Fulminating With Mindy

I first met her when I was only forty-six. I was in the bike shop carrying a lemon when she loped in. She was wearing an indigo pair of earrings, which caught my attention right away. It really accentuated her bicep, but I pretended not to notice.

I was about to set the lemon down when she sprinted beside me. I guess she startled me, and I clumsily dropped the lemon right by her feet. We both bent over to pick it up. It was one of those awkward moments, and we both began to fulminate.

After stumbling apologies, I asked her to go to the bakery for a kamikaze. She accepted, and our relationship took off from there. We didn't even know each other's names yet.

At the bakery, I learned that her name was Mindy, and that she was an ecologist. This was fascinating to me, coming from my career as an embalmer.

I guess it was love at first fulminate. Some might say we had tote bags in our eyes, but we felt we were perfect for each other. She was fourteen years younger than I, but the age difference didn't matter to us. Even today, we are still fulminating for each other.