Day Two

Day Two: Your First Love

Good question. What does love really mean? I can tell you the first person I had a real middle school crush on. That'd be Alyssa Mueller (soon to be Alyssa Miller, ha) who is still a great friend of mine and hopefully always will be. She wasn't my first love though. I think the person I had actual feelings for was another Mueller actually. Not just because I love people I share a last name with, but because it was my first girlfriend that actually lasted more than a month. Her name was Beth and we dated during my Sophomore year of high school. She went to a different school than I did, but thanks to a great set of parents, we were able to see each other once a weekend at one of the countless parties or dances or movies that we attended that year. Beth was (and I'm sure still is) a great person. She was nice, very sincere and pure funny all the time. Its funny this question comes up because while I haven't really seen or hung out with any of those people (including Beth) from that year in high school for years, it all came into conversation just a couple weeks ago. A great friend from high school and before, Kim, actually lives in NYC as well. We met up and talked about all those times for hours at a dive bar in the East Village. It was amazing because both of us really seemed to have moved past those times and nearly forgotten about them after college, but Kim had some pictures to look through that brought all the memories back. They were good memories. Life wasn't complicated at all. It was just about where the next party was, or the next Six Flags trip. Less worries and more fun. It was all structured, but sometimes structure is okay. I guess I was just amazed that I had forgotten about so many of those times. It's good to look back on occasion. Beth actually got married a couple of months ago. I hope all is well with her life.