Today is the 18th anniversary of my first date with Jim.

Jim and I met during my first weekend at college – the University of Virginia. September 8th was the football game against Clemson. UVa had not beaten Clemson in a ridiculous number of years (over 30 if I remember – Jim would know).

For our first date, he took me to the game. We sat on the hill with his fraternity. Side note – I recently found out that the hill is no longer there and now has stadium seating. 

It was a fairly normal first date… except for the fact that my date was painted blue and orange! At the time I wasn’t sure whether or not he was trying to impress me with the paint. Actually, I’m still not sure whether or not he was trying to impress me with the paint. 

It was an incredibly exciting game – and quite remarkable in that UVa actually won!

A month later, Jim gave me a card. It had Ziggy (remember Ziggy?) on the front staring off into a sunset. Jim had printed off and taped to the front: “One month ago, as if it were destiny…”

I opened it up and it read: “UVa beat Clemson.” It also had a newspaper photo of Jim cheering the victory.

What a romatic, huh?!