Happy Saturday!

Hello everyone!

I was scared I wasn't going to get to post again this week because Ren ate my charger! I guess that would be the blogger equivalent of the dog ate my homework LOL. but seriously this little cutie is getting the rest of her teeth in and has been chewing her way through almost everything including my charger leaving me with 29%

But I ordered a new charger and thanks to Amazon's 2-day shipping I am fully charged and back in action! And thanks to BarkBox Ren has a whole new set of toys to add to her collection and they should keep her busy and away from my things!

So I'll back to my regular blogging schedule which I just established will be Monday Wednesday & Friday So be sure to stay tuned this week because I promise I have a lot in store for this coming week so I hope you're as excited as I am!

Note: Just because that is when I will be regularly posting on the above listed days doesn't mean I may not add an additional post here and there :)!

Our First Date

Hey Guys!
Last week I shared with you guys the story of how Me & Kai Met and It got a ton of  views
I'm glad my readers love an almost perfect love story as much as I do so get cozy and listen up because It's story time again today

Moki & Kai's first date

Now if you guys think I'm a hopeless romantic you've obviously never met my fiance Kai is the King of grand gestures. For as long as I've been with him which is basically forever he's made every holiday and special occasion truly romantic.

So I guess it's fitting that our first date took place at one of the most romantic places a first date could take place. The carnival, every year twice a year my school would host a fair they called "The bazaar" It was a small fair with a few rides that took place on the field at Our Lady of the Angelus School in Rego Park queens run by the church but we always looked forward to it especially at this age when we were old enough to go without our parents and with our boyfriends instead. 

I remember he picked me up and we went together, tons of my friends were there but to be honest, I don't remember who was there all I remember is me and him and how excited I was to go on my first date ever LOL. He was a true gentleman he paid for everything we got on all the rides even one that I had been too petrified to get on every other time I went to the fair. I remember riding the Ferris wheel last it was perfect it feels like a movie every time I think about it. 

But surprisingly the most memorable things about that night didn't really occur until the very last moments of the night. Right before we left the fair I remember him grabbing my hands and pulling me toward some game "I can't take you home until I win you a teddy bear" I don't know if he noticed me looking at all of the other girls running around with teddy bears, I didn't really care about it that much. OK yes I did so the moment he said those words he made my night I remember him playing that game where you have to shoot the water at the target to fill up a balloon he won and I got this cute little teddy white teddy bear that had green wings and a gold halo I loved that bear, and I still have him to this day. 

But the best part of this date wasn't until we started heading home, in order to get home from my school we had to cross a small bridge. I remember us being on the top part overlooking all the cars on the highway when he grabbed me and kissed me it wasn't our first kiss but it was still magical "Come on what kind of date would I be if I got you home late?" 

Those two moments sold it for me.I loved him and I couldn't help but feel he loved me too :) 

Relationships - The story of how Kai and I met

Happy Thursday everyone!

One more day till Friday and I cannot wait!
This week has been a pretty okay one if I can say the least I am still getting the hang of my new work schedule but this week I was able to make time to do the things I wanted to do as well as the things I needed to do and that's a good week in my book.

Today I wanted to talk about something that may seem a little random but due to the fact that Valentine's Day recently passed a lot of my friends and coworkers have been asking me how I do it. How have I been able to stay happy with the same person at such a young age? As if it is rocket science and yet I really have no answer to that question. Partially because it's not something I think about often I'm too busy you know actually being in my relationship.

But What I can do is tell you about how we met, it may not be the most remarkable or romantic story you've ever heard but to me, it's the Cinderella of all fairytales lol.

May 15,2009

Well in all actuality the story begins April 14, 2009, When fourteen year old me snuck out to a "Teenbash" with my friend Nia. Let the record show that I was never a party girl and to this day parties are not my scene at all but Nia talked me into it and I figure why not. See Nia and I were promoters for these "Teen bashes", we spread the word and sold the tickets and that's just about all the involvement I ever wanted but this time I decided I would tag along. Nia was always going to these parties so I figured it wouldn't hurt to check out what all the hype was all about. 

So we Arrive at this tiny little club in Astoria Queens, I remember it being a pretty gloomy day, it had rained earlier in the evening so it was kind of humid out but since the sun was setting it wasn't too bad. Nia and I got to enter the club before everyone else because we were promoters which really just meant we got to stand inside the doorway before they started letting everyone else in. 

And that's where it happened, we were standing in the doorway just talking passing the time when all of a sudden HE entered. It probably sucks that I cannot remember what he was wearing but if going off his wardrobe at the time I'm pretty sure it was something all black and some pair of Jordans. "I LIKE YOUR HOODIE" a deep voice protruded from behind me and just like that he was gone. 

"Who was he talking to?" I ask Nia she eyes me with this look that screams obviously you as she eyes my brightly colored purple and blue hoodie that zipped all the way up to the hood (remember when that was a thing?) 

Now I must warn you, the next part of the story makes me sound like a total B*tch but I was 14 and not completely comfortable with myself or guys for that matter so I apologize for my pubescent cringe-worthy behavior.

So we finally get into the club and you know how awkward teenagers are.there is that awkward few minutes where everyone just stands around because no one wants to be the first one to dance and have all eyes on them even in the dark lighting of a club. So the music picks up and people start dancing and before you know it everyone is trying to find someone to dance with. This is my number one moment of cringe.So here comes Kai walking all Rico suave like over to me and he asks"Do you want to dance?" and I told responded "um. no" That was my response UM NO! The man that I can now not live without asked me to dance and I told him no. 

But because the universe works in mysterious ways Nia ended up talking to one of his friends which got us bumping into each other again. And at that moment He shoves his Sidekick 08' into my hands with the AIM add a friend screen pulled up (Yes guys it was that long ago).Even though I told this boy no on the dance floor I still entered my AIM into his phone, To this day I cannot tell you why I guess I saw something in him from that night. 

So The night ended up with me and Nia getting in cab her dad called for us, taking it to her place and me lying in the bed her and her dad set up for me because at the time I basically lived there we spent so much time together. I laid in that bed all night signing in and out of aim just to get his attention. You guys remember the sound sidekicks would make when people signed off or on aim, it either sounded like a door opening or closing, yeah I was a little bit crazy but it worked LOL. We spoke a little bit that night and from that point on he's had my heart!

What about me?

Hey guys just wanted to once again apologize for the lack of posting occurring the past two weeks but a lot has been going on and I am trying to get my rhythm back and reform a routine based on my new work schedule.

I feel in order to better connect with my readers I should give you all a little more insight into my life, sure I gave you a little taste with my intro post and Various other personal posts I have scattered here and there on the blog. But the truth is there is absolutely nothing simple about my life.

I will not pretend to be this all put together person because I am not, I am a 22-year-old young woman who has gotten to a point in her life where she is desperately trying to decide what it is she was meant to do on this forsaken planet.  I am so excited to begin taking this journey to finding myself and I am even more excited to be sharing it with others with hopes of being a source of inspiration to those at a similar point in their life.

So today I wanted to kind of take a break and give you the rundown on

Who Is Moki?

So I guess the most important thing is how I got the nickname Moki, well from a very young age I had two nicknames Mo and NaeNae typical nicknames for the name Monae. But as I got older I grew tired of Naenae and wanted something a little bit more mature I guess, so I settled for Mo and it stuck with me throughout high school. Moki came into play because my fiance felt Mo had a more masculine aura about it and didn't really represent my girly nature lol. So he combined the first initials of my first name Monae and my middle name and Kiyanna , and MoKi was born. 

I was born in Brooklyn New York at Wyckoff hospital on October 11,1995 to the two most awesome parents I Could ever ask for. I personally hate it when people say "I was fortunate enough to have both parents in my life." Because I know tons of people who grew up with one parent in their home and are doing just fine.I didn't have much growing up but my parents always made sure we were good and that we were well-rounded individuals which is why I never sought out to be materialistically rich. I'd rather have a rich soul full of experiences and treasured memories. 

My parent's raised me on the musical likings of Jill Scott, Erica Badu, Tupac, Lauren Hill, TLC, to name a few, the greats. My father knows good music and to this day shows me that it is always worth looking for the music in life no matter how difficult it is. My dad has been making music in my house for as long as I could remember. I remember being barely 6 climbing onto a chair to be able to reach my dad's microphone just so I could spout nonsense, that to him was musical genius to be sampled onto songs he made himself. My dad is the source of my extreme pride he's always told me I can do anything I put my mind to (He's actually been telling me to start a blog for years).Which is why I'll never settle for anything less than greatness.

My mother has raised me into the woman I am today, strong, independent and hardworking. My mom has worked her behind off for everything in life and shows me that there is no age limit to achieving your dreams. My mom is currently in the works of making one of her lifelong dreams of bringing her aromatherapy creations beloved by my family to the masses. My mom is definitely a huge source of inspiration for me ! She actually is the reason I began pursuing my own online business which I promise I will tell you all about sometime really soon.

So when I was about 7 years old my mom told me she was pregnant with my brother, if I am going to be completely honest here I wasn't exactly thrilled I really wanted a little sister at the time but now that I look back and have experiences the hell my friends with little sisters had to go through I coudln't be happier. Everything I do is to show my brother that anything is possible. he's come a long way  he's doing pretty well in school and he plays basketball seriously and he's really a pretty good kid he's about to be 16 this coming august and I still can't believe it it seems like just yesterday I was leaning of carrier waiting for the days he could talk to me and now he says things that literally have me on the brink of tears ( we both got my dad's humor).

So now for the main question I get asked on the regular...

Why Did I Move to North Carolina?

It surprises me how often I get asked this question by people who live here in Fayetteville, As a New Yorker have extreme pride for my city even the bad parts.

But here in Fayetteville it seems to be a town full of people who didnt exactly choose to be here but still ended up here for tons of various reasons and decided to stay. Fayetteville is a huge army town home of one of the biggest military bases Fort Bragg as well as Pope Air force base.

But what brings this big city girl to this little town you ask? I wish I could really tell you some life changing experience happened or something like that but All I Can say is I needed a change, New York is a great big beautiful city and I LOVE it with all my heart but living there is extremely expensive and to be honest it bored me a little. And it gave me sense of helplessness knowing that I was saving up money to basically still be struggling to handle it all in the near future.

So We packed up our bags and headed south !

Who is we you asked ?

The love of my life of course ! We've been together for about 9 years now and he's just completely awesome and super supportive ! I'll talk about him more later on probably for Valentine's day because I don't want this post to be years long LOL.

So yeah currently Fayetteville has become my cute little home and I am not exactly in love with it but it is beginning to feel more and more like home everyday and if what I have planned this year works out I think I will be absolutely in love with it very soon LOL.