Don't get too excited.
He's not really home. At least not the Elder Sumsion you're thinking about.
It's Justin's brother!!
This is quite the story so I'm just gonna get going. If you make it to the end, you deserve a prize. :)
So. A few months ago, I woke up on a Monday morning and had an email from Elder Sumsion. I had a little freak out because I couldn't figure out why I would get an email from Justin at 3:00 a.m. Jokes. It wansn't Justin. It was Taylor! I don't think I had ever had a real conversation with him before that. I knew who he was but that's just about it.
We emailed on and off for the last few months of his mission. He was actually a huge help for that portion of the wait. He knows Justin more than I do so it was great to be able to go to him when Justin would talk about something and I wasn't sure how to take it.
Fast forward to April. All of a sudden his parents were getting ready to go to Germany to pick Taylor up. Is he seriously home already?? They spent about a week going to some of Taylor's areas. I had planned on going to Taylor's mission report ever since he started emailing me and when his dad invited me, I jumped at the chance. They invited me, so they must be okay with me being there. Right?
So Saturday night rolls around and I'm at work and then it hits me. I'll see his parents tomorrow. I don't even know if they like me or not. I'm going to have to talk to them. TOMORROW. And then I completely freaked out.
"Jenna! *hug* How are you?? It was so nice of you to come!"
Then Matt saw me.
"Jenna! Hi! *big hug* How are you doing? I'm glad you came! How is school going?"
We continued talking for a minute and then he said, "You should come over to our house anytime after 12! We would love to catch up with you!"
I seriously smiled the entire way home.
I don't get why I was so freaked out.
So. After church, I met up with Emily, went on a little Sunday drive, and then went to the Sumsion's. I hadn't been there since the last time I saw Justin. It brought back just a few memories.
It was a little awkward because I didn't really know anyone there except Justin's immediate family. But then the girls I sat with in sacrament meeting came so I just kinda stuck with them. We got some food, sat down, and just talked for a while. Then Matt and Jeff (dad to a kid I went to high school with and good family friend of the Sumsion's) came over and sat on both sides of me. Immediately Jeff said, "So we want the low down. How did you and Justin even get together? And did you purposely hide it from everyone all summer? I just don't get how we didn't find out about it until after he left!" I about died laughing. I told them the details and that was that.
I planned on staying at the Sumsion's for 15-30 minutes. Yeah, nope. I was there for 2.5 hours.
BUT! MY DANG COMPUTER DIDN'T SEND THE EMAIL! I got an email from him on Monday saying, "I don't see an email from you. I hope all is good. Let me know if there's anything I can do for you."
This is quite the story so I'm just gonna get going. If you make it to the end, you deserve a prize. :)
So. A few months ago, I woke up on a Monday morning and had an email from Elder Sumsion. I had a little freak out because I couldn't figure out why I would get an email from Justin at 3:00 a.m. Jokes. It wansn't Justin. It was Taylor! I don't think I had ever had a real conversation with him before that. I knew who he was but that's just about it.
We emailed on and off for the last few months of his mission. He was actually a huge help for that portion of the wait. He knows Justin more than I do so it was great to be able to go to him when Justin would talk about something and I wasn't sure how to take it.
Fast forward to April. All of a sudden his parents were getting ready to go to Germany to pick Taylor up. Is he seriously home already?? They spent about a week going to some of Taylor's areas. I had planned on going to Taylor's mission report ever since he started emailing me and when his dad invited me, I jumped at the chance. They invited me, so they must be okay with me being there. Right?
So Saturday night rolls around and I'm at work and then it hits me. I'll see his parents tomorrow. I don't even know if they like me or not. I'm going to have to talk to them. TOMORROW. And then I completely freaked out.
The freaking out continued until basically the end of sacrament meeting. I walked into the chapel and sat on the back row by myself. I knew a few people in the ward but they also knew who I was and my past with Justin. I felt like everyone in the world was staring at me. So I just hung out on the back row totally losing all sanity.
After the opening prayer, a girl in the Sumsion's ward came back to me and told me I could sit with her and a few other people I knew from high school. They were a few years older than me so I didn't really know them all that well but I took her up on that offer. Sitting by yourself in a ward you don't really know isn't super fun. So I sat with them and I'm sure they thought I was a maniac. I was so nervous. I was a complete wreck. I could hardly swallow the bread because my throat was so dry. Then the water came around and I basically spilled the entire cup on myself because I was shaking so bad. Like I said, I was a wreck...
When Taylor finally got up to talk, I kinda started to calm down. He and Justin are so much alike. It was kinda crazy. They do the same high pitch laugh/voice when they feel awkward, they have the same mannerisms, they're basically the same person. Except not, but you get what I mean. There was one point when Taylor moved his head in a specific way and I had to look again because he looked so much like Justin. When Taylor finished, I was feeling pretty great. It was almost like seeing Justin again.
Then the meeting ended.
I made my way over to Taylor and of course by the time I got to him, he was standing right next to his parents. I talked Taylor and gave him a hug then Tawni turned around and saw me.
"Jenna! *hug* How are you?? It was so nice of you to come!"
Then Matt saw me.
"Jenna! Hi! *big hug* How are you doing? I'm glad you came! How is school going?"
We continued talking for a minute and then he said, "You should come over to our house anytime after 12! We would love to catch up with you!"
I walked out to my car, got in, and just sat there, probably looking like this:
I seriously smiled the entire way home.
I don't get why I was so freaked out.
So. After church, I met up with Emily, went on a little Sunday drive, and then went to the Sumsion's. I hadn't been there since the last time I saw Justin. It brought back just a few memories.
It was a little awkward because I didn't really know anyone there except Justin's immediate family. But then the girls I sat with in sacrament meeting came so I just kinda stuck with them. We got some food, sat down, and just talked for a while. Then Matt and Jeff (dad to a kid I went to high school with and good family friend of the Sumsion's) came over and sat on both sides of me. Immediately Jeff said, "So we want the low down. How did you and Justin even get together? And did you purposely hide it from everyone all summer? I just don't get how we didn't find out about it until after he left!" I about died laughing. I told them the details and that was that.
I planned on staying at the Sumsion's for 15-30 minutes. Yeah, nope. I was there for 2.5 hours.
It was basically one of the best days I've had over the past 9 months.
This was basically me emailing Justin that night:
BUT! MY DANG COMPUTER DIDN'T SEND THE EMAIL! I got an email from him on Monday saying, "I don't see an email from you. I hope all is good. Let me know if there's anything I can do for you."
That's alright though. He'll just get an extra long email next week. Hah
Life is good. :)
