We met in San Antonio in the most unlikely of places - a club on the Riverwalk. Christina was doing her CDC PHPS field assignment in San Antonio. She was out with her friend Leslie for a night of dancing. Rusty was with his friend Ed, visiting from Katy for the weekend to see Hulk Hogan the next day. Christina's friend Leslie said that red head is cute for you and Christina said no I don't date red heads. But Leslie was persistent. She asked Ed to take a picture and then Rusty and Christina started talking. We spent the rest of the night dancing, which if you know Rusty is definitely outside of his comfort zone. But he got past that. We continued to stay in touch after that weekend not knowing where things would go. Then Rusty visited for a Texas country music concert. It was the best first date. We did long distance for several months, taking the Megabus to visit each other. Then Christina applied for a job at CDC in Atlanta after finishing her field assignment. After only 8 months of dating, Rusty dove in head deep. He sold his house in Katy, put his stuff in storage, and drove to Atlanta with his basset hound, Bert, in the back seat of his car. It was a shaky start in an apartment in Atlanta, which both Rusty and Bert hated. Not sure who hated it more! But we got through the bumps in the road and continued to grow in our relationship. And the rest is history!