Our first date

Nine years ago today, I met the man of my dreams face to face.

After e-mailing each other for a couple of weeks then talking on the phone a few times, we finally met each other.

For several years, my sister and I went together to the finals of the RCA Tennis Championships. She must have been back at college that weekend in August 2001, since she couldn’t come with me to the finals. So instead, I invited Chris to go with me.

I was excited to see Patrick Rafter, one of my favorite players, play in the finals. Thank goodness he won, but it was only because his opponent retired due to an injury.

After a short 19-minute match, I wasn’t ready for our date to be over. We were having too much fun! We stuck around for a little of the doubles finals match. But then Chris suggested that we go see his nearly built house (which I never expected to became our first home together). It still was too early in the day to leave each other, so I invited him to my apartment to watch a movie. After that we went to dinner and finally said goodbye.

And the rest is history, right?! Look how far we’ve come!

Unfortunately, recently it was announced that IUPUI will demolish the Indianapolis Tennis Center to make room for an expansion to the nearby NCAA headquarters. How sad that soon we’ll no longer be able to see the place where we shared our first date. But what great memories we have of that special day and that special place.