For the last month I’ve met up with many great friends in San Francisco. Among those married ones kids seem to be the most talked about topic. Everest and Donna just had their second child, baby girl Brooke; Eri had her second kid a year ago and yes! It’s a boy again. Melody had a 21 month old boy named Aiden. Tony & Trish finally had their first child a year ago and they are very happy with Emily. Rochelle is now 8 years old and Blake is so fortunate to have her. She’s gotta be the smartest 8 year old!
Today I turn 35 years old. Two years ago on my birthday I vowed to meet my Mr. Right before the age of 35. And it turns out that I’ve knew him all along.
We met five years ago at Rouge. It was a night I was supposed to hang out with friends from college. He asked me out on a date and promised to take me to sushi. On our first date he was late and he took me out for Thai food instead.
Once we spent a wonderful weekend together at Monterey. It was the most romantic weekend ever. I remember that my Tiffany necklace fell into the faucet and we tried to get it out but failed. So he called housekeeping and the janitor came to our rescue. It was the best sex I’ve ever had and I never felt this way with anyone. We’re a match made in heaven. On the way back we stopped by Gilroy to meet his dad and his stepmom. It wasn’t part of the plan as far as I was concerned. But he said that it was his father’s birthday and he wanted to go say hi.
We went out a few more dates afterwards. The last time we were together was when I lived on Nob Hill. Then I left San Francisco for Taiwan.
Last year the day I arrived in San Francisco for my 34th birthday he sent me an Email. He said that he was cleaning out inbox and came across the Email I’ve sent to all my friends upon my departure from San Francisco in 2004.
Isn’t that amazing? More than 3 & 1/2 years later he finally discovered my Email, not knowing that I’ve been gone all this time. I wrote him back immediately and he called me up right away. “I’ve thought about you over the years,” he said.
For some odd reason we didn’t get to meet up in person. My trip was extremely short. It was only a total of 9 days…unfortunately we missed each other again.
Usually prior to my arrival in San Francisco I would send an Email to friends and let them know where to find me during my stay. His Email address was bounced back. I didn’t think much about it until the day my date was late picking me up and I had a little extra time to kill. I began cleaning out my inbox and came across his Email from last year in which he provided new contact information.
I decided to give it a try and see what happens. And just like that only minutes after I left the house he called me up. It was so good to hear from him. It was like a dream come true!
I had to get off the phone because dinner was about to start. He asked me to call him when I got home. It was late when I called it a night and he didn’t pick up when I tried to ring him up.
The next day I had a plan to meet up with friends for happy hour drinks. I invited him to join us or pick me up afterwards for dinner. I was very excited about meeting him after nearly 5 years. The moment when I laid my eyes on him, he stood next to his car in a purple velvet jacket. Oh man, I was in love all over again.
We first went to Houston’s and were told that the wait for a table was 30 minutes. We kept ourselves busy by staying inseparable. But then we didn’t feel like spending all that time waiting. So we went up to North Beach for some great Italian food where waiting in line was not required. I remember looking at him across the table, and thinking to myself, “We belong together.” While we waited for the valet boy he grabbed me by the waist and kissed me like there’s no tomorrow. It was so passionate that we didn’t even care that we put on a free show by the curb for everyone to see!
That kiss sealed the deal and I’ve found my knight in shiny armor – my king – my everything!
