TODAY WAS THE DAY

..... well here we are, just buried Dunk and now we are going out to get drunk and celebrate his life. We started out drinking and carrying on at the Gemini(now Spring Street Tavern) soon we moved on to the Forum( nightclub). I don't remember who was all there but I still remember turning the corner walking towards the bar and there was this gorgeous creature I had seen in there before. And right next to her sat Cindy. Just kidding she was that gorgeous creature. Before I worked up the nerve to ask her to dance some other guy ask her. What to my surprise she turned him down ............. I don't have a chance. Well it is surprising the courage or lack of sense you have after you bury a friend, so over I go to ask. "Do you want to dance?" and she said .... ..... not no, not yes, but "well I just turned that guy down" Like I give a shit. So I said " Yes I know I thought it would be funny if you went up there and dance with me after you turned him down" Funny for me but I bet not him. Anyway that actually worked. By The time we got up there it was the end of a disco tune and straight into 3 slow songs. OH YEAH , THANK YOU DUNK. I still remember the three songs. Just the way you are by Billy Joel, that's why that was on our cd for our anniversary. then came I Go Crazy by Paul Davis( no Cindy not your boss) and then the last song was When I need you by Leo Sayer. And lucky Cindy got to listen to me sing them all to her. Hell I knew by this time I was already in love. Later that night she came by an apartment that was rented by mutual friends. After she climbed into her brothers BIG truck and drove away I fell to the ground and made snow angels. I'M IN LOVE. I asked our friends about her and they didn't know her to well, they said they thought Cindy lived in Payson. OH Burst my bubble, I am not driving to Payson every night to see this girl. Not with gas at 65 cents a gallon. Still, I couldn't get her out of my head. So to the phonebook I go. Am I lucky or what she lives on Payson Heights in Quincy not Payson IL. WHEW! On our first date, I walked into the house and there was her big ole dad sleeping on the couch with some butt crack hanging out( NO DON"T GET UP) and her mom was already in bed. I think I like her parents.
It was only 3 or 4 weeks after I met Cindy that Rick Olps, Dan Grieving and I went to visit my new niece and nephew in Ohio for the first time. I changed my first poopie diaper there, glad you don't remember that Kris ........... that's another blog.

So glad you had that fake ID or we never would have met.

HAPPY 29TH ANNIVERSARY CINDY