happy birthday to me!  happy pappy birthday to me!  thank you to all of you who remembered and called or left messages for me.  it was the best birthday and weekend ever!

my love Tony surprised me on Thursday at Coffee Depot where I was meeting Brigitte because i thought i was going to have lunch with her.  He and Brigitte had been planning it out since Sunday! gahh.. they hid it so well.  When I got there she said that she had something for me and I was so confused, like "What?  What are you talking about?  Why would you waste your money and get something for me?"  Then she had Estif hold my eyes shut while she brought Tony out.  He walks up to me while my eyes are closed and kissed me.  Dang, wow.. I was so shocked and amazed because I was so convinced that I was not going to see him on my birthday.  Dang, I even cried because I thought I wouldn't see him.  Wow, Tony is so awesome.  I went to lunch with him at the place that I thought I was going to with Brigitte.  We had lamb.. yumm.. lamb..

he surprised me with flowers!! and chocolate!! yay! i look weird in this picture.  wow my room is messy. how embarrassing.. haha.. with my socks and towel on the bed..

i took him to the office for our Friday Executive Trainings and also because he's never seen the office before.  Everybody I introduced him to thought he was either my guest or one of my new reps.

We went to long beach on Saturday for a Regional Training Event with RVP Spencer Hunn, RVP Tim Herr, and RVP Byron Nelson.  We were sitting two seats away from Spencer Hunn.  wow.. it was exciting.  When we were on a lunch break this lady from Redondo Beach asked us if we were married.  Haha.. wow.. it's too early to be planning so we told her that we're not married yet.  It's so great to go out with somebody that is also in the business because there is such a deep level of understanding that you wouldn't be able to recieve from somebody who isn't working with the company and so doesn't understand what you are so passionate about.

Afterwards we stopped off in irvine and went to the Irvine Spectrum.  We had dinner at Dave and Buster's.  We went shopping for pants because Erika needs pants.   He got more excited to take me shopping than i did.  haha.. he wants to urbanize me with brown clothes.  he also got me a certificate to use at a spa and salon in Alameda.  It is very exciting.. i have never been to a spa before. 

The best part about it all was just getting to spend some time with my beautiful Tony.  I don't get to see him for another two weeks.  I miss him so much and I can't wait to see him again.  Tony is sooo sweet.  Wow.. sometimes I still can't believe my luck.. to find somebody like him.  It's still kind of early in the relationship but we are so into each other. 

I went to visit Iva at UCLA last Sunday and I was talking to her about Tony and I, and wise wise Iva, she told me that if I make it to two years with him that I should marry him.  I told Tony that and he said that it's not a matter of if, it's just a matter of when.  How incredible is that?  It's so freaking incredible!!

 TONY AND ERIKA TIMES INFINITY

suddenly the world seems such a perfect place. suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace. suddenly my life doesn't seem such a waste. it all revolves around you.

erika has found love and she has found it in tony p

me and my honey getting rich together in matching pinstripes so that we can enjoy life together forever as young millionaires and do whatever the hell we want whenever the hell we want wherever the hell we want.

who do you tell when you love someone

hoping that someone's in love with you?

i think i might as well tell you

i hope you don't mind that i put down in words

how wonderful life is now you're in the world

baby i just don't know how to describe how lovely you make me feel inside

you give me butterflies, got me flying so high in the sky

never had i imagined such a feeling

joy is what you bring

i wanna give you everything

i cant control these butterflies

you and i are destiny

And I take to the sky on a natural high, loving you more til the day I die...

take me in your arms, thrill me with all of your charms

only you can make me feel and only you can take me there

you got me doing things that i would never do

i can't stop the way i'm feeling if i wanted to

i cant wait to get next to you

i just cant leave you alone

you stay inside my mind, no denying that

and i wanna let you know i won't ever let you go

and if i could be two places at one time i'd be with you

tomorrow and today, beside you all the way

if the world should stop revolving spinning slowly down to die

i'll spend the end with you

and when the world was through

then one by one the stars would all go out

and you and i would simply fly away

no matter how much time we're apart, i'm always near you

i'm never gonna walk away if the walls come down someday

i'll be there when you call my name

until forever ends, i will be your friend

whatever it is that you do when you do what you're doing

its a feeling i dont understand

i get so weak in the knees i can hardly speak

its not a phase i want you to stay with me by my side

i can't explain why your loving makes me weak

no way can i deny it

cause i'm the kind of girl, you're the kind of guy that can last

and i would give everything i own

give up my life my heart my home

just to have you

cuz i believe in you and me

i believe we will be in love eternally

you will always be the one for me

i believe in dreams again

i believe that love will never end

like the river finds the sea

i was lost but now i'm free

because i believe in you and me

maybe i'm a fool to feel the way i do

but i would play the fool forever to be with you forever

i believe in miracle and love's a miracles

and baby you're my dream come true

i dont ask for much, having you is enough

baby all i want is you

it dont matter that your car is fly

cuz if i'm with you i'll be alright

it's your love that my heart beats for

you make me feel lucky as i can be

you saw a part of me that nobody else could see

and my life's never been the same

when i get to see your face, then there's nothing that i can't do

i see your eyes in the morning sun

i feel you touch me in the pouring rain

and the moment that you wander far from me

i want to feel you in my arms again

i like the way you talk to me, your words are as sweet as gold

if you ever were to leave my world, my life would seem so cold

i like the thoughts you're giving me cuz you're my destiny

a love like yours is rare, it must have been sent from up above

and i know you'll stay this way for always

you're like the sun chasing all of the rain away

when you come around you bring brighter days

you're the perfect one for me and you forever will be

i can't find enough ways to let you know

you take my breath away

feels like the world's at stake cuz i have been waiting for you

some people want it all

i dont want nothing at all if it aint you

some people want diamond rings, everything

but everything means nothing if i aint got you

it dont mean a thing if i aint got you with me baby

heavenly is what you are

you're burning me like a shooting star

there has been no one brighter than you

just one look in your eyes and i see the truth

i can't believe that i feel this way

there is so much that i want to say

we will share every minute til the test of time

you know our love was meant to be

the kind of love to last forever

and i want you here with me from tonight until the end of time

you should know everywhere i go

you're always on my mind, in my heart, in my soul

you're the meaning in my life

you're the inspiration

you bring feeling to my life

at your best, you are love

you're a positive motivating force within my life

i wanna have you near me, have you hear me saying

no one needs you more than i need you

its plain to see, we're so in love when we're together

i never knew such a day could come

i never knew such a love could be inside one

i never knew what my life was for

now that you're here i know for sure

i never knew i could feel like this, like i've never seen the sky before

i want to vanish inside your kiss, every day i'm loving you more and more

i never knew til i looked in your eyes

i wanst complete til the day you walked into my life

i never knew that my heart could feel so precious and pure

so can i just see you every morning when i open my eyes

can i just hear your heart beating beside me every night

can we just feel this way together til the end of all time

can i just spend my life with you?

the weeks and years will roll by but nothing will change the love

i'll never find the words that could explain

just how much my heart my life my soul you've changed

can we tell the whole world i'm your woman and you're my man

can we run to these open arms when no one else understands

can you feel how much i love you from the touch of my hands

you are incredible

no deeper love i've ever known

it's only for you because i love you

you're the flame that sets my soul on fire

that special boy i pray for everynight

that pretty melody that plays over and over again in my head

forever stare at you and never get tired

you stole my heart away

i never thought in a million years that i would feel the way that i feel

how i get butterflies whenever your lips touch mine

it was instantly right from the start

a special bond between you and my heart

how it skips a beat whenever our eyes meet

simply because i love you

i know there'll be differences we have along the way

where our views will not always be the same

but i swear i'll try to hear out your side and compromise

come what may, i will love you until my dying day

listen to my heart can't you hear it sing

telling me to give you everything

suddenly the world seems such a perfect place

suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace

suddenly my life doesnt seem such a waste

it all revolves around you

there's no mountain too high, no river too wide

sing out this song and i'll be there my your side

storm clouds may gather and stars may collide

but only you and you alone can thrill me like you do

and my heart with love for only you

only you can make all this change in me

for its true, you are my destiny

when you hold my hand, i understand the magic that you do

you're my dream come my true, my one and only you

i feel such a true connection

even when you're far away

oceans apart day after day

i will be right here waiting for you

whatever it takes or how my heart breaks

wherever you go, whatever you do

i will be right here waiting for you