Joe and I part II

So, after our first dance you would think that things would have proceeded from that but no. We continued to see each other at Church but Joe thought I was too shy and quiet, and I was too shy (I don’t know about quiet).

The next time I remember interacting with Joe was at a group scripture study. I was lifeguarding at the time and working on Sunday’s and so didn’t see him at church much so this was one of the few things I did with my church friends. I saw him across the room. My heart skipped and I began to try to figure out a way to meet him.

That summer Joe did a lot of work in Canada for his job, so I only saw him that once before the scripture study group fizzled out. I also saw Joe at a few dances. He semi dated one of my friends that eventually moved to Oklahoma. She had a crush on him from high school. They went to prom together. I actually remember her telling me about “her missionary” when I first moved to San Antonio. We joked that we would meet him at the airport with her in a wedding gown and me in a bridesmaid dress. Luckily that never happened. So he was hands off until I found out they broke up and she moved to Oklahoma.

That summer I meet Joe and I’s future matchmaker. Valerie and I meet when I crashed a sleepover at her apartment. It was supposed to be a girl’s night in but we ended up all crashing a party that one of the guys was having since he was complaining that there would be no girls there. I think that was the most fun party I have ever been to. Valerie and I were total goofs breaking out into a huge pillow fight in the middle of the “dance floor” aka living room. From that night on Valerie and I spent most nights at her or my apartment and I become her unofficial roommate. (Miss you Val).

Valerie’s roommate at the time had a huge crush on Joe (I don’t know if Joe realized what a chic magnet he was) and so I didn’t say anything about my crush for a while. Eventually I found out that Valerie and her roommate weren’t getting along. One day Valerie and I went to go window shopping at the mall. I finally got the courage to tell her about my secret crush (I think we were both confessing but I don’t remember who hers was). She got so excited and started jumping up and down saying that we would be perfect together. Little did I know Joe was Valerie’s home teacher and they had a good relationship. Joe was still in Canada at this time.