One Year Ago Tonight

"Nobody knows how things will turn out, that's why they go ahead and play the game...You give it your all and sometimes amazing things happen, but it's hardly ever what you expect.”   ~Gennifer Choldenko

One year ago tonight, a group of people met in Oklahoma City so that two of my friends could go on a date to see if they hit it off.  That failed.  Miserably.  Hit it off, they didn't.  In the match making department, you win some, you lose some.  (Happy to report that they are both now in love with other people and quite happy.)  

But on that same night one year ago today, I met this boy.  Who almost didn't come on the adventure.  He was tall.  Kinda quiet.  With pretty blue eyes.  A very good dancer.  And he bought me a Seven and Seven.  Or two.  He was nice to my friends and humored us by skipping down the street at 2 in the morning.  He yelled at the kids making too much noise outside of the hotel where we were staying.  He survived a football game with my incessant screaming and jumping around.  Oh and he smelled good.  The weekend ended and we went our separate ways.

Fast forward 6 months.  The following conversation occurred:

Me: "Well that almost sounded like you were trying to ask me out."
This boy:   "Well that's exactly what I'm trying to do if you'd stop talking and let me do it."

Funny the difference a year can make.