It's about 2:00 AM (May 6th), I am in the car, waiting for the owner and his buddy who were upstairs to retreive the friends car keys from the owners appartment (we had all car pooled to go out).
We had been in San Jose at the "famous" Polyester club dancing with the VW owners freinds and co-workers.
I found out later that he had asked his friends to join us in case I turned out to be fat, ugly and a horrible date.
I had HUGE blisters on my feet from walking all through town since there was no parking anywhere ... Cinco the Mayo = lots of people on the streets and NO parking near down town.
It had been 20 minutes and I started to wonder what these two guys were doing up there and if they had forgotten about me when I saw the friend running out of the building and to his car.
Strange!!! Why is he running?
10 more minutes pass and now I am really starting to worry.
I don't know what apartment the owner lives in (I had never been there) and somehow it all feels rather strange to me.
But then the owner appears and walks back to the car.
When he enters the car I notice his bloody nose and his pants flap/zipper was wide open.
Now I am really starting to freak out!
My thoughts are racing through my head ..
"OH MY LORD!!!
What happed up there?
Why is his nose oozing blood?
Why is the zipper WIDE open?
Should I ask?
Why was the other guy running out of the house?
Oh my Lord, what if this guy is some murderer or something?
Help!!!
I am going to die!
This is the end of me!!!"
....
Fast forward 10 years and the owner of the VW just called me to tell me that my 4Runner is happily in the shop, getting a much needed check up and should be as good as new by this afternoon.
I tell him that the Ls have been playing/fighting school for the last 20 minutes and have not played one second of it since they keep fighting over who gets to be the teacher.
The little one just stuck her tongue at the big one and L told her she'd never play with her again.
The owner of the VW replies:
"... and see where that decision to NOT run away that night when I entered the car with my bloody nose and with my flap right open brought you.
Aren't you glad you stayed to hear the story of how I got my bloody nose while going to the bathroom, how I could not stop it from bleeding and how my buddy had realized that it was so late and he had to go home to get some sleep before he had to go back to work in a few hours so he raced to his car to go home. Wasn't it worth it?"
hm ... let me think about that for a second ...
IT SURE WAS!!!
May 5th, 2001 changed my life forever, in a very good way!
Pat and I had meet online as Monkey 328 and Mysterious Mystos on Matchmaker.com and emailed then for 8 months on a daily basis (multiple times a day I should mention).
We had never spoken on the phone until a few days before we actually meet.
I never, for one second, thought we'd end up together.
I wasn't looking for anything but friends to run and hang out with and Pat was new to the Bay Area and tried to connect with people online, since he worked 12-14 hours per day during the Semiconductor up-turn at that time.
I was going to run in a race and thought he could come and join us running through Los Gatos ...
Well thats how it all started ...
Pat gave me this diary of our email conversations a year after we had meet.
I still have it and sometimes find myself reading through the lovey-dovey emails
we had sent to each other.
We meet May 5th and have been inseparable ever since.
This is the shirt he wore on our first date.
He still wears it!
Billabong shirts are VERY durable!
Today, 10 years into my journey with this "Mysterious Mystos" I have a lot to be thankful and gratefuller for.
A wonderful life with a wonderful, understanding, caring and supportive husband who always tries to make us happy, whatever the cost may be.
Who gave me the best position and title to put on a business card; Mama.
And who never, ever gives up, even if it's 90/10 or even 100/0 (internal joke ...he understands!)
Lillie Marie Sigrid Agnes Czarnota
Lucy Luise Sigrid Agnes Czarnota
The BEST part of my life!
Happy Anniversary Mysterious Mystos aka Goalie!
Thanks for the ride.!
The best bloody nose and open flap I have ever seen.
LUM
