He asked me to be his girlfriend.
I said, "So you want this to be official?"
He said simply, "Yes."
I giggled and said, "I never know how to answer that question."
Even though I just wanted to say YES YES YES...
I really don't know how to answer that question.
Finally, I looked at him and said it - "YES."
He smiled, I smiled, and then we hugged.
And now we're Jim & Anna
He said simply, "Yes."
I giggled and said, "I never know how to answer that question."
Even though I just wanted to say YES YES YES...
I really don't know how to answer that question.
Finally, I looked at him and said it - "YES."
He smiled, I smiled, and then we hugged.
And now we're Jim & Anna
*REWIND*
In the beginning...
I saw him at the bowling alley. Friday night winter league at Cal Bowl. We started the league early September and his team was one of the first we played against. How could you not notice the tall bald filipino guy that rolled the ball so gracefully, yet struck the pins so violently that you could feel the power from three lanes down? So I asked Mo how old he was and she said 21. Damn. 21. I was damn near 30, so that was a loss cause. Or so I thought at the time...
Around the middle of January, we started having little conversations in the Bar while watching Laker games. A simple question was all I asked, "Have you ever been to a Laker game @ Staples Center?"
He said no... I mentioned that I had been to a few and offered to bring him to a game. He invited me to a little get together at his house one weekend and gave me his cell number to call him. I called him 10 minutes later just to make sure that I had the right number. He told me later that he thought that was odd. I didn't think so, what if I didn't have the right number? I called him the next day to inquire on the party. The person that answered the phone said that he was taking a shower. I thought I was going to get a call back, but that didn't happen...
February came along and so did a little more flirting. Finally, he asked me to go out... His sister was having a birthday thing at Miyagi's. I didn't mention that I LOATHED going to that place, but I still said yes and tagged along. Thanks to Jim's courteous nature, I was introduced to everyone that was there on that first night. We walked around for a minute and he grabbed my hand as he lead me through the crowd. That was refreshing. A guy that took control. Something that I had been needed for a really long time...
March came and went quickly. We went out a few times and Jim would drop me off at like 4 in the morning and he'd get a hug good night and then leave... BUT the one thing that stood out the most was the night of my birthday... I went clubbing with some friends and called him for moral drunk driving home support. Being my obnoxious drunk self, I talked him into letting me come over - to his mom's house at 4:00 in the morning. "Have you ever had a girl spend the night?" Then it became a game. A dare. Needless to say, I spent the night and had to round up all the courage in the world just to say good bye to his parents the very next morning...
April was an interesting month for us... He mentioned he was going to Vegas for the weekend. The very next day, I get a text message from Dingo asking me if Chona & I were going to be in Vegas that same weekend. Then I had one of my boldest, brightest ideas ever. I was going to drive to Vegas that weekend to meet up with Dingo AND Jim... Problem was, none of my 'girls' was down to go away with me for the weekend... I was leaving saturday at 4:00, right after Faye's babyshower, and NONE of my girls wanted to go. But did that stop me? Hell no. I drove my lonely happy ass to Vegas, got there at 8:00, went straight to Jim's room (Dingo was watching a flick with his uncle), and dragged the guys to Rain @ the Palm's Casino. The line was hella long, so we ended up partying @ MGM's Studio 54. We partied til we had to leave at 4:00, so that we could take Dingo to the airport. Dingo was kind enough to give us his room - coincidentally at the same hotel that Jim was staying at - so Jim and I slept there. It's too bad mother nature was controlling the situation - if you know what I mean...
The thursday after we got back from Vegas, I had to call Jim for a ride home from National's in Torrance. Work had one if its infamous happy hours and for some reason, I end up being the highlight of the night. After drama, and one drink too many, I call Jim and ask him to "please pick me up now..." My knight in shining armor comes, gets verbally abused by the old guy, and takes me to his house. GREAT. Anna has a nice long drunk talk with Mrs. Morales while Jim-who-just-came-from-the-Gym showers and changes into Jim-ready-to-go-clubbing. We go out and party with the gang at Live Bait/the Pier. So Jim finally gets past the hug good night at the door and I invite him in to sleep over. The next morning, we get ready, pick up some sinigang for my hangover, and head to his house so he could get ready. We shopped at Melrose for the day, had lunch, and went bowling...
It's still April and the next weekend, we're back in Vegas for our bowling league sweeps... Chona, Fritz & I left kinda early on friday so I didn't really meet up with Jim until 4am Saturday morning. Jim, Jerilyn, & Euresa were about to eat at cafe in the Flamingo. I was already yakking from all the alcohol I had that night. gross. Bowling came and went and so did the rest of the weekend...
May... After more nights out and sleepovers, I decide to invite Jim to Palm Springs, along with Chona & Fritz. We had a great time - aside from the 1 hour hike in the 100 degree weather... That weekend away together was a primer for what was to come. Because after May came June 5, 2003 - and now known as the Beginning of Jim & Anna's life as one...
In the beginning...
I saw him at the bowling alley. Friday night winter league at Cal Bowl. We started the league early September and his team was one of the first we played against. How could you not notice the tall bald filipino guy that rolled the ball so gracefully, yet struck the pins so violently that you could feel the power from three lanes down? So I asked Mo how old he was and she said 21. Damn. 21. I was damn near 30, so that was a loss cause. Or so I thought at the time...
Around the middle of January, we started having little conversations in the Bar while watching Laker games. A simple question was all I asked, "Have you ever been to a Laker game @ Staples Center?"
He said no... I mentioned that I had been to a few and offered to bring him to a game. He invited me to a little get together at his house one weekend and gave me his cell number to call him. I called him 10 minutes later just to make sure that I had the right number. He told me later that he thought that was odd. I didn't think so, what if I didn't have the right number? I called him the next day to inquire on the party. The person that answered the phone said that he was taking a shower. I thought I was going to get a call back, but that didn't happen...
February came along and so did a little more flirting. Finally, he asked me to go out... His sister was having a birthday thing at Miyagi's. I didn't mention that I LOATHED going to that place, but I still said yes and tagged along. Thanks to Jim's courteous nature, I was introduced to everyone that was there on that first night. We walked around for a minute and he grabbed my hand as he lead me through the crowd. That was refreshing. A guy that took control. Something that I had been needed for a really long time...
March came and went quickly. We went out a few times and Jim would drop me off at like 4 in the morning and he'd get a hug good night and then leave... BUT the one thing that stood out the most was the night of my birthday... I went clubbing with some friends and called him for moral drunk driving home support. Being my obnoxious drunk self, I talked him into letting me come over - to his mom's house at 4:00 in the morning. "Have you ever had a girl spend the night?" Then it became a game. A dare. Needless to say, I spent the night and had to round up all the courage in the world just to say good bye to his parents the very next morning...
April was an interesting month for us... He mentioned he was going to Vegas for the weekend. The very next day, I get a text message from Dingo asking me if Chona & I were going to be in Vegas that same weekend. Then I had one of my boldest, brightest ideas ever. I was going to drive to Vegas that weekend to meet up with Dingo AND Jim... Problem was, none of my 'girls' was down to go away with me for the weekend... I was leaving saturday at 4:00, right after Faye's babyshower, and NONE of my girls wanted to go. But did that stop me? Hell no. I drove my lonely happy ass to Vegas, got there at 8:00, went straight to Jim's room (Dingo was watching a flick with his uncle), and dragged the guys to Rain @ the Palm's Casino. The line was hella long, so we ended up partying @ MGM's Studio 54. We partied til we had to leave at 4:00, so that we could take Dingo to the airport. Dingo was kind enough to give us his room - coincidentally at the same hotel that Jim was staying at - so Jim and I slept there. It's too bad mother nature was controlling the situation - if you know what I mean...
The thursday after we got back from Vegas, I had to call Jim for a ride home from National's in Torrance. Work had one if its infamous happy hours and for some reason, I end up being the highlight of the night. After drama, and one drink too many, I call Jim and ask him to "please pick me up now..." My knight in shining armor comes, gets verbally abused by the old guy, and takes me to his house. GREAT. Anna has a nice long drunk talk with Mrs. Morales while Jim-who-just-came-from-the-Gym showers and changes into Jim-ready-to-go-clubbing. We go out and party with the gang at Live Bait/the Pier. So Jim finally gets past the hug good night at the door and I invite him in to sleep over. The next morning, we get ready, pick up some sinigang for my hangover, and head to his house so he could get ready. We shopped at Melrose for the day, had lunch, and went bowling...
It's still April and the next weekend, we're back in Vegas for our bowling league sweeps... Chona, Fritz & I left kinda early on friday so I didn't really meet up with Jim until 4am Saturday morning. Jim, Jerilyn, & Euresa were about to eat at cafe in the Flamingo. I was already yakking from all the alcohol I had that night. gross. Bowling came and went and so did the rest of the weekend...
May... After more nights out and sleepovers, I decide to invite Jim to Palm Springs, along with Chona & Fritz. We had a great time - aside from the 1 hour hike in the 100 degree weather... That weekend away together was a primer for what was to come. Because after May came June 5, 2003 - and now known as the Beginning of Jim & Anna's life as one...
