A Promise Kept

June 13, 2004 in Dating

Ursula Petula Barzey 0 Like Post 12 Comments

Meeting me at the airport at 5:26am on Saturday morning was none other than Racquetball Guy. It was so good to see him. It had been over a week since he’d left for St. Thomas, but it felt like a month. I tell you, absence does indeed make the heart grow fonder. It also made me more appreciative as I knew he had practically moved mountains to be there to pick me up. Any doubts I had about his commitment to our relationship immediately vanished. Any doubts that I had about his willingness to keep promises made – even in the face of adversity totally vanished. After all, he had promised to go to my friend’s wedding with me over a month ago and when the extended business trip to St Thomas came up, I thought he might not make it. He had a legitimate reason to back out.
But there he was in all his glory. I couldn’t be more pleased. We had breakfast at IHOP before heading back to my house to hang out. Later, we ran a few errands and then headed to his house to get dressed for my friend’s wedding. Let me say that we looked quite lovely — me in my peri blue halter top satin dress and he in a navy blue suit to compliment. And compliments we got at the wedding – mostly from friends but also from people we didn’t know. One person even told us that we looked like a movie star couple. That just made me blush from cheek to cheek.
The wedding itself was quite lovely. Both the ceremony and reception were at The Women’s Club of Evanston. The bride was stunning and the groom seemed really happy. Plus everything was just beautiful and also quite upscale without being pretentious. It’s the sort of wedding that most people aspire to, but probably never achieve. It was the sort of wedding that made you day dream about what you’d like for your own. Arrh, but that’s conversation for another day.
So here it is now Sunday, and Racquetball Guy has gone back to St. Thomas. He may be there for another month and I miss him already. But I know it’s not goodbye forever, so I take comfort that I’ll see him soon and talk to him even sooner. In the mean time, I’ve got to catch up on some sleep, friends and a few projects that need to be finished. It been an action packed last few days.

12 Comments

June 21, 2004 at 10:26 pm

Ursula

Andrew,
thanks for the compliment. Say, I thought it was you shouldn’t drop someone off at the airport at the beginning of a relationship. In any event, he insisted on picking me up. So there you have it.
June 21, 2004 at 5:43 pm

khandi

Forget great, you look straight up sexy in that dress! Go on wit ya bad self! (Sorry I’m so late)
June 17, 2004 at 11:54 pm

andrew

Do you know Harry’s theory about how you’re never supposed to pick someone up at the airport at the beginning of a relationship? I mean, of course, Harry from “When Harry Met Sally.”
You do look smashing in that dress, by the way.
June 15, 2004 at 12:42 pm

miss ellen

wow, you look great! it’s always nice to get all spiffed up & have some fun.
happy to hear all the good news — keep it coming, ursula!
June 14, 2004 at 7:40 pm

R-B Guy

Just wanted to say that I was the Luckiest guy at the wedding, next to the groom! Wouldn’t have missed that for anything (not even a stressful job). We really did look good together babe! The best 24hrs I had in quite a while! See ya Soon!
June 14, 2004 at 5:30 pm

Serenity

First things first: You looked fabulous in that dress!
Second: WOW! My mouth flung open and my jaw slammed the floor when I read that RbG, although he had every good excuse not to show, DID because he said he would!
WOW! Do you know how RARE that is these days? Ok, so, like he’s totally cool and I hope this works out because that says so! much about a person.
Did I say WOW yet? You may have waited awhile but LOOK WHO YOU FOUND! Impressive.
June 14, 2004 at 11:19 am

lmb

What a beautiful dress!!
June 14, 2004 at 9:19 am

Ursula

Thanks everyone for your compliments re how I looked in the dress.
As for me going to St. Thomas, that’s a possibility. Only time will tell if it becomes a reality.
June 14, 2004 at 12:38 am

Cymple

You looked absolutely beautiful in the dress. Hope everything works will with you and RBG. I just started reading, but how did he get that name? LOL
June 13, 2004 at 4:12 pm

Judy

You looked absolutly stunning in that dress. I’m sure RBG could not keep his eyes off you.
June 13, 2004 at 4:08 pm

Shasta MacNasty

You look BEAUTIFUL in that dress! Is there a chance you can go to St. Thomas for a bit to see RG while he’s there?
June 13, 2004 at 1:53 pm

LWB

you looked lovely in that dress, woman! 🙂