Weekly Shout Out

I have completely failed at the Weekly Shout Out.  My bad.  With the holidays and all that, I just forgot.  For those of you who know me well, you know that I do not have a good memory when it comes to a lot of things.  I like to think its charming, one of those things that you can't get mad at, because its just so "me."  But probably its really easy to find annoying, so sorry!

But the first shout out of 2011 goes to someone who, if they don't find it charming, at least doesn't hold it against me.  And that person is my boyfriend Andrew.  It just so happens that today is Andrew's 23rd birthday, so he gets the dual honor of being the first shout out this year and getting a huge "Happy Birthday" from BWBA.

Happy Birthday, Andrew!

That's pretty huge, yeah?  Anyway, Andrew gets the shout out for many reasons, being born today, and surprising me on New Year's Eve among them.  But  Andrew gets the shout out for many other reasons.  He puts up with me and all my crap better than almost anyone I know.  He also sometimes knows my mind better than I do.  Often, when I don't know why I feel a certain way, I ask him to tell me and he almost always gets it right.  It is super freaky.

Andrew is also one of the sweetest people I know.  He is very considerate, and romantic.  In fact, if it weren't for him, we'd probably be just friends, because in real life, I'm not really all that romantic.  He is also funny and very sharp dresser (thanks, in part, to me and Ann, though the material was there, we just molded it a bit).  And the number one reason Andrew gets the shout out is because he understood why hadn't yet given him one.  I'm not the type of girl who loves talking about her boyfriend.  I sometimes get annoyed with people who can't stop talking about their significant other, and I would never want to put somebody else through that.  So I am often overly careful about being too praiseworthy of Andrew to others.  This is stupid, but its something that I do.  And Andrew understands this, and does not hold it against me.  So that is why he gets this shout out this week.  Oh, and because I love him.