4th - 8th April

It had been a while since we had seen each other and a lot happened in our personal lives, but one of the biggest things that has happened is Levi getting a job. We had no idea how this was going to affect us as she would be working and despite having extra money she also had a new horse to care for. I'm unsure if I have mentioned before, but Levi has horses.

4th April, Friday

Friday was basically spent travelling. So there was all the fun of changing trains with a bit of a headache, but the excitement of seeing her again kept the worst of it at bay. When I saw her, everything felt alright again and I could smile. 

5th April, Saturday

I didn't see her all day as she was at work but it was okay because I went shopping with her mum, had a coffee and a chat about things and then was there for Levi when she was done at work.

After we picked her up from work, we headed to the stables and I saw her new horse. She (the horse) was beautiful. Very much like one I used to ride when I was younger.

After sorting out the food, a little training and brushing the horses we headed home for food and snuggles.

6th April, Sunday

As the Monday was Levi's little sister birthday, it was time for a family meal. A lot of family turned up that i hadn't met before and it was an experience. I had never known children so loud. After a few minutes waiting for the family to arrive we headed to a pub for lunch. Unfortunately with the size of the party (13 - unlucky for some) we couldn't get in at the original place, so ended up going to Frankie and Bennies which was only next door. 

Levi took me to Frankie and Bennies a while ago and I loved it so I couldn't wait for more and it didn't disappoint. I love food. We both love food.

After eating we went to the horses again to show Levi's nan's her new horse. They loved them, and was surprised how timid they were.

7th April, Monday 

We were awoken at 7:30am by a very excited eight year old shouting at us that it was her birthday and we had to get up so she could open her presents. Very reluctantly we got up and dragged ourselves in Levi's mum's room only to be greeted by Levi's sister surrounded by gifts. It was so sweet. 

As it was so early we struggled to stay awake and napped for an hour or so hoping that the rain would ease so we could go out. I was tired yet giddy with excitement because Levi had planned a surprise for me, and I'm normally the one who plans surprises. Unfortunately when we woke up the rain was still coming down and hammering on the windows so we couldn't go to the one place. However, we went into the town near Levi's and went for Nando's then shopped.

Well I shopped and spoilt Levi. I brought her a lovely dress which she has said she is going to wear for Pride in Birmingham next month and some nail varnish.With buying myself things as well my bank balance was sad. Just looking at it made me feel sick, I cannot believe how much I spent that day.

Finally the spending ended with a trip to Costa (anyone that knows me knows I cannot stand Costa, but as near Levi there isn't a Starbucks a Costa had to do the job.)

We ended the day snuggled up watching Frozen which was amazing.

8th April, Tuesday

Normally the day I go home is full of tears and snuggles but today was surprise day. HIPHIPHOORAY!!

She wouldn't tell me anything about the surprise, only that we had to get a train and change somewhere. I watched through the window as we passed every station we had got off previously, and Levi said that she hadn't been this far out on the train before - only buses.We arrived at our change station and had to buy our tickets as Levi's home station doesn't have a ticket booth thing. This was when I found out the town we were heading to. It rang a bell for something, but I wasn't sure why.

As we waited for our change train, it was chilly so I brought us the scrummiest hot chocolate. It had cream, crushed Oreo and marshmallows on. It ended up huge, I carefully drank mine trying not to get a cream moustache but Levi had to eat her cream ect with a spoon and then continued to use the spoon to drink her hot chocolate.

After a very short train journey we arrived at the town, walked up a huge hill which seemed to last forever and used my phone as a sat nav. Levi felt like we were going the wrong way so we had to get good ol' Google maps out. As we walked up the hill I spotted a sign post, it had a logo I recognised and made me hope we were going there.

As we got closer the signposts became more frequent and I began to get excited. We turned into some gates and yes! We were going to the signposted place. It was a decent trek through the grounds to the house and dedicated gardens but Levi had taken me to a National Trust house and gardens. It was so beautiful and well worth the walk, she really does know what I like so well.

*Hums he knows me so well tune*

After a few hours spent at the place we had to get the train back to hers. That was when it began to hit us both, I had to go home and I didn't want to go. We potentially had 50 days before seeing each other at Birmingham Pride, but we both knew that we couldn't do that. It was going to be too hard. I have no idea how couples like Kaelyn and Lucy spend nearly half the year apart.

After sitting in her room, cuddling and teary eyed we spoke about spending a weekend together  early may. So now we need to see when we can do that and make it plausible.

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19th February: Delayed Valentines & Wicked!

As we woke up, I was panicking. Panicking that we wouldn't be able to make the showing of Wicked that day, as I hadn't managed to keep the surprise and now she was looking forward to it. 

Oh, I had been at Levi's house for four days before this day but there were very standard days - waking up, sorting out the horses in the stables, entertaining the kids, eating and then back to bed. To be honest these days were just as good because we were together. I say were because I'm writing this as I'm on my train home. How I wish I could be travelling back to hers rather than back home. Oops, I forgot something! On the Sunday we went to Maidstone (her nearest town) because she had to go to Specsavers for lenses, but they ordered the wrong ones. Stupid Specsavers! As we waited around for them to tell us they'd fucked, we had food! Food is a big thing for us, we love food!

Anyway back to Febuary, 19th, we rushed around knowing we had to get the 0928 train to London Victoria and us being us we hate getting up early. When we got into London - yes, we made the train - we went to McDonalds. We made the infamous Maccies breakfast! Levi went first, she wanted a bacon and egg McMuffin - she ended up with a sausage and egg as we got there two mins before they changed the menus - I wanted that! Then when I wanted what she had just been given, I got given a double sausage and egg McMuffin because she'd just had the last single sausage one.

Now to Wicked. I queued. I got to the till. No more day tickets. Sad face. Go outside. Complain. Realise we could've got other tickets. Went back (I'd only waked around the corner). Got tickets - and for only £10 more. Yay, we were going to see Wicked!

But first...

Both of us wanted the loo as well as a drink, so because of having a few hours to spare we journeyed to Oxford Circus. After a Starbucks, we ended up in Hamleys. We love Hamley's. 

After playing with the toys, we knew that we wouldn't have time to do a walk down Southbank after the show as we planned to go to Chipotle and She bar. But before catching the tube to Waterloo, we HAD to go to Hummingbird Bakery.

So now with our cupcakes in hand it was off to off to Waterloo!

 Levi had her camera on her so she was incredibly camera happy, and we got photo-bombed by a seagull.

Before we headed back, we spotted a garden with a cute water fountain, only to discover that it was the St Thomas Hospital garden, so we also got a photo there.

And then found our own lock bridge in London.

But then it was more rushing because we hadn't realised how we had let the time get away from us, so back to wicked!

For some reason I had thought that. It should've taken us longer to get back to Victoria, but we had half an hour to kill before going in to the theatre when we had arrived back to Victoria station. Which could only mean one thing, to the pub! Yes we eat and drink a lot! But we like food and drink!

Eventually we made it to our seats in the theatre after queuing outside and buying a program each! Actually I'm now reminded that I have something for Levi in my bag that I meant to give her, oh well she will have to wait!

After the show we were in awe, Williemijn Verkaik's voice was amazing! It was so powerful and emotional, we have both listened to the soundtrack maaaaaany times but nothing can explain her voice. We were both in tears at many points, but defying gravity... Woah!

Now off to Chipotle!

Mmmmmm..... More food! Burrito!

At this point my phone died so trying to explain to a friend where we were was amusing, considering she lives in London she has no idea where anywhere is. About half an hour after we arrived there, she found us, which meant onwards to She!

I had a rough idea where it was, but it was hidden so well that it took 10-15minutes to actually find it. Eventually, we found it and it was so chic and sexy - the bar staff were gorgeous too! All three of us noticed!

After a drink, a catch up and walking the wrong way to the station, we made our way home.

The day way perfect.

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LDR question challenge.

I found this on Instagram a few days ago and each answer should be written on a separate day but I'm impatient so I'm going to write then all in one post today.

Our names: Kim & Levi

Our date: 19/12/12

Our song: We actually have a playlist of songs but the one that means most to us is; your song by Elton John

Our favourite picture: This one is hard because we have so many but possibly one of the first because it's a special moment to us. 

This was a photo from our first date. Chipotle. 

Future plans: at the moment our plans are to move in together by the end of next year and get married. Levi wants children but I'm still really unsure about that and would much rather have loads of pets. 

First meeting: Our first meeting was on the 26th Jan 2013 in London. 

Distance apart: 177 miles.

Joint couple name: I really don't think we have one. We have 'pet names' that we sort of came up with within the first few months which are Jellyfish and Koala.

Website: We have a joint tumblr, the URL derives from our 'pet names' and it's koallyfish1912.tumblr.com as well as twitters: @herfemmegirl and @hersappho. 

What you love about them: this is really hard to keep to a few lines because there is so much, the things that jump to mind though for a short summary are; she's like my best friend, lover and so much more rolled into one, she's never judges me - I can honestly tell her anything, she's so easy to trust, she's the only one that can deal with my moods and not freak out and most importantly she loves me for who I am. 

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The rainbow is full of love, however reality has grey areas.

Until recently I had not realised how "grey" society is due to hatred. Don't get me wrong I have experienced hate due to my sexuality as well as many other things in my life. It took me a while to believe that hate did not reflect who I am but who the people are spreading the hate. However some individuals never reach that, and the hate touches them personally. 

I have always been an advocate of talking things through and trying to subvert the stereotype. Whether that's to do with what a woman is "supposed to be", what a lesbian is, or what certain conditions are.

There are so many malicious individuals online, I would call them people - but some go beyond what a human is, some are just so full of hatred that they have been drained of all humanity. The hate that these people are mindlessly throwing on to the internet could do more than they realise. To take homophobia as an example because that's one of the things that riles me the most, and one thing I have been speaking out about a lot today on many social networking sites. Not only do people hide behind religion for their hatred, but justify it by using their god and religious text. 

These individual's state that the homosexual life is "wrong" and "chosen", however by using some of their justifications it proves that they are blinded by hate and their lives are grey because of this. Allow me to demonstrate my point with pictures:

However they do not realise that they probably pass more than one gay person on the street daily, as statistics state that 1-in-10 people are gay or have gay tendencies (gay, lesbian or bisexual), and these words of hate could lead to personal harm or worse.

I am not going to lie or hide that certain things have really touched me in my personal life. I let words beat me down several times, but I will not get into this right now. Maybe at some point I will post my story, but right now this is not the time. 

My main reason behind this post is just to have a bit of a rant and provide some sort of support if anyone has been affected by such hate. 

My twitter: www.twitter.com/hersappho
Our tumblr ask: www.koalalyfish1912.tumblr.com/ask

If you want more posts like this, please let me know!

- Kim (koala)

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