There is a story that I often tell about Sean when I’m feeling Ornery that Sean doesn’t so much appreciate me sharing. Here goes the short version of the story: The 1st Christmas that Sean & I were dating we had exchanged Christmas Gifts with one another and for at least a couple weeks prior to the occasion he had been boasting about how much I was going to LOVE the gift he got me!!! So we had only been dating for 4 months, so it wasn’t all that serious, BUT he bought me a bottle of RAIN X!!!
Yeap, that was my gift. I at some point told him that I was tired of trying to get the hard water spots off my shower door so the Man in him fixed that problem. He even smeared it all over the windshield of my jeep for me that very same day 
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That same year, shortly after Christmas he took me to Mississippi & Louisiana for New Years to meet his family and to go on a hunting trip with his Uncle. We flew into Mississippi and spent a couple of days with his Dad & borrowed one of his Dad’s many cars which happened to be a Lexus to drive to Louisiana to meet his extended family and go hunting. That there them parts of the country I had never been too & had never spent any time with Cajun people before. We arrived to Pecan Island to his Uncle’s hunting Cabin/Camp which to my surprise was quite nice. The next morning we woke before the crack of dawn and rode with his Aunt, Uncle, and Brother to an Alligator Invested Swamp where his Uncle drove his “Go Devil” Boat into the water and drove Sean, Michael, and I to a Hunting Blind….IE: a floating piece of wood on top of the swamp camouflaged in branches. His Uncle drove off in his boat to another part of the Swamp where him and his wife sat in another blind to hunt the morning away for Ducks.
So basically, I’m sitting in an Alligator infested Swamp with my boyfriend of 4 months with no way to escape except for at the Mercy of whenever his Uncle feels the desire to come back and get us from this Duck Blind with his boat with thoughts of my week prior Christmas Gift of RAIN X & no Shot Gun to kill the man next to me!!!!
After 2 days of this Luxurious Hunting trip we drove back to Mississippi to ring in the New Year and then back home to WA we would go.
The running joke soon became: If you really loved me you would buy me a Red Lexus!!
This past year My Jeep of 7 yrs finally ate the dust and I decided it was time I needed to buy a new Car. Sean asked what I wanted, I told him a Red Lexus, a few weeks later he had bought me a White Toyota Highlander (which I disliked very much). A few weeks later after that, I took the Highlander and traded it in for a Red Jeep (which he disliked very much).
A couple days ago, on the 30th Sean picked me up from work and took me to where he had bought me a Pretty Red Christmas/New Years Gift……………..
A Red Lexus, much like the one his Dad let us borrow.
I better go get my Hunting Boots Packed, I have a feeling at any moment he is going to tell me we are on our way to Louisiana to go Hunting with the Gators again
He said as he handed me the keys: This is your Christmas Gift, DO NOT TELL THE STORY AGAIN OR I’M TAKING IT BACK!!!!!!!!!
Disclaimer: Our stay on Pecan Island was very nice. Sean’s Aunt and Uncle have a Beautiful Home on their Hunting Camp. His Uncle, a once Chef in New Orleans feed me to the tilt with his amazing Cajun Cooking. I really did have a Great time, everything was so fun & I Loved exploring that part of the Country. Except the part on the Swamp with the Alligators! Can’t wait to go again, but this time I’m bringing my own shot gun!
