A few of my friends have kids going to our alma mater, and they’re moving in this week!

Nostalgia forced me in to the basement, in search of photos from my college move-in weekend to Iowa State University. I moved in on Wednesday, August 21, 2002. Here’s Dad, Christina, and me relaxing after moving everything in to my dorm room:

And here is a selfie (so ahead of the times!) I took two days later, Friday, August 23rd. I took this selfie because I had just taken braids out of my hair and wanted to document how curly it was!

This date, today’s date, August 23rd, didn’t mean anything to me until I made the connection looking at these photos, but that’s the night I met Steven (I was a freshman and he was a senior). We both had friends take us to a frat party, he and I chatted and connected, he walked me back to my dorm, and asked for my number. And the rest is history!

I’ve known Steven for seventeen years as of today! I’m thirty-five, so I am getting close to knowing him for half my life! Awwwwwww.