The story of Jason and I.
Jason and I met as staff members at a Boy Scout ranch in my hometown. I was best friends with the ranger's daughter, and spent most of my senior year in high school, at the camp, with her family. So, when the time came for people to interview to be on staff for the summer, I was already in love with this place and wanted nothing more than to live there for the summer.
The first time we ever saw each other, was when, Jason was leading a get-to-know you game with all the staffers on the day we all arrived. He likes to tell me about how there was no way he couldn't have noticed me, because I kept talking and distracting him as he was trying to keep everyone focused on the game. What can I say? I am a talker. :)
As staff members, you become close with the people you work with, because you all live on camp property for the duration of the camp season. So, it was normal that you interacted with everyone.
After a couple of failed attempts to keep us from dating, by a staff member who will remain unnamed, we ended up going on our first date, to the 4 screen movie theater in my hometown, where we watched Shrek 2 and dined at what used to be the very best Mexican food restaurant in town (that is now a steak and burger joint.)
We spent the rest of our time at camp, trying to spend as much time as possible together. Before camp ended, Jason invited me to come to New Orleans with him a few weeks after camp ended, to attend a wedding with him. To be honest, I really didn't expect to see the guy again. He lived 4 hours away, was starting his Sophomore year in college, and I was just a small-town girl who had graduated from high school two days before we met. Nevertheless, when I kept receiving phone calls from him after camp, I gathered there might be a bit more to us than I had originally thought. :)
We dated for 2 more years, before getting engaged, but that is another story for another time. :)
