A while back you may remember I went to DC and when I got back I said I'd post some pictures from my visit. Well here are those photos, there aren't that many I'm afraid as my mind was on more important things, as you'll probably see from the pictures. Hmmm... it would probably help if I went into the story of how I found myself to be in DC....

The full story of my trip to DC actually starts way back in April (Thursday April 20th to be exact), when out of the blue I got an e-mail from regular Lazylaces visitor and commentor Kaya (or Jennifer irl as I found out). Jennifer wished me a belated happy birthday, told me how much she liked Lazylaces, and, perhaps most surprisingly, how she thought I was "too cute". Well you have to understand that that sort of thing doesn't happen to me everyday so I had to respond, especially as she seemed too cute herself. Well one e-mail lead to another, and then instant messaging (God bless Google Chat), and soon enough we were talking on the phone. We just sort of clicked. Before we knew it the weekend had gone and on the Tuesday I booked my flights to DC!

There then followed a whole frustrating month of phone calls as we waited for the date of my flight out to arrive, but as we talked more and more, we fell more and more in love. There was nothing we couldn't talk about, and by the time I was due to fly to Washington we knew all would go well. However it was still a relief for both of us when I finally got through immigration at Dulles airport and we jumped on each other and we both just knew it was right.

Being in Washington was fun, I had never been to The Sates before, but of course the best thing for both of us was just being together. We had the best time seeing her friends and family, and travelling around to Baltimore, DC and Annapolis, but the main thing was to spend as much time together as possible. We found that we were, and even though I'm back in the UK now we still are, insanely happy. Getting on that flight home was one of the hardest things I have ever done in my life.

We're now back to a world of phone calls since we are apart, but we're already looking forward to Jennifer visiting here in August (only the flights left to book), and we already have my trip back out to DC organised for Christmas.

So that's pretty much the story of my trip to DC. It most definitely will not be my last, and in the meantime Jennifer and I are hogging the international phone lines between the UK and the US. Apologies if you've been trying to make an international call yourself and all the lines have been busy, but I can reassure you that our call was more important.

I'll keep you updated with Jennifer and I's news in the diary section of Lazylaces, but in the meantime, back to some games...

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Graeme, you winner! congratulations!!@!

I am thrilled for you both. xxx

oh, p.s. --- i can't tell which i'm most excited by, the news that you're in love, or the news that you WEREN'T in DC for some stupid g33k conference. lol!

p.p.s. you definitely are "too cute." and so is Kaya!

First time post-er, long time fan. I am sick of you guys with your accents coming to the states and stealing our women!!!! Is that your master plan? Hook us on games and then sneak in and have your way with our ladies? DAMNNNNN YOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUU!!!!

Seriously - nice work - love hits ya in all different ways - you better thank your stars for P&C!

DidYouSeeRoy....yes, it was the accent!! ( just kidding of course!) and I thank my stars everyday for pnc games as I am the happiest girl in the world!

Graeme...Jennifer...

Congratulations to the both of you. There is nothing more wonderful than falling in love. =0) I had a hunch there was a really really good reason for the visit to the US... (next time you're here, consider a stop here in Florida [wink] )

Stacey
*raising my Cosmopolitan... CHEERS*

Congrats Graeme, wow, I love love. She is adorably cute, and by the way, I think you are cute too. I think we all need to come up with celebrity infused name like tomkat, or bennifer. Anyone got any ideas???

awww thats quality mate

You two look euphoric! Congratulations on finding each other in this crazy world. Ain't love grand?

Graeme and Jennifer...you two look like a match made in heaven. I wish you the best of luck in your lives together. Congratulations!

...after thought...how does one get caught up on an accent while reading text? hmmmmm

Bless you make such a cute couple!!!
Guess there is some hope out there!!!!!

Illy

Hey way to go Graeme, hope she's a gamer!

Stacy, i just saw X-men III (completely disposable), and afterwards wondered to my friends why the major characters had British accents. (they couldn't figure it out either, other than that Brit-speak "sounds cool" to Yanks, which it certainly does.)
but one friend mentioned that "the X-men comics also had Professor Xavier speaking with a British accent," which led me to imagine the comics showing him saying things like "Pip pip! Cheerio! I say, rotten shot, old man!" (or maybe "I was shocked to hear on the news programme that some of these men were living in the centre of my neighbourhood, about 20 metres from my favourite theatre" -- cut-&-pasted from the Onion.)
but it turned out that she was talking about some TV show.

sorry, off-topic i know. (did i mention that i was FRIST!?)

just like DidYouSeeRoy, i'm a first timer here, but i've been visiting for quite a while. congrats on finding each other, and i hope you get to see each other as often as you can.

Vive L'Amour!!

How romantic!

Too cute!! I am so happy for you both.......i'm thinking....online wedding yea that would be great then we(ur fans) will be able to participate in ur happiness....well when you both get to that point haha congrats!

Nice couple! You gotta pop "the question" mate!

omg .. congrats .. u guys .. u look totally adorable ...

Aww the both of you look adorable. =3

Congratulations Graeme. =3

Oooh~~ Good to hear that. =)
No wonder you visited DC~!!!. =D How sweet~!!
All the best both of ya... take care.

Tafkam, No doubt that a sexy accent and Lady Killer Smile would get to anyone with the least bit of romantic passion...
I must admit when I first starting coming to this great site, I had no idea who anyone was. I figured that I found a great place to PNC and that was that. Then I started to read the posts and saw that there was a bit of a family thing going on here. Looked a little deeper and found out a bit more of Graeme and I then a funny thing started to happen, I began reading his posts with an accent.
I am actually typing in an accent right now...do you hear it? lol
OK..this has nothing to do with much of anything, so ta-ta
hey, did you see that I was #13? good number

yes, that's the lovely thing about LL, you can read it at any level you like, from posting "first! oh oops, i mean thrid," to walkthroughs and spoilers, actual helpful comments, to in-jokes, to flame wars, to (VERY occasionally) Graeme's own posts. always a treat. (and in an adorable British accent, natch.)

but it's amusing to watch people figure out that "hey, this site isn't even in the US! WHAT time does he think it is? wtf?"

but i'm ashamed to admit i can't make out your accent. but then, when i was in England, i felt like i was adopting a British accent, and i asked my friend if i was starting to sound British, and she said "no, you just sound like you're imitating some upper-class twit." lol. so much for being cosmopolitan.

so Kaya, you HAVE to go to Britain (or at least England) and start learning about the accents (i knew someone from the Midlands, i could NOT make out what he was saying, even when it turned out to be my own name -- my favourite line of his was when i debated whether i could drink a second pint of ale, and he said something that sounded like "ah woon't bawthuh goin OUT fr jus tooo paynts"), and about lifts and bonnets and brollies and torches, and REPORT BACK TO US!

(Graeme, she WILL be getting her own sub-site, right? or are you waiting until the pre-nup is all worked out?)

Tafkam: Stop mind reading. Just wait dammit!

hey c'mon, this is like a pnc game! clicking relentlessly all over the photo, hoping to find a clue...

congratz graeme & kaya !
u guys look very cute n happy together!!!!
thank god for internet!
greetings from Venezuela
evy*

That is TOO cute!!!
Best wishes, guys.

Tafkam: Stop clicking. Try here: <a href="http://jenniferandgraeme.com/">jenniferandgraeme.com</a>. We'll be adding more stuff there soon :o)

OMFG. fall in love with a g33k and see what you get. this is just the countdown for your next meeting??! i can't WAIT to see what happens for the other little dates in your lives -- e.g. the one-year anniversary of your first date. (you'd better not forget THAT one, count-down boy!)

just remember the words of wisdom uttered by Billy Crystal in "When Harry Met Sally":

Harry Burns: You take someone to the airport, its clearly the beginning of the relationship. That's why I have never taken anyone to the airport at the beginning of a relationship.
Sally Albright: Why?
Harry Burns: Because eventually things move on and you don't take someone to the airport and I never wanted anyone to say to me, How come you never take me to the airport anymore?
Sally Albright: Its amazing. You look like a normal person but actually you are the angel of death.

Congratulations Graeme, she's hot!

Been coming to this site for a couple years now...but don't post much. Very happy for both of you!! I think that all of us regulars to this site should receive invitations to the wedding! :)

Congrats!

You look wonderful togerther, Graeme & Jennifer. Good luck and I hope you'll be happy together.

:-) Brilliant news, you two :-)

awwwww thats sooo sweet!
congrats the two of u!
hope ur gona webcast the wedding we all want to watch!!
Hope Jennifer doesnt mind having a famous bloke!
:-)

Way to go Graeme. Strengthening the english, american bonds. (Insert cheesy porno music here). lots of luck to both of you

This is so sweet! You have raised a profound smile in the soul of a habitual cynic. Jen, Grea, I wish you every blessing in this new adventure. Please remember: when it get's difficult, that's where it counts.

Be here now (for one another).


A.

OMG! how awsome for you both. i did something very similar to you guys just over a year ago not as far as london - DC more like south wales - yorkshire but u get the drift i went all the way up there had a fabulous time now im living there happyer than ever with a new lover.

hopfully everything will pan out just as well for you too

best of luck
xxx

Thank you to *everyone* who has posted such wonderful comments. I feel truly blessed to have met this wonderfully devilish man and am touched by so many here wishing us the best! (smiles) I guess one never knows where they will be shown the light, but serendipity must have surely played a part. Now if only it could speed up the time until I get to London!!!

aaaaaaw!good luck and everything,graeme

Congrets. Nice koppel.........:-)

hey you two hope all goes well for the both of you i lost mine in USA she live's in MN and i hope some day we can be back together but good luck and congrats from wiltstake care and thanks for a great site

How cute ^^

Oh and I never knew you had to stay that far away from the White House.
Has it always been like that or is this since happened the 9/11 events?

Congratulations Jennifer, he's hot.
Congratulations Graeme, she's hot.
Congratulations both of you... now I'll sing a song.

Hurray for Graemifer !!!!!!!

you should change the name of the site to loveylaces

haha, actually maybe you shouldn't thats kinda lame...

Any chance of a walkthrough?

;o)

That is such a cute story! Hold on tight because this type of thing only happends once in a lifetime.

It's always such a pleasure to see two people finding love together. Congrats, you guys :)

Although I gotta say. If I weren't already in a very happy relationship of my own....Kaya, I would be SO jealous of you right now for snagging the cute Englishman before I got a chance to try!!

(totally kidding....kind of ;) )

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