This isn't a very good picture, but it is the most recent one I have of us together except for this very huge one!
How we met!
This isn't a very good picture, but it is the most recent one I have of us together except for this very huge one!
We finally got married on October 7, 2000! For more information on the wedding, click here!!! And soon it will have pictures of our wedding.
On to more important things... How we met...
There were many different places where Luis and I could have met, but didn't. First there was orientation for The Ohio State University. We both were on the first two day group, but never saw each other. We even were staying in the same building over night. Then we could have met at OSU Marching Band try outs, but didn't again, even though we knew other people from the same line we were trying out in. Or we could have met in one of our music classes winter quarter, but once again didn't even see each other.
Finally we met in a music class we had together spring quarter, 10 months after we could have initially met. I do remember seeing him talk to my friend from high school, Mike. Luis and Mike were both trio players at that time and had become friends. Every time I saw Luis, I thought he was gorgeous and I loved the hispanic look. It was so different from the pale, blue eyed guys I had been dating, and actually was currently dating at the time. The only thing wrong with him was the way he dressed and I swore I would never date him just because of that. He had what I call more of a "gangsta style" to him. Of course now I wouldn't change it for the world.
This whole part is seen differently in the eyes of each other. We finally spoke to each other when Luis intentionally rammed me with his trios. He later came up and apologized to me, which I still claim was just a ploy to get to talk to me. Soon we began talking after class due to the common friendship of Mike. God bless Mike for that.
Luis and I finally hooked up at the end of May, 1996. The music class we were in was OSU's spring band, and as a part of that, we got to travel to the Indy 500 and play in parades and then get to watch the race itself. At this time, I was just about to get back together with an ex-boyfriend of mine. All we had to do was talk and it would have been official. We never got the chance to talk and even though he was in that same music class, he didn't go to Indy. In short, I was technically 100% single when I left.
Luis and I did have some small conversations on the bus to Indy, and it was mostly about Catholicism. I though, "Hmm, Catholic, bonus!" Well, after the first parade that we played in, we went back to the place we were staying at and started to play hacky sack with some other guys. Luis began to flirt with me and also started picking on me about how horrible I was at hacky sack. Then I flirted back by pelting him with the ball. The flirting continued on the bus to down town Indy. Luis begged for a massage after he saw me give Mike one, and then Mike would beg back. It was a pain, but I had fun massaging the two simultaneously.
As we walked around the malls, flirting, in Indy, we eventually ran into some other band members and decided to go to Hooters for dinner. I was one girl with nine guys but I didn't mind since I had been to Hooters already twice and thought that they had good food and service. Luis and I began to hold hands under the dinner table and then out of no where, Luis offered to pay for dinner for me. I let him and we continued outside. Shortly after that, a few of the guys we were with decided to go try to steal some sort of banner, but Luis stayed with me. There were port-a-potties all over the place and as Luis and I were next to one and had our first kiss. From that day forth, May 25, 1996, Luis and I have been solid and our relationship has grown a lot in that time.
Just two weeks later, and the day after I got my wisdom teeth pulled, Luis left to go home to Lorton, Virginia, for the summer. That was three months and hundreds of dollars in phone bills apart. One time I did wind up talking to Luis' brother Pedro, and he told me if I was looking for a companion who is not overly romantic, then Luis was for me. Also, during one conversation with Luis, he told me that he could not love, and had no emotions. I told him that I would get him to feel and love again. He told me that I was not the first to try, but I knew I could. Based on those two conversations alone, I knew I would marry Luis. Sounds childish, but somehow I just knew, but wouldn't admit I knew for over a year.
I admit, it was a long and not always such an easy road for us while we were dating. We managed to make it through an additional 3+ years of college for me and 4 for him. Many hours were spent side by side studying in our rooms or especially towards the end, in his computer labs.
We made it through a lot and even though we don't always see eye to eye on everything, I thank God for bringing me such a wonderful man.
