Exercising With Giselle

I first met her when I was only thirty-five. I was in the convenience store carrying a fire hose when she set out in. She was wearing a turquoise rain coat, which caught my attention right away. It really accentuated her lung, but I pretended not to notice.

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

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

At the used car lot, I learned that her name was Giselle, and that she was an elementary school teacher. This was fascinating to me, coming from my career as a carpenter.

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