I’ve been under a great deal of ‘work’ stress, so I haven’t been writing much. That doesn’t mean I haven’t been thinking of things to write about. In fact, I found a great blog today, where JenMom does a beautiful job talking about her past. I had actually thought of lots of great things to write about that you don’t know about me, especially from my past. No I don’t have skeletons in my closet. It’s nothing like that.
That leads me to tell you about Rob and I. I’ve only mentioned briefly to you that we met on AOL. I was living in a dorm on the campus of Texas Tech University. I was in my sophomore year. I had had kind of a rough college life, from an awful break up in a 3 year relationship that had crumbled due to the long distance to not knowing that I could survive in the harsh, cut-throat major of medicine. I had been dating off and on after the big break up and had just changed my major, when I got that AOL disk in the mail in November 1995. I found it to be something that would take my mind off my troubles, never expecting it to take me where it has!
I remember loading AOL on to my laptop computer that I had received as a high school graduation gift. In complete disbelief that I was actually “chatting” with someone, I quickly became addicted to it. Innocently chatting with people, mostly guys. I talked with Rob for awhile. Maybe a week or two went by where we set up times to ‘meet’ online so we could ‘talk’. Soon after that we decided to call each other and talk. I remember loving the sound of his voice. One night we started talking around 9 p.m. and didn’t get off the phone until 3 or 4 a.m. Needless to say I didn’t make it to class that morning.
Christmas break was approaching quickly and I’d be heading home for about a month. I decided that I wanted to fly out and meet this amazing guy, so I made up a story that I needed to go back to campus early. My friends thought I was crazy. One of my friends even bought me some mase, which I didn’t even bring with me. So I flew from Lubbock, Texas to Atlanta, Georgia without anyone knowing except a couple of my friends! I think I stayed with ROb for 5 days. It was so surreal. I’d never been one to do something so crazy and risky. Rob was a really nice guy and we hit it off. I had been to Atlanta when I was 5, so Rob enjoyed showing me around. He even took me up to Helen, where it was snowing. It was place that I remember as extremely romantic. After that we headed to Auburn to see where he lived and went to school. Those 5 short days flew by and I didn’t want to leave.
The night I got home we started planning the next time I could go see him. I bought my plane tickets and had it set. In mid-January or so, I made a life changing decision. I was going to move to Auburn to be with him! But first, I had to apply to the university or this grand plan would be pointless. In February, I got the letter that I had been accepted! Our great scheme continued…more later!
This is pic that I took to send to Rob. It’s one of the first photos he saw of me.
Reading your blog is like reading my own life stoy. I live in Texas. My ex-husband went to Tech and his whole freakin’ crazy family is from Lubbock.(I don’t know how anyone can stand living there. NOthing to do but eat at Furr’s or go bowling. Miserable!)
I met my (2nd) husband on the internet and moved to California to be with him… but when he asked me to marry him 9 months later I told him I couldn’t. He was shocked and asked why. My reason is that I wanted to come home (to Ft. Worth) and to my surprise he quit his VERY cush job and started all over out here. He LOVES it here.
I don’t know how you moved out of Texas and are happy where you are. When I was moving out to Cali I bawled my eyes out when I passed the sign that said, “You are now leaving Texas.” Needless to say, I am very happy to be home!
Loved your story. Looking forward to Part 2.