chapter two: where it all began...

A month went by before I got to see Aaron and I got to see each other in person again. I traveled home to Salt Lake in-between jobs. We weren't established as a couple by any means, and I knew that Aaron was dating some other girls as well. Why shouldn't he have? I was moving back to Connecticut for an indefinite amount of time. This was what I was telling myself anyway...you know, those little walls we put up to protect ourselves. I told Aaron that I would not be upset with him if he wanted to date other women, but that I didn't want to hear about it either. In girl language this translates to, "I really don't want you to have eyes for anyone else but me, but I am not going to be a psycho chic that chases you around and tells you what to do cause I am smart enough to know that won't work". 16 years of dating will teach you that.

We went on a few dates while I was home in that two week period. One thing I really like about Aaron is his playfulness. We went to Gateway for dinner and looked around the shops one night. We decided to play a game at Sur La Table where we would close our eyes and guess what the kitchen tool that the other person put in our hand was. I decided to video tape it without Aaron knowing. Here's the video, our second date...and the night I knew I wanted something more to happen with this guy.

Another fun story from those couple of weeks is that Aaron and I both happened to be rushing to the Bountiful temple, not knowing the other person was likewise. We had called each other as we were heading there and realized that we were going to the same place. As we arrived at the temple, I got there first and realized that it was closed for cleaning. We decided to rush to the Salt Lake Temple. Aaron was ahead, and arrived first. I sped the whole way there and arrived about 30 seconds before they started the session, completely out of breath. This was a really fun evening. 


We also went to a Salt Lake Bee's baseball game. After all of this, we had a big talk on the day I was flying out to Connecticut. We decided that we weren't long distance people and that we'd just keep it as friends...for the time being.

To be continued...