Square One by Dirk Vlieks

Author:Dirk Vlieks
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00

Eight

TO THE TOP OF MOUNT TAM

I was not aware I was missing something in my life. I was too busy to sit back and do an audit on the various things I was doing. I was not inclined to be introspective anyway. I didn’t have the luxury or inclination toward self-analysis. Everything I was doing before I met Kelsey was full and rewarding, and with my training friends and the various orbits we traveled, things were interesting and energizing. It was all good. Throw in work, which I enjoyed as much as anyone can enjoy work, and I was a very contented guy.

I’m sure it is not only me, but sometimes—most times, really—people are not aware something is missing until it arrives, usually unannounced. Once this unexpected gift shows, two things happen. They look back and wonder, stupefied at how they had somehow managed to survive. They wonder how they even managed. Then they look ahead and realize their life will never be the same.

I’m not sure what it was for me. Was it fear of change? Inertia? Being a bonehead? I don’t know, and it really doesn’t matter. The empirical and undisputed truth is that once I met Kelsey Zeigler, my life was never the same again.

I was not even looking, to tell the truth. Things were calm and moving in the right direction—wherever that was. I was happy with that. I certainly wasn’t lonely or lovelorn or anything close to it. I was just contentedly bobbing in the current, not really minding which way it was taking me.

Kelsey hit me like a tsunami.

In fact, I was so unconcerned about my social life, I had to be dragged out the night I met Kelsey. At the time, I had not thought too far beyond what occupied my days. Work was fulfilling, in the odd way that work can be when you don’t hate your job. The rest was simple, too. I worked out, which I loved. I went out with friends, mostly hanging out my training partners, since we were basically in the same orbit. I raced. I wasn’t in love, and I was not desperate to be involved with someone. Everything I was doing meshed in a neat, organized, dedicated, and well-oiled life.

Meeting Kelsey changed everything, in the electrifying way that only falling in love can change your life. I did not stop what I was doing. I didn’t quit my job, or give up working out or start writing poetry or leave my friends for another life. Kelsey and I joined each other the first moment we met. It was as simple as that—a wonderful karmic chemistry that united us instantly and has kept us tied to each other ever since.

Kelsey and I met at a benefit, both dragged there by friends. It took one dance for me to know I wanted to marry her.

As soon as Kelsey and I spoke on the dance floor, the crazy idea was cemented, at least in my mind. I even told friends my plans before Kelsey had made it back to her table after the dance.

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