miss and mister THANG

very rarely do i meet people that you instantly mesh with.  t and i are a little different than a lot of people, i find...as i guess, everyone is.  we both tend to jump head first into things...without really looking at the "what ifs?" about the situation. 

i don't think i've ever met another person, much less, couple, that would do this same thing.  until i met a girl and her guy over from Because of Match. 

first off, j and i met online.  not something i do on a regular basis, especially so at the time that i started talking to her.  i had just barely found out what this thing called a BLOG was and there i was writing to this girl that i didn't even know, but i had been lurking at her site.  for some reason, we started talking.  i was going through a really hard time in life and trying to make some big life decisions at the time.  j just took it in stride.  told me to call her if i wanted and shared her experiences that were similar and the reasons that she made the choices that she had. 

we met in person, a couple years ago, in austin, tx, of all places.  seriously...and the reason we met, is because she and her guy decided two months before, that they were going to travel there to do an inline marathon.  NO FRICKIN WAY.  i know...it's nuts.  they met us, and the 8 or so friends that we had there as well and fit in like there was nothin' to it.  then, the proceeded to do the marathon the next day.  troopers...i tell you.  the guy, even won a medal. 

she and he are now out here, in colorado, for a long weekend.  i cannot wait.  i'm able to show them boulder, then we are driving up to estes, then down to ft. c., tomorrow.  AWESOME!