Nostalgia

Friday, July 20 2007.  The date of my first John Mayer concert.  I went with my new(ish) work friend, Just.  She and I had recently become close at the office and we bonded over similar taste in music, a shared astrological sign and a propensity for overanalyzing things.  Namely, our feelings.

Just had recently broken up with the one.  This was also a catalyst for our closeness.  Being firm believers that people are placed into your life for a reason, we knew it was all part of the big plan that - although we'd worked in the same, small office for close to a year - it was only now that we started doing lunches, manicures, and the occasional happy hour.

The concert was amazing.  We had lawn seats at the venue and sat on a big blankets with beers and hot dogs.  This was also the first night I ever met H.  As the date for the concert approached, I reconnected with a high school friend who was also planning on going.  We decided to meet up at the concert and say hi.  Once Just and I arrived and found our perfect lawn seats, I got a call from said friend who was on her way to the show.  A question: Would I mind if her boyfriend's brother sat with us? He bought a last minute lawn seat (to see the opening act - Ben Folds) and she'd introduce us.

"He's a nice guy, not a weirdo or anything."

And so, Ben played and John played (Just and I swooned) and I made a new friend. He was a bit quiet, cordial, I think he bought us a beer. He was kind. He drove all of us home and asked for my number.  I saw him a few times after that, but we never really dated until - well, until now!  Until May of 2009 when we saw each other again (at his brother's and my friend's wedding) and we've been together ever since.

Tonight, I am once again going to see John Mayer at the same exact venue as '07, on this - a Friday night in July.  I am going with Just.  We haven't worked together in over a year since her departure from the company.  I miss that.  I miss sharing an office with her.  I miss sharing every. single. thing.  Every feeling and every emotion.  It was almost like something didn't really happen to me until I shared it with Just.  We now have a slightly different relationship, but still remain very close.

So many of the circumstances are the same and just as many are different.  We've been to two more JM shows together since.  I am finding myself feeling very nostalgic and reflective about going to the concert tonight, singing and dancing, reconnecting and catching up, and reliving that night in July.

"...I know a girl ... she puts the color inside of my world..."

{circa 2007}