Monday, December 7, 2009 - It Was 22 Years Ago Today...

Cara and I met at the Ivory Tusk in Tuscaloosa on December 7, 1987. My friend Jack and I were invited to an informational party at our favorite bar in Tuscaloosa for a new fraternity trying to get organized on campus. It was a Monday night close to the end of the first semester and I had nothing better to do. That may be a lie. It was right before final exams, so if I didn't really have anything to do, I should have had something better to do...like studying. I'm sure about that time I had some thought in my mind like, "Why start studying now?" Neither Jack nor I had any real desire in joining this fraternity, but we were certainly interested in the two-plus hours of free drinks we were offered. I, in turn, found myself quite interested in a little co-ed who just happened to be friends with a couple of the guys forming the fraternity. Needless to say I was gentlemanly enough to let her beat me at pool that night, and it wasn't much later than that before she won me over for good. It's hard to imagine that 22 years later we would embark on an adventure such as putting an addition on our house, and today saw almost the entire roof go up over our master suite. It has been long overdue and well worth the wait, and the wait, and the wait. This blog is jokingly entitled How to Ruin a Marriage in 120 Days, but if it hadn't been wrecked and ruined so far, this won't do it either.