The day we meet was nothing out of the ordinary. It was a Monday and of course I was exhausted from the first day of class that Spring semester. The empty refrigerator and rumbling noises coming from my stomach indicated it was time to go grocery shopping. I had just left my sorority meeting when my friend Chris had called. After explaining to him my incredibly long day, he said he would be glad to keep me company while trying to pick out what to buy at the grocery store. We pull up into the parking lot in Safeway only to notice a familiar car. “Alex is here,” he says with a joyful look on his face as we begin to walk up to the doors of Safeway. Anything to keep his A-D-D from flaring up while he was grocery shopping with me, I smiled.
We enter Safeway through the sliding doors and I headed for the fruit and vegetable area. Chris proceeds to wonder off looking for his friend Alex. I shortly finished up in the produce and head down to the meat. While passing by each aisle, I glanced down them to look for Chris in between trying to piece together delicious meals in my head. After a short time, or maybe it was long time, I ran across Chris and Alex.
It was no love at first sight. Chris introduced us to each other. Cute, I thought to myself. “What are you shopping for,” I asked, while standing at the end of “cleaning products” aisle. I began looking him up and down, trying to understand who this person was. “Draino,” he replied. I lagged slowly behind Chris and Alex as they proceeded to walk towards the area in which Draino would be found. “I don’t know what kind to buy, why are there so many products?” Alex said. I gave a blank stare and had no logical explanation of why. Chris took the conversation and gave me a minute to compile my thoughts again. Quickly remembering how many more things I had to do that evening, after my incredibly long day, we said our goodbyes and walked away. “He’s pretty cute” I said to Chris. “He’s in the Air Force,” Chris said. I laughed “Nevermind then,” replying and thinking of my very liberal family. It wasn’t the start of a romantic love story, one of which told for generations, but the average, everyday start of a wonderful relationship.
About Me
- echemist
- Hi, My name is Stephanie and I'm a senior at ASU. I will be graduating in MAY with a degree in Environmental Chemistry. I look forward to taking a year off, hopefully working in the field and then heading off to graduate school by 2010. Currently I am working as a Chemistry Teaching Assistant for CHM 107 on Monday afternoons and working at the Chemistry LRC in addition to taking my final semester classes. I love the aspect of teaching in these two jobs which makes work much more enjoyable. As for my personal life, I have one old brother living in Tucson. My mom lives in Scottsdale while my full Japanese father lives in Japan. I was born in Nagoya Japan and have visited my birthplace many times. The last trip was in 2006 with a "penciled in" trip for 2010.
My Boy and I
Parent's Weekend 2008
Yufuin Japan 2006
My Brother and I Japan 2006
Hawaii 2007
Hi Stephanie. I just wrote you a comment and lost it all... gah! Already the frustrations of interacting online begin. :-)
ReplyDeleteI wanted to welcome you to the course, and compliment this fine first post! I appreciated your decision to avoid the cliche, romantic description of meeting your boyfriend. The ending is smart and funny; saying it's an everyday start to a wonderful relationship takes away some of the exaggeration we sometimes place on the "love at first sight" experience/myth.
Thanks for sharing this! I'm looking forward to reading more stories by you. :-)
Wow I would have to agree with the professor. That's how I felt when I finished reading your post. I like the fact that you warned us in the beginning: "It was no love at first sight." And then you end it with "everyday relationship" line. It was very clever because the overly repeated love at first sight stories get old quick, even though, I completely believe in love at first sight :)
ReplyDeleteGreat job! I really enjoyed reading your blog.
Hey Stephanie,
ReplyDeleteI thought this post was well written because of the strong voice you had. The few bits of dialogue you had taught the reader about your personality. Good job. Plus I always enjoy writing that is easy to relate to. The scene in the grocery store, your 'just guy friend,' and your interest in his buddy. You did a great job of making it accessible and fun to read.
I love how you put your personality into the story and I appreciate the fact that you didn't try to romanticize or exaggerate the first time you and your main squeeze met. I think a lot of girls have the tendency to do that (or maybe it's just a lot of my friends ha ha). It was realistic and flowed well. I thought the "draino" thing was funny. Anyway, nicely done and looking forward to more!
ReplyDeleteHi Stephanie,
ReplyDeleteWhat a great love story! I really enjoyed reading your first post, it was really interesting seeing how you took the story, added your own flavor to it and ended with a creative ending. Good job! I really enjoyed reading the bits of conversation you added, I believe that was a great technique in allowing other to see your personality, plus it was funny and made it seem like I was in the middle of the entire conversation. I look forward to reading more of your post, keep up the good work and the great description.