Today is a day that is cemented in
PaulA and Kat history....
December 5th,
our first date...
a mere 50 years ago.
We were sophomores at UVM,
living in the dorms on Redstone Campus
and
PaulA asked me to
a semi-formal party.
(The party was as "semi-formal"
as you can get in a
dormitory lounge made of
porous gray cinder blocks.)
So, as girls do…
I debated on what I should wear.
Nothing I owned seemed worthy of a
concrete block
semi-formal affair…
so I walked “down street” to the center of Burlington
to look for a
cool yet groovy
outfit to wear…
and I came back with a
brown velvet skirt and matching brown vest.
#whatwasIthinking?
I guess I was going for a look that screamed
the old UPS slogan...
"What-can-Brown-do-for-you?"
It's a wonder PaulA didn't send me packing...
with packing slip and all.
I must say...
my date was looking quite spiffy in his
corduroy jacket,
white tie,
and curly hair.
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Anywhoooo……
This morning PaulA said to me...
"Today is December 5th...
the anniversary of our first date…
50 years ago.”
With a sweet card and
dinner reservations...
this curly-haired boy's
still got it.
That there is
concrete (dorm room)
proof
my brown outfit didn't scare him away
and that
December 5th is
cemented in
PaulA and Kat history.
Who would have known
that our first date would lead to
countless more over 50 years……
and that PaulA would become my amazing husband, father and “Hop."
Concrete fact: He will always be my boyfriend.
