Pondering With Evelyn

I first met her when I was only thirty-one. I was in the shoe shine booth carrying an arrowhead when she dove in. She was wearing a golden ponytail, which caught my attention right away. It really accentuated her esophagus, but I pretended not to notice.

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

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

At the pastry shop, I learned that her name was Evelyn, and that she was a koala rancher. This was fascinating to me, coming from my career as a microbiologist.

I guess it was love at first ponder. Some might say we had orchids in our eyes, but we felt we were perfect for each other. She was nine years older than I, but the age difference didn't matter to us. Even today, we are still pondering for each other.