Happy Anniversary to me!

This week I am celebrating my one year with a very special someone! Yep, that's right, it has officially been one year since I went on a date with a very special person. There isn't an engagement yet. Actually, there wasn't even a second date. But, this person changed my life forever, so I feel like I should pay tribute to him in the blogosphere. Because of Dan, I can usually beat anyone else's blind date stories. So.... Dan the Warrior... this one's for you (He asked me to please call him Dan the Warrior.... he has warrior friends, too).

No, this is not Dan the Warrior. Unfortunately, I don't have a picture of him. But when I googled Dan the Warrior, this picture came up. It's called Peaceful Warrior Dan. He looks nice.

I feel like the best way to document this event is bullet form, because it'll take me way too long to write as a story. So here we go.

-Dan comes to door. Since he doesn't know Annie, Annie sends Sarah out the door. They return after 10 seconds and Annie walks out the door with Dan. Mistake #1.

-Dan pulls out two spirals. "Pink is for girls. Blue is for boys. These are our journals for the night. Here's yours." Dan hands Annie pink spiral and tells her to write to her first impressions. "Are you serious?" Don't worry.

-Arrive at Pita Pit for dinner. This is actually a good move because Annie loves the Pita Pit. Dan walks up to the cash register and tells cashier what his "fiancee" will be having. Annie corrects him quickly. Dan's dad calls while we are in line and Dan hands the phone to Annie. Awkward.

-Sit down and eat food. A large, chiseled, vein-popping hunk of man walks past their table and Annie tells Dan to check him out. Dan ignores this, flexes his own muscles, checks himself out, then takes his styrofoam cup and his hand begins to quiver. Dan crushes styrofoam cup, which is still filled with WATER. Water goes all over the table, Dan, and the floor. Innocent bystanders give Annie sympathetic looks. Dan proceeds to go to the machine where you get water and try to refill his cup... which is STILL crushed. Again, water goes everywhere. Annie makes Dan leave. Oh and Dan likes to do cheers with Annie's pita regularly.

-BYU vs. UVU hockey game. Dan asks everyone to please scoot over for him and his date. Actually he yells for everyone to scoot over. They are seated on the back row, and Dan starts banging the chain link fence with his head, which has a ripple effect. Every time it swings back and forward, it hits everyone else on the row. People love him.

-Annie tells Dan she is going to the bathroom. Dan says he is really going to miss her and could she "please give me a hug. Can I go with you?" In your dreams sucka. This would have been the perfect time to make an escape, but not this smartie pants.

-After the game they get back in the truck. Dan pulls out a bunch of CDs. "In my hand I have the 11 most emotional mixes I have ever made. We are going to listen to each one. When you hear a song you have three options. Thumbs up, down, or if it really moves you, you can touch your heart." Dan touches his heart for most every one. Creepster.

-Arrive in Raintree parking lot. Dan tells Annie to write a reflection in her journal about the evening. Annie writes for a minute and asks if she can be finished with this. "You're done when your heart tells you you're done." "I think it just told me." Dan turns up music really loud. "May I have this dance?" "You're kidding. You don't actually want to dance right here?" Car of Tongans pull up next to Dan's truck. "Please...." Dan comes and opens Annie's door. Annie slams journal on seat and gets out. Begin dancing to Tim McGraw song. "You're really pretty." "You're really..... tall. Okay..... I think we're done. Let's go."

-Begin walking up to Annie's apartment. Dan spys another couple walking up another stairwell and shouts, "Good luck at the doorstep, man! Have a good doorstep scene!" Dan turns to Annie. "I'm kinda nervous about our doorstep scene." "You shouldn't be."

-Long story short, DTW sees a flyer for Stake combined men/women Enrichment the next day, shows up, is even more awkward, and all of Annie's friends die laughing.

Okay, so maybe this story doesn't sound as awesome when I can't tell it in person to all of you fans, but seriously, DTW, you are one of a kind. You have changed my life. The end.

Oh, and I am accepting anniversary presents. Actually, just cash. Mail it to me. I'll write you a thank you note.

Have a happy day.