So there's this girl...

It's been a LOOOONG time since I posted, but I now have an app on my phone so I'll be able to post a lot easier than usual, not that I will but I have a better opportunity.

So there's this girl...

In August an old friend, Jennifer, walked back into my life.  We met my sophomore year at ETBU and hung out with the same crowd of people.  One summer, my friend Kerry and I actually drove the 160 miles round trip to hear her play at a church in Nacogdoches.  Might I also add she is a very talented musician!  Anyway, in late August/early September, we struck up facebook message conversations which then turned into texting back and forth.  Then, she got her hands on some free Rangers tickets in September and randomly invited me along.  So I called up two of my friends, Kerry and Kordell, and took them with me. 

So, we get to the Ranger game and meet up with her out front.  I was extremely nervous on the ride up, because I had begun to have a little bit of a crush on this girl and I hadn't even seen her in a number of years.  So there we are in front of Ranger's Ballpark in Arlington and I got a hug! I definitely, purposely paid a lot more attention to her rather than to the game.  I tried a couple of times to inch my arm around her, but most of the time I just ended up flirtatiously tapping her on the shoulder trying to be funny.

I walked her to her car after the game was over and hugged her at least three times!  I am a chicken when it comes to making "a move," and so I never went in for a kiss or anything.  Mainly because I don't like being embarrassed.  And had she spurned my advance, that would have been an ultimate embarrassment. Did I mention that where she parked and where I parked were at least a mile apart? She even offered to give me a ride, but like an idiot, I turned it down. 

So texting between us intensified and I finally pulled up enough courage to ask her out on a date. 

I met her at the Town East Mall in Mesquite and we hung out there, then ate at Genghis Grill and went to Academy and got Starbucks and went to a bookstore.  It was probably the most random first date in the history of dating.  That was all on October 1st which is the easiest anniversary to remember!  Also, the kiss actually happened and fireworks!!!!

So things roll along and we get to the first week of February and we start some serious talk about marriage and the future.  So, one Monday we went a looked at rings down at the jewelry stores in Lufkin.  The first store we walked in, she found the ring she fell in love with.  We looked at two more stores and then left and in the back of my mind I was just ready to get that thing purchased.  So the next day, I drove to Longview and bought the ring at the Gordon's Jewelers there.

On Valentine's Day, I drove down to Lufkin early and met with her parents and discussed my thoughts and asked for their daughter's hand in marriage.  We talked for a long time and I was sweating it the entire time!  They gave me their permission and I then began formulating the perfect story for her to be able to tell the rest of our lives. 

Let's make this a "to be continued moment"

Tune in for the rest of the story later on!