Blame IT
On The MOUSE!!
Years ago I invited a friend for diner.
We were going to enjoy a quiet meal at my apartment. Because I was a single
young lady I asked my roommate to stick around for dinner. Not a bad deal as I’d
do the cooking and cleaning up! I had not seen or talked to my friend for four
years and I was really excited to see him and get reacquainted. I knew he had
an over one hour drive from his home to mine so I worked my shift, came home
and started to cook and I waited for the time to come.
About 15 minutes before he was to
arrive I got a call! Now this was in the days of the dinosaur and there were no
newfangled Cell-eo phones. He asked if he could bring a friend to dinner.
Knowing how far he had to drive I looked at the meal that was almost finished
cooking and asked, “So you telling me you are going to be late?” At that he
gave a nervous chuckle and said, “No. I’m at a pay phone around the corner from
your place.” Well, knowing he was right around the corner with his friend I
could not very well say, “GO HOME AND COME BACK ALONE!” Instead, quoting my Grandmother I said, “Sure,
there’s always room for one more at the table.”
My friend got there and my roommate
ran over to say hi. They had talked on the phone but never meet. She whispered
in my friends ear and after that told everybody, “Well, I’ve got to leave. I
need to go see my boyfriend!“ This left me alone with two guys! One I knew the
other had walked in my door a few minutes before with a turtle puppet on
his hand. And what a rude little puppet that turtle was! Oh, Fred the turtle is
another story! LOL
Well the three of us sat down to
dinner and enjoyed good food and company. I became reacquainted with my friend
and made a new friend. After dinner my old friend fell fast asleep on the couch!
He was talking and just knocked out! Nothing would wake him up! Turned out he
had a sleep disorder and would just fall asleep and then stop breathing! There
was nothing we could do but sit and wait for him to wake up.
My new friend and I sat and talked
for hours waiting for our friend to awake! We laughed, joked and right away
knew this was a set up! Right away we also knew we would always be Best Friends
Forever! We also felt we would be Romantic NEVER! In fact that became our mantra
that night! “Best Friends Forever! Romantic NEVER!”
By now I’m sure you are saying, “What
has this to do with Disney?” Well let’s fast forward a year.
My Best Friend had gone to college
during the following year and graduated top of his class! This was especially
difficult for him as he is dyslexic, has dysgraphia and very bad ADHD! All his
family and other friends did not want to celebrate his achievement! They acted
like it was no big deal. I knew the work he had done as I had helped him study
over the year! I decided something HAD to be done to celebrate and if his
family and other friends did not wish to be part of it FINE! I took my friend
to Disneyland for the day! Where else do you go to celebrate?
We packed a lunch and got to Disneyland
early and we stayed until they kicked us out after closing. We ran around like
little kids laughing and having fun. At dinner we decided we had enough of
sandwiches, hot dogs and hamburgers. We wanted a “real meal”. We ended up at
the French Market Café in New Orleans Square. We got our meal and sat near the
band stand and settled in to enjoy some good food and music!
We
were minding our own business, I was on my side of the table and he was on his.
No hand holding, kissing or making googly eyes at each other! We were just two
good FRIENDS having a good time together enjoying ourselves a Disneyland. Soon
the Jazz Band started playing love songs and dedicating them to us! HORROR!!
We laughed and told them our mantra. They laughed right back at us and told us,
“We have the Disney Magic. We know you two are in LOVE.” I swear this is true!
So off we RAN!!!
A
week after our visit to Disneyland I was at my friend’s house. We went for a
walk, he reached out and took hold of my hand. This was something he had never
done before. I looked up at him and said, “Ummm, Does this mean we are dating?”
He laughed nervously and said, “I guess so.”
The
next weekend while at his house he gave me a big sloppy kiss and said, “Deal
with it!” It was our first kiss! What?!?! I asked him if that meant we were boyfriend
and girlfriend. He sheepishly said, “I guess so.”
Several
more weeks go by and we are at a party for his dad and step-mother. We were sitting on the floor and a little child was climbing all over us! He pulled the
child in between us and gave me a big hug. He whispered in my ear, “I want you
to be the mother of my 6 children.” I laughed! The next day he started talking
about where we will live and how we will raise our children! OH MY!!! I asked, “Does
this mean we are engaged?” His replay was only to be expected, “I guess so.”
How romantic! (NOT) HAHAHA
I
GUESS SO?!?! Well I knew so! The Jazz Band at the French Market was right! They
knew what we did not when we had gone to the park! Disney Magic opened our eyes
so we could see the love that was right in front of us! About 6 months later we
were married! Thank God he did not say, “I guess so,” when his father, our pastor
asked him if he would take me as his wife!
Saturday,
January 5th we will celebrate our 33rd anniversary. My
dear sweet Best Friend Forever (of 33 years) has to work that day. So today we
are celebrating at Disneyland where it all began! Happy Anniversary to my Best
Friend Forever, Dear Husband and Pan daMan, Scott!
Our new Mantra is: Faith,
Trust & Pixie Dust!
That
is Faith in God,
Trust
in Each Other
&
the Pixie Dust of God’s Many Blessings!
This
is what has kept us together all these years
through the Good times and Bad.
I wish all of you that read
my blog find your soul mate. Just remember sometimes we refuse to see what is
good that is right in front of us. If we had not gone to Disneyland that day,
if that Jazz Band had not pushed in the fun way they did we may have never seen
how good we are together and how we are
truly made for each other. Hold onto your dreams. Be willing to wait for the
one that fits your soul, makes you laugh, smile and feel good inside.
