Background...

Almost 2.5 years ago I met a very special guy, my Jakey (aka Jake)... We went out with a few mutual friends and had some good conversations and i left thinking, he's a really cool, cute and great guy.  About a month later we hung out again with a few friends and really hit it off.  From there our relationship grew stronger and stronger but the only problem... Jake was about to move to LA.  We decided that although the distance wasn't ideal making the relationship work was way worth it!

Jake lives in Hermosa Beach (south LA) and I live in Pacific Beach (San Diego)... Our weeks usually consisted of phone calls/text messages etc Mon-Friday, then Friday evening one of us would make the 2-3 hr drive to see the other person and we'd spend every waking moment of the weekend together and then say our sad goodbyes on Sunday evening.  We are lucky enough to get to see each other just about every weekend... but it's still been hard not getting to spend more time together.

About a 9 months after we started dating Jake started looking for a job back in San Diego... We both went to SDSU and Jake loves San Diego as much as I do.  Unfortunately after a year of looking in a very bad San Diego market (Jake is an Aerospace Engineer and there is not a lot of opportunity in SD) I made the decision that I'd start my search to move near Jake.

After about 2 visits a month to Hermosa it really began to grow on me... the beautiful beaches, the strand, the people, etc.  And i really enjoyed making the trip up here.  So after knowing how hard it'd be for Jake to find a job in SD i decided to start looking in the Hermosa area for a job

And that's where my story starts :)

This is a picture of us from the weekend when we really hit it off :)