My friend Chris kept telling me about this guy he wanted to introduce me to. He finally got it coordinated for us to meet at Theology on Tap. When I got there, my friend Sher told me Chris had been waiting for me to get there so he could finally introduce me to Jeremy. Chris and I talked at by one of the coolers and he pointed Jeremy out. I was thinking, "Wow, this guy is pretty cute!" Chris said he would introduce us a little later in the night so it wasn't too awkward for either of us.

We were formally introduced to each other and had a few minutes to talk, which was a little nerve-wracking for me, since I tend to get shy around new people...particularly this new person, who happened to be a very good looking guy. However, I thought it would be unlikely anything would come about from this meeting since I was leaving for grad school the following week.

It was around March 2006 that I had a revelation...I needed to find out about this guy, Jeremy, that I had met over the summer. I had been living in Pocatello for about 8 months and the prospects weren't so good there, so I knew I had to make a call to Chris. Chris made it a point to tell me (again) that Jeremy is a great guy, even detailing some of the amazing things he had done for his community and other people in his life. I told Chris I was interested in seeing Jeremy again and asked if he would help us get in touch the next time I was home. At the end of March, I had an email from Jeremy to call when I was in town. I called on Friday, March 31st, and we set up a date...for April 1st.

We were introduced to each other in August 2005 by Chris B, a friend of ours. Chris had been talking about Katie for some time, since he had known her as a student in youth group at St. Mark's when Katie was in high school, and from them both helping with youth group once Katie graduated high school. Chris had always talked very highly of Katie, the person she was, and I was always intrigued that he kept mentioning her, since nobody ever really talked about girls like that. Since Chris always kept mentioning her, I began thinking that I would never get to meet her, because it never seemed to work out.

So finally we were able to be introduced at a Catholic young adult meeting in a park with casual talks about religion, volleyball, beer, and snacks that I had been attending during the summer. I thought I was so lucky to have friends that would introduce me to such a cute girl. Katie was wearing a yellow shirt and long skirt that she denies ever owning, although to this day I stick to my story (and my memory). And NO, it wasn't the beer.

I geeked out and told Katie that her cell phone didn't have a Micron brand cell phone camera in it, which is what I worked on as my job as a CMOS Image Sensor Product Engineer at Micron Technology. We talked for a short time, but nothing else happened, Katie was heading to start school at Idaho State in Pocatello the next week to start her doctorate in Physical Therapy, so I didn't know if I would ever see her again. I always had a hope that I would get to meet Katie again, most likely when she would get back from school in the following spring.