It happened one night

Its funny how things just fall into your lap.  I have always been the girl that's crazy in love and I've moved around looking for love and never really giving myself a chance in life, a dream chaser if you will.  I had been at school for about 4 months and sometime before winter break, I said, forget the men, forget the love right now, I need to love me.  I stopped looking for love and focused on my school work.

It didn't take long for me to fall back into that place of love and dreams.  January 8, 2004 I came back to school after visiting the fam for the holidays.  My roommates and I had new neighbors moving in downstairs and since I was the first one to return from the airport, I invited them to hang out.  It was a Thursday and we weren't scheduled to start school until the following Monday, I figured they could use some hang out time and a chance to get to know the city better with seasoned photo geeks.

After my roommates came home and the guys came up we were having a good time and one of the guys was on his phone looking at the map on our fridge giving his friend directions.  Now lets face it.... guys and directions, well you know how the story goes.  I offered to give him directions and took over the phone.  This southern boy was not too far away but here I am thinking this poor country bumpkin, lost in the big city.  I gave him directions and he got there just fine.

This guy swags in with his messy hair and Jagermeister visor with a maroon button up shirt and a blue, down vest.  He got introduced to everyone and i goofily said "hi, I'm direction girl!" and stuck out my right hand for a good shake.  Yeah I felt like Baby in Dirty Dancing "I carried a watermelon?!"  If you don't know what i'm talking about, check this out: http://youtu.be/O38URvsTjjM

Anyway a bunch of us took off to the beach and I was hanging out with my friends, I saw Mr. lack of direction sitting on a rock and I walked over to him and asked to take the seat next to him.  He said sure and offered me a beer out of his pocket.  We sat on that rock for a while looking at the moonlight dance on the water.  There were a couple of dolphins or seals out there enjoying the night waters near the beach and offering us a delightful show.  We talked about why we wanted to be photographers and I can honestly say that I paired my first name with his last.  Something felt right that night, I hadn't felt like that in a long time.

The tide began to roll in and we were losing the beach, we hiked back up to the cars and back to the apartment where we continued to have a good time.  The night came to an end and everyone went their separate ways, we ended up staying the night together as I wouldn't let him leave due to him drinking and having to drive home, I took his keys from him. When the morning rolled around, he left his name on a book of matches and departed... i'd see him again, this was only the beginning.