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Not sure what Buds was doing on the day we met, and he doesn’t remember, but it was a Friday and I had a full day teaching, then stopped at the gym for a step aerobics class.
After class I drove in my cherry red Chevy S10 to the apartment that Ragsbottom and I shared, cleaned up and threw on the little black dress I borrowed from Rags for the evening.
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Today, 29 years later, we started the day with physical activity as well.
Team workout at CrossFit. Then grocery shopping and some work around the house.
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Tonight, we walked out to dinner at Addis Ababa. It was below zero wind-chill, so no little black dress this time. My toes were freezing on the one mile walk there; Buddie’s legs were frozen on the way home. Seems fair.
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We reflected on our younger selves, looking forward to a fun evening out back in 1994, but with no idea of the life-altering connection to come. We’ve discussed the night we met many times, yet it still gives me a thrill to think about those few hours that night where the connection I felt to this man I had just met dawned on me.
We make countless decisions everyday; most of them signifying nothing. And then you make one that changes everything.
My gratitude is eternal.