{"id":6307,"date":"2015-08-09T08:23:57","date_gmt":"2015-08-09T15:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/?p=6307"},"modified":"2019-08-14T00:36:40","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T07:36:40","slug":"trippin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/trippin\/","title":{"rendered":"Trippin’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some of my very\u00a0fondest dating memories with Jon are the road trip adventures\u00a0that we went on together. We racked up many-a-mile in the car +\u00a0I still don’t look at grey Mazda 3’s with a hatchback the same. This was when\u00a0we really opened up about our feelings for each other. Where we shared our fears, our testimony’s, created a new\u00a0bucket list together (which was a big<\/em> deal for me) + even broke up once or twice. I don’t remember a truly comfortable silence that existed with a guy in my life before I met Jon. That quiet content\u00a0companionship really broke down walls + let\u00a0me to get to know his heart on a deeper level. I remember one time on the way back from St. George I was laughing so hard\u00a0my coconut Slurpee came back out my nose. He would never fire away the questions\u00a0about our relationship when I wanted them the most, but holy crap he’s always, ALWAYS made me laugh.\u00a0\"beverly<\/a><\/p>\n

With the\u00a0little guys\u00a0in our\u00a0picture now, car rides that last longer than about three hours\u00a0are not\u00a0quite<\/em>\u00a0as appealing as they used to be. If you know what I mean. I didn’t realize how much I’ve missed this alone time in the car with Jon. Until last weekend when we packed a quick bag together at the last minute + drove\u00a0through the night, rather than hopped on a plane to California. Best idea we’ve had in a long time! We missed Jonah + Rigg\u00a0like mad, but the second we hit the freeway, we\u00a0turned up the tunes, bought a couple extra treats at the\u00a0gas station + the memories came flooding in.\u00a0Go ahead + roll your eyes at me, but I still\u00a0have no clue how I talked this guy\u00a0in to marrying me.\u00a0<\/span>I mean, I woke up a baseball pitch\u00a0outside of California to him free style rapping as loud as humanly possible about sunflower seeds with Ratatat. Enough said.<\/p>\n

\"beverly<\/a><\/p>\n

We spent one day in Beverly Hills after we realized we needed to be in Vegas for a trade show. What a whirl wind! Pretty much a huge\u00a0blessing in disguise that we decided to drive rather than fly. Never a dull moment with this fellow. Back on the 4th of July, we\u00a0had an epic fail of a handoff with my camera on the driveway. I’m still not ready\u00a0talk about it, but unfortunately it’s still<\/em> getting fixed so we weren’t able to\u00a0bring it with us. CRAPPY! We shared our trusty cell phone cameras on our\u00a0trip instead.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\"beverly<\/a><\/p>\n

We ran through the\u00a0parking lot at 2:30 in the morning, switched hotels every night on purpose, averaged three shows a day\u00a0+ tried to face-time the boys every couple of\u00a0hours. Jon melted the same Skor bar in the car\u00a0over + over, but somehow revived it with the air conditioner each time.\u00a0I dropped his\u00a0huge freaking\u00a0gas station soda on\u00a0the dairy queen\u00a0register, took a selfie in any bathroom mirror I passed + forgot to bring my toothbrush.<\/p>\n

\"beverly<\/a><\/p>\n

First rule or Road Trip: You\u00a0do\u00a0not\u00a0talk about Road Trip.
\nSecond rule or Road Trip: You do not\u00a0talk about Road Trip.<\/p>\n

\"beverly<\/a><\/p>\n

Still\u00a0bummed the scheduling didn’t meet up with Greg + Britt in Vegas, or Ash + Mark in LA — but we certainly ate\u00a0our way through both states in their honor.<\/p>\n

\"anniversary<\/a>\"JPEG<\/a>\"JPEG<\/a><\/p>\n

Cheers to five years, sweet love of mine\u00a0– – –\u00a0we’ve got\u00a0a million\u00a0more to go + I can’t<\/p>\n

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