How we met....

As most of you probably already know, Kyle and I met at Baylor University. However, as dorky as this may sound, we actually first met on the INTERNET!! Yes, I admit, it is true.... Sometime after I had committed to going to Baylor, whether it was during the final days of my senior year of high school or the few months of summer before college started, I did a little search on the infamous internet provider--AOL. After typing in "Baylor" as the search keyword, I came across various users of many ages with either an interest or some sort of affiliation with the university.

One user in particular caught my eye, partly because he was to attend the very same institution as I, in the very same year, and partly because he happened to be online that very moment! Thrilled with the coincidence, I took the opportunity to meet a classmate before even registering for classes, thus I initiated a chat with "Astrke." What we actually talked about, I haven't the slightest recollection, however, in the end he made it on my friend list and I am certain we parted with salutations and mutterings of potential future sightings on campus.

The summer passed and the time had finally come to move onto campus. After spending the morning getting settled into a closet they call a dormitory, my mom took me to the Student Union Building to drop me off with the rest of the freshman class of 2006. I recall choking back tears as I watched her drive away, leaving me on campus...alone. ....It took all of five minutes to make friends with some kids eating their sandwich plate in the grass under some trees. I think I made more friends, more easily during that first week at Baylor than I ever had in my entire life!

After Welcome Week ended and classes had started, I was lounging in my dorm and decided to sign onto AOL Instant Messenger to catch up with some high school pals. Suddenly, I noticed a familiar screename pop up in a chatbox inquiring if I had, in fact, started classes at Baylor. It was Astrke from my AOL search! Immediately, I responded to see how he was liking BU thus far. We talked about welcome week, the first few days of classes, some of the people we had hung out with.... Wait! CorrieLee, Benji, Dax? I had hung out with the same people! Rollerblading with a shopping cart on campus just a little while ago? Me too! Oddly enough, we had already met and spent time together and didn't even realize it!

Thus began our friendship, which later became a relationship, and soon will be a marriage!