simple is beautiful...

is it possible to have feelings for someone that you only met once? have only spent a few short hours with? have only talked to on the phone and by text since that night almost a year and half ago?

it was early december 2007, i was at a conference in chilly cincinnati. it had been a long week and it was saturday night after the closing banquet. i was spending the wee hours of the night hanging out at the hotel bar with a bunch of friends talking, laughing, and of course - drinking.

there was a group of fellas at the bar that my table had been eyeing up and they dared me to talk to them. immature? maybe. but fun? yes. so with the help of my liquid courage i attempted to talk to them. we started by devising a plan...

in the meantime, this extremely handsome fella (tall, dark, handsome, one of the group we had been eyeing) came over to our table, walked right up to me and told me how beautiful i was. then walked away.

it didn't take much for me to approach them after that. i started talking to him and he eventually joined our table. we talked and laughed and drank... and i couldn't stop smiling. The Man was intelligent, gorgeous, and had a great sense of humor. it was wonderful.

well, as the morning slowly crept towards us we eventually made our way to the lobby and then slowly to the elevators. he walked me to my room, said goodbye outside of my door, exchanged our cards, and then we shared a few of the most delicious kisses ever experienced in a random hotel hallway.

we text, call, text, etc. we'll talk all the time, then not so much, and then one day i'll randomly get the sweetest text message from him. he always sends me the most amazing text messages.

so is it crazy that i can't help myself when i read something like this?:

"i miss you so much. i wish we could live out the end scene of wicker park. i wish i could stop you from leaving somewhere at the airport. i wish i could kiss you and you'd know everything i've felt for so long. since i met you."