We're Getting Married!

It was the start of 2021, which meant the start of another year of COVID. I had had enough, and decided it was time I get back to the gym. And at that time, it felt like I was one of three people willing to go back to the gym. So I suited up, mask and all, and headed to the gym .... where I saw Nick. I'm confident it was the shoes I noticed first. After a few days of making eyes at each other from afar, because you know, we were wearing masks so it was all we could see .... I knew I needed to do something to build up some courage to talk to him. And anyone that knows me, knows that is NOT something I have the courage to do. So what did I do? I turned to social media, and found him in a few minutes! And after a few hours of pondering back and forth, I did it! I sent him a message on Instagram! Yes sir, I slid into his DM's! :) A few days later, we finally took off our masks and talked in the LifeTime parking lot for nearly two hours. I was smitten. But surely it was just adrenaline from the disbelief that I actually did that - I actually made the first move. But in the days following, our phone calls & FaceTime's carried us into the wee hours of the morning. Talking and laughing. Oh my gosh laughing! We were so different, but so not. The butterflies were endless ... because he was different! He was the one!

So there I was just minding my own business at the gym, trying to focus on my fitness, when out of the corner of my eye I feel this tall figure looking in my direction. Now you know me, I am an extremely focused individual who never gets sidetracked by any means, so I just tried to keep lifting my 50000 pounds or whatever it was I was pushing but I couldn't shake this feeling of being watched. I glanced over my shoulder and saw the bluest eyes I've ever seen giving me the ol' X-Ray vision stare, so I gave her the ol' crooked smile back, even though I had a mask on (dark ages of Covid and all). Everything was hazy after that moment, but apparently the energy sent from my crooked nose and bushy eyebrows led this angel to pursue me beyond the realm of this tangible earth and through the interwebs via Instagram. I received what the kids call a "DM" from this northern etherial creature in which she communicated her interest in me, a lowly desert dwelling avian father. That was all it took to hook me into her orbit. The next time I saw her at the gym, I wasted no time and rushed to her. When I pulled the trigger of charm all I heard was a click and I remembered that I didn't know how to load the clip but to my surprise that was exactly what she was looking for. During one our first conversations, I dumped all my deepest darkest secrets, problems, mistakes, mishaps, shortcomings, and problems on her and she didn't flinch. Then I filled her in on my sneaker and Star Wars obsessions, love of Sasquatch and UFO conspiracies and she still didn't budge. Then I brought out the big guns....I let her meet the kids, and she loved them instantly. It was then that I realized I had found my person, THE person....or more specifically she found me.