Five years ago, this past Sunday, I received an email:

Take the year that LiveJournal (our old blog host) started.
Two months past your birth month.
Translate the word “sju” to get the day number.
Visit Userfriendly. The entry should have the text “better if we talk in person”.

To make the target specific, it will not be influenced by any continents that currently have ground troops in Iraq.

Let’s see.. 1999, December.. I checked the word in Swedish, but nothing came up, so I just started at Dec. 1st. One week’s worth of comix later, I found it…

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Yes, this was how Thomas asked me out on our first “official” date, which occurred five years ago today.  Once I agreed, he sent me GPS coordinates, which I followed to find an envelope holding a red and yellow rose, a sketch he made, more coordinates to the restaurant, and directions to bring the flowers however I’m feeling.  I am not poetic, and so instead of picking up on his symbolism of red flower meaning love and yellow flower meaning friendship, I dropped the flowers off in water at home before meeting him for dinner.

Despite my flowerless arrival, and a nervous first date, the night went well and started off our relationship.  I’ve got another milestone story to share tomorrow, and then one more in three weeks.  We do a good job of keeping our events spaced out evenly. :)