Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Nine Years Ago

Nine years ago today, history was made. Two broken, cynical, suspicious, self-protective friends/work peers simultaneously had their eyes, minds, and hearts opened and discovered that each other was what they had been looking for even though they technically weren't even looking. Both successfully running their own offices in different cities within the same company, sometimes competing, sometimes catching the other sending a spy via telephone to get information and often times joking with one another over the phone during the workweek.

March 9, 2001 a visit was made as a friend to the other's home to be shown the sights and tastes of their respective city. After a delicious lunch at an authentic and very casual Mexican joint and a nice drive down the coast in a convertible, clothes were changed to go out for a night of music, drinks, and possibly some dancing. However, they never made it out because once the send-off drink of Jack Daniels and Absolut was poured and Eric Clapton was put on, the mental parrying began and for 10 hours this verbal inquisition continued. By the end of it, they knew that this was really IT and they became each other's closest ally in the workplace and personally, fell deeply and completely in love, something they never thought they would experience due to bad experiences.

March 9th, a special day, the day that laid the foundation for the rest of my life - the day V. and I fell in love and never looked back.

1 comment:

Kathy Kubo said...

Sorry it took me until this morning to read this, but LOVED it! Miss you and hoping good times have been experienced during the interim for you, Vinny and Isabella! I have been out-of-town virtually every weekend to date, with many more weekend trips ahead through April! Will have to set up an opportunity to see you & celebrate your birthday!