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When you first become part of a couple, everyone wants to know how you met, the where's, whys and whatfor's...since ours is a rather unique story, I thought it appropriate to share it with you here, and also since I'm certain that people will get tired of reading about wedding plans and the like long before the big day, I got the bright idea to create a blog just for that purpose :smile.

While this is not a 'private' blog, it is only intended for people who are interested, if you're not, or do not agree with our lives, and you're here anyway, please leave without any flaming comments, or I will not hesitate to ban you.
You have been warned.

Part 1

It happened on a Tuesday, March 9th, 2004 to be exact, at around 9:00 am.
I had a job interview that morning in Jacksonville, was still living in Oklahoma, the interview was over and I had headed back downstairs in the elevator to go out the door of the Bellsouth tower, when what did I see behind the desk View image almost broke my neck looking :blush
:jaw
I head down the escalator, and I was heading out the door when I ran into (almost literally) the guy who had sat beside me in the testing class Saturday, his interview wasn't for two hours, so we were talking outside, when the side door opens and out she walks...so I comment to him the same thing I thought when I saw her upstairs..."with eye candy like that working here, I REALLY hope I get this job!" :rofl
He, of course, has a broken gaydar and wasn't sure if she was even family, to which I assured him I was certain she was! :lol
So not thinking much more about it, and certainly not thinking anything would ever come of it, since even if I had gotten the job, I would have NEVER had the nerve to go up to her and say anything, or even get within 10 feet of her...
I even told my friend Sandi, when I picked her up from work to run an errand that day, about seeing her...she teased me for not getting a phone number at least...
who knew what fate had in store!

to be continued...

Part 2

So time, and life, goes on...4 months, 2 days go by, and I get this e-mail, from someone I don't know, who says that "Joe has not told her a lot about me"
ok, Joe is the guy that I "ran into" outside Bellsouth, so I assume thats who she's talking about, but what the heck is he doing? I wonder...
My curiosity has the best of me, so I email her back, telling her that she apparently knows more than me, because I haven't spoken to Joe in quite some time...the next email I get tells me, as I'm on the phone with him...she was the security guard I about fell down the stairs staring at! :lol :Woot
So, we email back and forth for a couple days, when we were planning to meet up, and I get a message from Ran saying she needs to go to the hospital...I'm on the phone with M, who asks which hospital and said she would meet me there. It was July 14, 2004...
We stayed up all that night talking, both had to work that day (the 15th) and were so tired that we stayed apart that evening...
the next night, the 16th, she came over, Sandi cooked dinner, my sister, Sandi, M and I played cards, M and I got lost looking for limes (long story that I'll go into some other time! :rofl) and we've spent every day together since then...discovering it really is true what they say, it happens, when you're not looking for it, and least expecting it...
:1luvu:1luvu:1luvu

6 Months

to say she surprised me is putting it mildly, I honestly had no idea what was going on, just thought we were going out with some friends for our 6 month anniversary.
we're all laughing, having a great time, basically just hanging out, when over the speakers comes the announcement "this song goes out to T"
I, of course, ask who I get to kill for doing THAT! and get the response "all of us"
the song I posted below comes on, I recognize it, but it hasn't dawned on me yet...till she sets a box down in front of me and said "well you know what the question is, you recognize the song, don't you?" (or something like that, since I think I went into shock then :lol)
Then Ran read a letter she had written to the both of us, after which I asked her if she knew beforehand...to which I got the response "we ALL knew, everybody except you was in on it" :biglaugha

it amazes me, how right this feels, how in tune we are with each other, how much I'm looking forward to spending the rest of my life with her, I never expected to find that with anyone...those thoughts will be continued, in another post though :wink

I wanna laugh
Until I cry
Wake up with you each day 'till the day that I die
Let's go to New Orleans
And watch the parade
Take funny pictures, eat jambalaya, and drink lemonade
And when the day is finally over
And we stumble home
Before we sleep
Baby, marry me

So baby, if you're free
Marry me
Baby, marry me
Marry me

the great 'lime' search

So anyone who's been around us has heard about the first night we spent together, after the hospital meeting...and they all ask about the 'lime search' when we mention it and start laughing...so here's the story...

It was Friday, July 16th, 2004, My friend Sandi came over and cooked dinner for us (my sister, kids, M, and I) after putting the kids to bed we all went upstairs to play Monopoly and hang out.
I think we all started out drinking beer, or something, I know we were drinking, and let me state now that I was wearing shorts and a 1/2 shirt kind of tank top (it was July in FL, give me a break! :lol) not important yet, but it will be.
So anyway, we remember that there is tequila downstairs from my housewarming party, since I had not touched alcohol since that night! We discussed doing shots but sis and I needed limes...so M and I offer to go to the store...it's approximately 9pm (I think)
So, off we go, over the bridge to Riverside and Publix...which we discover closes at 9...oh, and did I mention it's raining?
I call back to the house and tell them the store is closed, and we're going to the liquor store to find some limes, but will take us a bit longer...my dumb ass forgets that there is not an on-ramp to I-95N from the Park St. exit...so we drive around riverside for a bit till we get to it (via downtown...:rofl) I think it was at the point we were going through 5 points when I showed her my tat, when we passed by the shop where I got it...since you could only see part of it with the shirt I had on...again, this will be important soon :wink
So two liquor stores later, both of which are closed, and 3 or so phone calls to the house, we find a Winn-Dixie where we get some limes...the one on Normandy Ave. :eyes just a 'little' ways from the house...
Now heading back, there is a store just up the road from the house, where I buy my ciggs cause I'm a cheap bitch, and I was almost out...so we stop, and wonder to each other if they have limes...
so of course, I have to ask when I go in..."yes ma'am, we sure do, right back there by the beer" :hammer
get back to the house, where after telling the story get accused of all kinds of nonsense (oh, BTW, at this point in time we had not even kissed yet!) and go downstairs to cut said limes....where we remedied that little issue, before getting busted by Sandi, who had to run up the stairs hooting "I knew it! I was right!" (thanks pal! :chtounge)
ok, here's where the outfit comes into play...we're all upstairs playing cards...'bullshit' I think the game was called...my sis is pretty lit at this time, and Sandi is feeling pretty good also, as am I...not sure about M though...when I realize that M is out of cards...how she managed that I have no idea, but at that time she decided to check out my tat a little closer, was amazing how quickly the others in the room remembered they had somewhere else they needed to go, and rather quickly! :biglaugha
So there you have it, the 'great lime search', and also the reason for the wedding date :wink :heart

How I meet ~T~

A man name Joe, who worked at the Bell south tower down-town were I was doing security, was fired on July 8th. When Joe was leaving the building he stopped and talked. He wanted to talk to me about a person that was interested in me, I told him that I really did not want to date or see any one at this time. He was very persistent, he gave me ~T~ phone # and her e-mail. He also gave me his. Anyway, Joe calls me two day's later and asked if I would like to meet ~T~ and him for Coffee at the fuel house. So I say shore and I meet him at his apt. and we go to the fuel house and I sit there four hours talking to this man, now for those of you that know Joe know what I endure, I keep look out the windows waiting for some girl named Teresa to come walking in, I say, Joe what time is she coming? He says who, He says, I didn't call her yet, so lets say shortly after that I took him home. I went home and chocked it up to another one bites the dust. Well now lets say my mind is going a 100-mile's a min. thinking about, what if I really did meet this girl . So I decided to E-Mail her a day later. Let's say I felt like a kid in a candy shop and I could have as many pieces as I would like, at this time I had not dated or been with a woman or even had a conversation with a lesbian in over two years. I e-mail her, As we are e-mailing each other Teresa gets a phone call or an e-mail from her friend RanRan, she needed a ride to the hospital. Teresa had to go take her friend to the hospital so I said that I would meet her there. Well when I got there the first second I saw her I knew, I said to myself I was going to be with her for the rest of my life. I just knew that, of course I could not share that with anyone they would think that I was crazy, I hung around and meet another friend also that night and that was Sandi, when she showed up Teresa and I left, but we did not leave the parking lot for hours and then finally she asked me over for some coffee since I had to be to work in a couple of hours, I followed her back to her place, had a cup of coffee, by that time I had enough time to go home shower and get dressed for work. I'll tell you what I was one tired bitch, but I had such adrenalin going that all I could think about was when would i see her again. Let's say by the time I got out of work I could not see straight, I went home and went to bed and from that day on we have been together every day since, great thing's do come to those who wait, I could not see my life any other way then with ~T~ I could not even imagine my life with out her in it. I have been blessed just like the song says and that is an understatement. Well I feel better now that this is started, get back to you soon, M