5 Years Ago

5 years ago today- Friday, December 12th, 2003- was the day Matt and I started dating! Finals were over, and all of our friends were going to "Poppy's" Martini Bar for drinks and fun to celebrate. Indeed, we had fun! Matt and I shared most of the same friends- and of course we were good friends at that time. But I distinctively remember at one point in the evening, I ended up sitting next to Matt as a large group of us huddled into a round corner table booth. By this point I was sleepy (hey it had been a long week- but yes, I had probably had one too many martinis by this point) and I vividly remembering leaning on Matt ever so slightly and he put his arm around me. In that moment, I can't really explain with words what happened... but I remember my inner dialogue: "Matt's arm around me feels very comforting"... "Hmmm... This feels like more than just friends"... (and the cheesiest) "I could sit here with his arm around me all night"!