Our First Picture Together
Greg and I met in the best possible way - completely unintentional through mutual friends. I was in San Diego in August of 2010 for 10 days with my friend Katie, for a conference we were attending with our anesthesia class (Katie and I are in school in Minneapolis together). Her husband Tom is from San Diego, so he came with us and we stayed with his mom. On Friday night, our class all went to a Padres game, and Tom had told us that a friend of his was planning to drive down from LA and meet us at the game. I remember the first time I saw Greg, he was walking up the stairs at the stadium with Tom towards our seats... and I most definitely noticed him. Tom introduced us, I acted nonchalant, and we didn't talk again until after the game on the way to Rock Bottom Brewery (yup, there is one in San Diego too). We small talked a bit as we walked to the restaurant, and after we got there, this random guy sent a drink over to me at our table and came to chat me up. After about 10 minutes, Greg came over to essentially join/interrupt the exchange, and the guy bolted! It was pretty cute =) We spent the rest of the evening talking, dancing, getting to know each other, and had an amazing time! Greg made the hour drive down to San Diego from LA twice more during our trip to see me. A few weeks after we left, Greg flew to Minneapolis for Labor Day weekend, and we had the most romantic, movie-worthy first kiss in the airport. After that weekend, I knew he was the man I was going to marry.