Five years ago on this exact same day I ran into a slightly scruffy, blue-eyed teacher at the Coffee Cottage. I’d met him briefly, months before that, and he proceeded to tell me all about Hanuman the Monkey King outside my Journalism class. I thought he was quirky. He forgot all about me until Dec. 5th, 2003.
“Oh, hello!” he said when he saw me.
“Hey, it’s the Monkey King guy!” said I.
I was going to keep walking, but somehow I ended up pulling up a chair and we talked for an hour and a half ( I was WAY early to meet a friend). Then my friend Brandon showed up, and he and my new friend were already friends. Convenient.
And then we all ended up in a car on the way to Portland to tour art galleries. And Brandon put on the John Denver and the Muppets Christmas album, and we started singing along. And Mike new all the words, too. And…well, it was pretty much over after that.
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Krissi - Has it been five years really?
cherice - Aww! So sweet. I’m glad you guys found each other. =) When I heard you were dating way back when it just seemed to make sense. Cheers for five years! (Holding coffee cup up to the computer)