he's some kind of wonderful.

Six months ago and approximately 2 hours ago from today, Jonathan Jerdan professed he liked me in a snow-filled parking lot and inquired if I would like to go out with him sometime, to which my heart leapt. I responded an enthusiastic "YES" and leapt into the air.

Approximately 2 hours ago from right now, Jonathan Jerdan inquired in an email if I would be home this evening, to which I responded "yes."

Then 30 minutes later sent a message from his blackberry stating "Talk 2 U in about 10 minutes." To which I responded mentally (having just come out of the shower), "I think I better brush my hair."

Exactly 10 minutes later there was a knock on my door. After peeping through the peep-hole in the door and seeing his beautiful French visage, I opened the door and fell giddy with glee into this tremendous man's arms. And proceeded to giggle for minutes and minutes on end.

Surprises are nice. Particularly these types.

He then whisked me away to Tyson's Corner, where we settled on Brio's Tuscan Grille for dinner. It was sublime. Absolutely sublime. The food was good too.

And we laughed, and talked, delighted in food and each others company. I think there are some occasions in life that transcend time. This would be one of them.

About 20 minutes ago he dropped me off at my door stop (as, while occasions such as this appear to transcend time, they in actuality don't and we both must work tomorrow), gave me yet another hug, and hopped into his car, and is en route to Annapolis. And as I sit here typing away on this blog waiting for his safe return home, I remain tremendously surprised, a bit shocked, and happy. Happy happy happy.

My heart wasn't aware that it had the capacity for quite this much joy, however the past six months of Jon's presence, his sharing of his life and time, and his sheer delight in myself, have given me plenty of opportunity to discover how much joy and delight God has enabled my heart to experience. I'm wordless for describing what these months have meant. And I remain, as always, tremendously grateful for Jon's continual steady, reliable, and surprising presence in my life.

If there is a cloud nine, I am on it. And definitely on course for cloud ten.