Question #1

So I asked my fellow bloggers and readers to ask me some questions. That way I might actually have something interesting to blog about while I deal with a hellishly long wait for Chin@ to get its act together and because things are that boring right now.

So Kayce asked me this:

How did you and your hubby meet?

Technically Lane and I met on December 29, 1995 for about 30 seconds. I had just gotten back from Cincinn@ti and my friend Dzin's bachelorette party. In Cincy you can get into the bars at 18, you just can't drink. This allowed her entire wedding party, her youngest sister included to attend (I was not in the wedding, just an attendee.)

I need to add that I've known Dzin's family since I was 5. For those of you who read regularly will remember that in June her father passed away. So I have always been somewhat of an extension of the family.

I had left my car at Dzin's house. At the time, her middle sister, H was my best friend. So when we got back I had to pick up my car at her house. Well her soon-to-be husband, Marc was waiting at the house so they could go downtown to get their marriage license. Whoops! One little detail they had left until the last minute. I ran inside the house for literally 30 seconds and Dzin says, "Liene, this is Marc's brother, Lane." A brief hello and I was out the door.

Next day was wedding day. The wedding went off without a hitch and off to the reception we went. The wedding was the first time I had really paid attention to what Lane looked like. I was so busy just trying to get back out the door, I had a million things to do since the DJ Marc & Dzin hired had virtually zero music they wanted to be played that their wedding and I had a lot of it in my CD collection. So I didn't really take much notice of Lane then. So we're at the reception and it wasn't until after dinner that I got to talk to Lane. H reintroduced us and we spoke briefly. I really was afraid to talk to him to0 much because after I was told he was a pilot in the Air For.ce I thought, "I stand no chance. He's got a girlfriend back in Tex@s and even if he didn't he's got girls waiting." Plus, there was a girl whom I've known since I was 16 who was flirting majorly with Lane.

Towards the end of the wedding I got to talk to Lane a little bit more and he invited me back to his hotel room for a party. He was really loaded. That's what an open bar reception will do to you. I would've had a lot more to drink but I was driving. I told him I might show up. It was already well after midnight. While driving home I got a headache and decided I was not going to go. BTW, I think Lane said he passed out in his tux that night.

So the following day was New Year's Eve and the bride's parents were throwing a New Year's Eve shindig for the guests that were still around. Girl from the night before, IR, was there as well and she was literally ALL OVER Lane. I kind of thought it was pretty pathetic myself. Day started out watching Sunday football and playing cards. Lane and I talked a lot and started to get to know each other. We realized we had a lot in common and I could tell that IR was none too happy about Lane talking to me.

The clock strikes midnight and everyone screams "HAPPY NEW YEAR!!" Lane was standing next to me and he was the first person I kissed. I think he was a little shocked but it's just the way my friends and I have always done New Year's. Around 4 am, a huge group of us headed to Den.ny's for "breakfast" and Lane sat across the table from me. We continued talking. After Den.ny's he went back to his hotel room and I headed back to Dzin's parents house, I think. I can't remember if I went back there or home.

Lane gave me his email address but it wasn't written down, so I forgot it. It took 2 1/2 weeks of begging and pleading with H who did have his email to give it to me. She actually said to me, "I should charge you a dollar for every letter in his email address." It would've cost me $16 had she been really serious.

So lots of emails and phone calls later, Lane asked me out. What's funny is he thought I was older than his brother and I didn't think Lane was 5 yrs older than his brother. So that's when we found out there was a 7 yr age gap. I thought that would make Lane change his mind about me.

On Feb 9, 1996 Lane and I had our first date which lasted the whole weekend. He flew me down to TX to attend a military ball with him. I missed my connection in Dall@s so he just drove from Abil.ene to meet me at his brother Marc & SIL, Dzin's house and then we'd drive back to Abil.ene on Sat morning.

The first place Lane took me to eat was Chi.li's where we promptly ordered a pitcher of margarita's with Marc and Dzin. The waitress asked me for ID and I said, "Whoops. I only have my student ID as I knew I wasn't driving this weekend." She let me drink. Everyone else laughted at me for lying. I was 3 months from my 21st birthday. So sue me. It's not like it was my first drink!! Saturday I attended the ball and when we got back to his house we spent the entire night talking (get your mind's out of the gutter. I'm not that kind of a girl!). At 6 am he took me to the airport and I had a boyfriend!

So this will lead to my next post. A question that was asked a long time ago about how Lane and I had been married to each other twice without a divorce in between.