Backing Up With Lorena

I first met her when I was only thirty-two. I was in the souvenir shop carrying an abacus when she skittered in. She was wearing a camouflage sundress, which caught my attention right away. It really accentuated her lung, but I pretended not to notice.

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

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

At the pizza parlor, I learned that her name was Lorena, and that she was a gastroenterologist. This was fascinating to me, coming from my career as a disk jockey.

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