Today is not only Bob and my 2 month anniversary of being engaged, but it also marks our 5 years of being together. Bob and I dated for about a month and a half before we officially became boyfriend/girlfriend on October 11, 2003. So in dedication to my new fiance I am going to blog the story of the beginning of us, if you didn't know already.
On one of the first nights back at college of our Sophomore year, I went over to see my roommate's (Mesa's) boyfriend (Tony) in his dorm room. As school had not started yet there were lots of things going on and of course lots of fun to be had. Some of Tony's new floor mates stopped by his room and we all began to chat and get to know each other. I was introduced to Rob Hess and Bob Azar, Rob and Bob. That night we played a card game and got to know each other telling about ourselves. Bob says he was interested in me because I was wearing a Twins shirt. I was just happy to be with some guys hanging out. We all soon became friends, my roommates, Tony, and Rob and Bob. We exchanged AOL Instant Messenger names-long before Facebook. Bob and I soon became chat buddies where we would talk on-line all the time. One evening at St. Thomas they had a casino night. All of the friends were playing games and I happened to win 2 free Burritos to Chipotle. As I won Bob walked by and said, "Hey, you should take me." And my response was, "Ok." So we had it all set up for the two of us go to Chipotle. The day of the Chipotle date all of the friends decided they would go to. So we loaded up in our friend's minivan and headed down the road. Honestly I was a little upset that all of them joined in as I knew this date was not going to allow us to get to know each other. After returning from dinner Mesa, Tony, Bob and I decided to watch a movie. So we went back to Bob's dorm room to watch Super Troopers together. After the movie was over Mesa and Tony decided they wanted to spend some alone time so Bob and I thought the evening was too early to end so we watched another movie. We put in Star Wars Episode 2. I had never seen it but loved the old movies and had seen Episode 1 in the theater. Needless to say, still really haven't seen the whole movie (I am intentionally leaving the rest out for your little minds to wander & wonder). So that was our first date.
Bob and I continued to talk and get to know each other. About a month later (October 11th 2003) it was St. Thomas' homecoming. Our group of friends had decided to all go to the Homecoming dance and all of the dances at UST were pretty much an opportunity for everyone to drink. Apparently my roommates had decided to do this as well. Hence why my face is red in the picture. It was a Hawaiian themed dance and the boys wore Hawaiian shirts and us girls wore flowers in our hair. I do not remember much of the dance, give me a break it was 5 years ago. But I do remember coming back to our dorm room and possibly having a few more drinks, then as the boys decided to head back to their dorm for the night I didn't want Bob to leave so I got down on one knee and asked him to marry me-he just walked away. We later decided that was our first night as boyfriend and girlfriend, but I knew that someday he would be my husband!
So like I said today Bob and I our celebrating our lives together. I love him more and more each day. Happy Anniversary Bob.
2 comments:
Thanks for sharing that story. I have never heard this story before and was glad to get to read about it. All I remember was that about 5 years ago, mom told me that you were dating a non-traditional student. I thought he must be 27 (which put him older than me at the time). Gotta love our wonderful mother! Hope you enjoyed your day!
Awwww! That is too cute! It's amazing how different you guys look in that picture! It's a little funny - not gonna lie... Well, thanks for spending a little of your anniversary with Ryan and I. We had fun with you on Saturday!! Can't wait to go get pumpkins this weekend!
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