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The Unthinkable.
August 03, 2006Okay, Okay...I've been a bit cryptic on here about a girlfriend.
People I've ran into are starting to ask questions....soooo.
If you don't wanna read a bunch of mushy girlfriend stuff, you oughta stop right about now.
Her name is Courtney Longcrier. She's 22, just graduated from Midwestern State. She's an opera singer.
I know...an opera singer and a professional photographer together. Maybe two of the biggest egos in the entire city. I guess that's why we're perfect for each other.
Anyhow...I've known her for a while, but never really had a chance to connect. She always had some pesky boyfriend. Duh, just my luck. I'd run into her around town every now and then and always made it a point to say hello and be nice.
That karma eventually paid itself back.
Out of the blue, we started e-mailing back and forth, and I invited her in a friendly group-type setting to come out and see the Eli Young Band at Outskirts a month ago. She brought her "wing-man" of course, and all my friends bailed out on me. We chatted and listened to the band. I eventually got up the nerve to make her get out on the floor and dance with me.
We weren't the best two-stepping couple out there, but that didn't matter. It was fun. More fun than I've had in a long time around this town. The chemistry was more than apparent. We've pretty much been inseparable ever since. I asked her to be my girlfriend on July 6th.
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So...we've come all this way, and Tuesday, neither of us had to work. I came up with an extremely half-cocked plan to whisk away to Fort Worth for a nice date (as I don't think you can have a truly nice date in Wichita Falls).
On the way down, we both decided that I should call my parents and sisters and invite them to dinner too. The official "Meet the family" dinner date loomed. Courtney didn't know it, but I was really nervous actually. I hadn't taken a girl home to meet the folks since I've been in Wichita Falls (5 years). This was a big...big deal to me.
Dun dun dooooooooon!!!!!!!
*more later
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