I remember (in no order whatsoever): Spanish Christmas music, log fires at his house, him bringing the coat I'd left in his car after our first date to my Neuroanatomy lab after I'd just been talking about him with everyone, the pallet campfire at Red Rocks, hours on the phone through Extended Network areas, wishing he were on trips and getting severe DD withdrawal syndrome, "clinkies", "Coffee BREAK!," butterfly handshake, passing along the need to periodically use lip medication, him climbing with me and 8 other girls at JTree, multi-pitch routes: being a beached whale on Corrugation Corner as he watched me wriggle; revealing his secret past as a oboe playing sandwich artist, Bible studies, hamstring stretching, stoplights run on red, being stopped by cops at the airport and the highway, singing about the healing water of Tahquitz, illegal camping in JTree, getting my hair bird pooped on at Sea World, him bringing me flowers to me right before my football game in front of my fellow PT colleagues, sitting backstage and learning the ropes at the Gretchen Wilson show and grooving to the band outside afterwards, getting chai brought to my bed in the early morn before tests, the most fun flash cards ever created, swing dancing, salsa lessons in Redlands, him calming me down after I bonked on Mt. Conness, studying with me at his house, on trips, at coffee shops, at Jtree while he bouldered; picnics on his front lawn, in his back yard the first time he said the three words, American Gladiators ("Gladiator ready?"), snorkeling and horseback riding in Mexico, nights walking on the beach and swimming in the ocean in Mexico, soup and Bimbo bread in Mexico, weeping as my hands thawed on his stomach on top of San Gregornio, heel jogging down San Jacinto, "Is it not?," eating Thai food in the park and then enjoying Pink Berry and watching the Simpsons in his car for Valentine's Day, My birthday present after learning about Mammoth's many ski lifts, playing football in the street at JTree, feeling awkward for people at Improv, hot springing in a puddle sized stream in Bishop, trudging up train-style White Mountain in insane wind, freezing in TN, Rook nights, "I feel strongly about this," finally doing the Chasm of Doom with about 12 other people, cliff jumping, swimming and tubing in Belize; listening to the rain in Red Rocks, dressing ridiculously for the Elton John concert, theme rock climbing multi-pitch routes, Geronimo!, him meeting my entire family at Christmas, introducing him to bluegrass at the Signal Mountain Opry, announcing to my ctown buds that I had a boyfriend, cats, being the "trophy" girlfriend at his high school reunion, Squamish, exploring Great Stirrup Cay through mangroves, spitting conchs, and spiky rocks; operatic hugs, the beginning of 21, eating sandwiches on top of the sign near Tahquitz, Smelly Cat ears, trying to lay down as many new blue lines as possible on the GPS, quirkiness, adventure, caring, loving, etc., etc.
