Wherever life takes us...: Chapter 10: The silver lining to the clouds

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Chapter 10: The silver lining to the clouds

My blogs have had a slightly depressing or maybe even complaining tone to them lately but, as I think about it I find that there's always at least a little silver lining to the dark clouds that have come our way. We've still found time to do fun things and I've received a lot of tender mercies when I've been feeling extra down. My parents came on a surprise visit over Labor day and it was really uplifting to have family around. Then last weekend, Joey and I went on a light rail adventure to the Portland Saturday market and Farmer's market. We had a few extra dollars in food money that we hadn't spent and decided to get some things at the market. We saw an artichoke and decided to buy it even though we've never cooked one or eaten a fresh one and then we split a very tasty marionberry empanada. It was fun because I like to try new things. That evening, we made a delicious stuffed artichoke, spaghetti and peanut butter ice cream for dessert. (Good food always brightens my mood). While we were waiting for the ice cream to harden in the freezer we watched a movie. We kept on getting distracted because it started raining very hard and then even harder until it was pouring so hard that the parking lot looked more like a bunch of rivers and streams. So, we went and played in it and got soaking wet. It was a nice day and I really needed it. This week was better too because I started a project. I'll blog about that when it's done. It really is nicer to be busy but I'm glad that good times can always be found.

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About Us

Melissa's Version:

Joey and I met in September 2010 when Melissa decided to leave her friends and family and move to Duluth, Minnesota for graduate school. Coming from BYU this was a big change and I didn't expect to do much dating at all. We met two weeks or so after I arrived and I was immediately interested. He just "seems like my type of person," I reflected that night. We saw each other every night that week and he didn't waste any time finding out if I would date him. I guess we both knew what we wanted because we've been together ever since.

Joey's Version:

So here's the Real version of how we met:

We first met at some YSA broadcast at the church on a Sunday night, early September in Duluth. Since there were a number of new people there (new school year and all), we were still in the chapel afterwards chatting and getting to know each other some. And there was this girl who kept on looking at me... even though everyone else was facing the other direction she kept turning around to check me out. I personally thought this was a little forward, but I guess that's how they do things in Utah.

Flash forward to the next night... there was a FHE event at her house that evening, bunch of people there including the missionaries. People talked, blah, blah blah... so afterwards we were eating our dessert snack and the 2 of us talked some more, getting to know each other. She won't admit it, but she was checking me out quite a bit during all of this.

So jump to the next night at Mutual at the church. After the lesson some people are talking about going down to the Lake Walk for a lil stroll. I announce how it's better if you go running on it, not just walking. This is when my future-wife loudly announces "Oh! I'd love to do that too! I'll go with you!" If she wasn't so cute I'd think she belonged in a looney bin.

So we change and I go to her house to pick her up.. we go down to the Lake Walk and go for a run.. We were both pacing each other very well, something that's hard to find in a running partner, so I had good feelings for her. We met the others, but they were still walking so we kept going. And all this time the waves were HUGE.. the biggest I've ever seen down there. We get back to where I parked the car but we see these 3 or 4 teenagers out in the waves, playing and jumping in them. I talk her into trying it out and so we take off our socks n shoes and go on in too. As cold as the wind was, the water was actually pretty warm.. so we played in there.. every time a big wave came at us she's squeal out and clutch my body. It's a dirty job, but someone had to do it. So we got out and headed back to her place for some hot chocolate...

And that's the REAL story of how we met