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Hiiiiii from DC! (loooong haha)
Hiiii girls!
since the moving in process has been such a whirlwind I am just getting to write to everyone about the whole experience. ?needless to say the weekend did not go the way I had originally planned. damien (the boy I am dating) and larry his friend came to stay at my house on friday night and the plan was to wake up really early on saturday and start the packing of my uhaul truck.
well, at about 8:15am damien and larry were taking down my boxspring on the stairs and damien started to zone out. he has type 1 insulin dependent diabetes and it's quite easy to notice when something is wrong, so larry and i both realized that his blood sugar must be dropping. so i walked up the stairs and tried to get him to come down the stairs with me, but he wouldn't listen, probably because he had no idea what i was saying to him.
then in a matter of seconds he dropped to his knees and fell into the wall of my stairway. he then went into a full blown seizure, foaming at the mouth, convulsing, everything and started to fall down the stairs. i had to catch him with my back, he's 6'1, 230 lbs and all muscle, and having an uncontrollable seizure, so i couldn't hold him really and had to scream for my mom. my mom swooped in, caught him, ended up hurting her arm really bad, but didn't allow him to fall down the stairs. he seized for 1.5 minutes and then passed out. i then had to call 911 and at this point i completely lost it and was hysterically crying. the cops, emts and paramedics all arrived super fast and evaluated him. his blood sugar was incredibly low which explained the seizure, so they had him eat a pb&j sandwich and drink oj which immediately brought it up.
he felt better so he decided that he didn't have to go to the hospital. he rested on the couch for the rest of the day so that was good. but all in all it was the scariest experience of my life to this day. it really just showed me how much i care for him because as soon as i knew my mom had him stable to a point on the stairs i just lost it. i had so many things running through my head and i just felt so helpless.
so carrying on through the day, damien rested and larry and i packed the uhaul truck and we took off for DC around 3ish. damien was a freakin' trooper and made the trek to DC with me even though he had his seizure. i got to DC at 6:45pm and i had a bunch of friends here so everything was unpacked pretty fast from the truck.
and then much to my astonishment damien even came out to the bars on saturday night. i told him that he totally didn't have to, but he said he felt good and wasn't about to waste the one night that he was going to be with his girl before going back to philly. aww haha.
i set my entire room up yesterday and i am absolutely in love. i realllly love it down here, it is just a completely different dynamic then philly or the ruralness of medford obviously lol.
i am still going to post here all the time; you are my girls!!! i may be in a different city, but nj will always be my home 
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Re: Hiiiiii from DC! (loooong haha)
I said this before, but that must have been so scary!!! I am so glad that he is ok.
I have to admit, I realized today that you were in a different state and got kinda sad that we couldn't watch the Bachelor! (Hehe I know that you watched tonight
) HOWEVER, I am sooooooooo glad that you are loving it! I really believe that this is a great thing for you and will allow you to grow. It is pretty darn exciting that your life has so many possibilities at the moment!
i totalllly missed the bachelor because we don't have cable at the current moment. the girl that used to live here had it under her name and cancelled it when she left. soooo i saw that he kicked off jillian and for that reason i am over it LOL. i really liked her, but i hope it does mean that he chooses melissa because molly is barftastic.
thank you!! i am loving it for now!! i am trying not to think about getting homesick or anything and i am really trying to live it up. i miss my mom and pop and damien for sure, but i need to have the time of my life here.
Aw, well there will probably be days that you love it and days that you are completely homesick but overall, I think it is a great experience for you! I completely understand how tough long distance relationships can be, but I think my relationship with Alex grew stronger as a result of the years we spent apart. It really makes you appreciate the other person! (that is not to say it doesn't suck sometimes!)
I think Damien and you will grow closer as a result
Yay!! So glad to hear that you're doing well and happy down there! I think it's so awesome that you had the courage to just pick up and move to a whole new city like that.
My dad's diabetic and has episodes like that. It's scary, isn't it?
Wow, scary story! I'm glad he turned out to be ok!
Good luck in your new city. I LOVE LOVE LOVE DC and would do anything to live there again! Some of my favorite bars are in Adams Morgan and Georgetown, too (although Georgetown is inundated with college kids!).
So happy that Damien is ok! I'm sure that was scary!
Its great to hear that you love DC! Enjoy this time! Some days will be tough, but in the end totally worth it
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Glad that Damien is OK now - that must have been so scary.
Glad everything is going well so far in DC! I love that city - I'm sure you'll have a blast. What section are you living in?
Wow... glad D is okay!!
Have fun in the new city!! You'll enjoy exploring your 'new world' and yes, please keep posting here!
thanks girls!!!!
it is a huge change, but an awesome one. i just got home and have been out and about all day and it was fabulous. what a freakin' awesome city haha.
and toni, i am living in the capitol hill district. oh sooo pretty lol!?
Sorry to hear about the boy but glad everything worked out!
Enjoy DC, I love it there! DH and I both work for the US Dept. of State so we are sent to DC for trainings a few times a year, if I let him we would totally move down there! I can't help it, I'm a Jersey girl and I'm not going anywhere south of Gloucester County, lol. DH will have to settle for our work trips to gethis DC fix.
Enjoy your new home!
Wow, Jaci...that must have been so scary! I'm glad that he's ok though
I'm glad that everything worked out and I hope you have a blast down in DC! Live it up!