Friday, January 28, 2011

How I Got Where I am Today.... Part 11 The Girlfriend Ring

I am not sure on the exact day, but I would say sometime the beginning of April we were wandering around Fashion Place Mall. We stop at a kiosk and look at the jewelry. I was looking at the different rings and he asks me which one do I like. I tell him and he asks the lady working if we can look at them. So we are looking at them and I am trying them on and I fall in love with a silver ring with flowers on it. He asks if it fits, I say yes, but it's only on my left ring finger (you know the one that the wedding ring eventually goes on). He says I don't mind if you wear it on that finger. I am just looking at him in awe. My head is spinning and I am trying to figure out what is going on. So he tells the lady he would like to buy it. I get all giddy. She takes it and shines it up and hands it back to me. He rips it out of my hand and says that's my ring. I was shocked and didn't know what to say, so I just let it go. We left the mall after that and never spoke of it again.

April 25, 2008, it was a Friday. I had made plans to go over to Travis's house and hang out. I get off work and had to run home and get somethings. I tried to get a hold of him to make sure that he was home and remembered we had plans, but he wasn't answering me. I was kind of irritated. I decided to just head up there any way and hope he remembered.

At the time I was living in Murray and he was living in Bountiful. Under normal conditions it's about a 30 minute drive from my house to his. On this rather warm April evening I jump in my not air conditioned because it's broken black car and head up there. So this time of day is rush hour, so traffic is backed up and moving very slowly. I still can't get a hold of Travis and I am thinking if I drive all the way up there and he isn't there I am gonna be so pissed. And I am really hot due to the black non-air conditioned car. Grrrrr.....

About an hour later I pull into the driveway. I was happy to see his car, but irritated beyond belief about everything else. So I get out and pound on his door. No answer. I pound harder. Buddy, his dog is barking. He finally come to the door, half asleep. I am mad. I storm in and plop on the couch and watch TV and try and calm down. He hollers from the other room to come here, I respond no you come here. He hollers again, I respond no. He finally comes in and grabs my hand and pulls me off the couch. I grouchily say What! He then gets down on one knee, (my heart races and my head spins) and says, "So, you make real happy and stuff. Will you be my Girlfriend?" I am speechless. It was so adorable. I smile every time I think about it. I said "YES!" He stands up and gives me a kiss.

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How I Got Where I am Today.... Part 10

So... now what happens? Well Travis texted me and we chatted for a while. We decided to meet up at Chili's to get some food and catch up. It was a busy Friday night and there I sat at the table.... alone. He was late, but didn't stand me up. We shared a Sampler and talked about what has happened in our lives and what we are doing now. We then finished eating and decided to go over to Hollywood Connection and that just down the street. We had an absolute blast!!!! We played mini golf and dumb arcade games. We laughed and ate Ice cream. It was awesome. I still have the pen (that doesn't write) that he got me with his tickets. So what started as just hang out and catch up turned into a date.

Food + an activity = a date. And there is where it began....

We kept chatting here and there. We went on another date to the old bowling alley on State Street. We had a ton of fun then too. That was the first time I got to see a bit of the real kooky Travis. We were goofing off and drinking beer, laughing and just enjoying each other. We kept bribing each other to get a strike. He told me he would kiss me if I got one. I got one and kissed my hand, then the cheek, and I was doing the same with him. We never made it to the lips..... until we were in the parking lot saying goodbye. 

After that I was looking at his MySpace page and thought, "Wow, he has a lot of hussies on here. He is just a player. I don't really want to play games." So, I didn't talk to him as much and kinda killed to relationship. About a week or so later and realized I kind of missed him. I didn't really have anything else going so I decided what the hell. I am young and I am going to have some fun and just date. I don't need to "with" someone to have a good time. So I started texting him again. We decided to meet up and get Ice Cream. Once we were done we walked over to Barns and Noble and looked around, then went over to Best Buy and pretended to buy appliances for our new house. It was so funny. 

Over the next couple months we hung out a lot. I would go up to his house in Bountiful and we would just hang out. As time when on it seemed we were only hanging out with each other and no one else. So much for the just dating thing.

Next up... The Girlfriend Ring