no reason anymore to postpone it again and may e suffer the same feeling of uncertainty next time. When he told me the warning, my heart jumped and I was nervously excited. Not stepping aback, not wanting to run. It was a 'this is it' moment. Thank You Lord God for the peace within. :)

March 14, we fetched me before 7, my head was already hurting so bad, i drank biogesic earlier. In traffic, my heart would beat hard, not because of the situation but because of physical or supernatural i dont know, causes? My headache worsened and stopped, my chest would constrict, i would sometimes pray as i sometimes feel that it's her. We ate at Sbarro, super super full. Walked a bit and then he took me to the office, just about 15minutes early. Grabe this is it! I saw him struggle, we were both laughing. I can't contain it, my laugh was both because I just knew he would struggle and it was funny, and because i was kinda nervous too. Haha! At least it was a  better reaction than last time's panic! Time flew by with just laughing, i had to say "bilisan mo mallate na ko" hahaha! I barely made it in time for my 10:30 shift. He eventually came to ask, "would you be my girlfriend?" And i instantly said yes, only because time was not on our side. Haha! Cheek to cheek and i went in. My smile will not fade soon. Hahaha!

After 3 years, i have a new boyfriend. And i actually don't like the term much. I prefer a partner. And by God's grace I'm feeling hopeful that this time it'll be forever. Like what experts say when you are single, focus on growing yourself to be the best that you can be. Prepare youself so that you are ready when you face the right one. When you take care of yourself, when you are happy and complete as a person, you attract the same kind of person who will not complete you because you lack something, or wont need you to complete him. I believe that God has given me Charles at the perfect time, when both of us are in our perfect selves to be in this perfect situation. God's plan is always perfect. I never expected him or this time or this situation to happen when it happened, with whom it happened and however it happened. It just did. And I trust God. And I thank God for all the amazing awesome surprising blessings that He always give us. I'm overwhelmed with love and happiness. :)