You may not know this about the swim team I coach for, but even though we are an age-group team, we also have an Elite program where Olympic-bound swimmers can train with one of the best coaches in the world - Coach David Marsh (he's my boss). You can learn more about it by visiting our website at www.swimmaccarolina.org (good PR, right?)Well, Adam swims for the Naval Academy and he decided to come to Charlotte this past summer and train with Coach Marsh. The first time I saw him on the pool deck, I thought he was pretty cute!!! Another coach introduced me to him, but I don't even know if he remembers that because I'm pretty sure he came straight to practice after waking up from a nap. A week or so later, I went out to eat at Cabo Fish Taco with another coach and one of the other Elite swimmers who had invited Adam. For those of you who know me well, you know i'm obsessed with chips and salsa, and I especially LOVE salsa on salads as dressing! Wow, my mouth is definitely watering as I'm typing this...Anyway, Adam was going to be late and he had already eaten, so we went ahead and ordered from our waiter, who looked exactly like an overweight version of Johnny Depp. At Cabo Fish Taco, they have this fresh corn, bean, and chunky tomato salsa, but they're kind of stingy with their refills. Well, Johnny Depp had to refill ours several times because we were devouring it. Then, I asked him for an extra bowl of it to use as dressing on my salad. From the way he acted, you would have thought I had asked him to donate me one of his kidneys! Thankfully, he brought me an extra bowl despite his hesitancy. Well, I excused myself from the table to go to the restroom and while I was there, Adam showed up. As I was walking back to the table, I realized Adam had sat down in the seat across from me, and was DIPPING A CHIP IN MY EXTRA BOWL OF SALSA, which was specifically for my salad! I sit down, Johnny Depp (the waiter) walks up with our food, notices Adam eating my salad salsa, and let me tell you...he was NOT happy! He straight up asked me why Adam was eating my salad salsa...I didn't know what to say; I just looked at Adam holding the salsa-laden chip in midair and started laughing! And, it just so turns out, that Adam is as obsessed with chips and salsa as I am!
The experience at Cabo Fish Taco was what started our friendship as we continued to hang out. We got to know each other better through...
*Going to church together
*Going to the NASCAR race together (even though I was the 5th person he called) *Watching movies on the big screen TVs at the various houses I housesat for this summer
*Taking a spontaneous road trip through the backwoods (no offense, Allie) of Mathews County, VA to visit one of my best friends and on to MD to surprise his dad for Father's day
*Watching Harper's Island w/Greg and Emily
*Wakeboarding or jet skiing on a weekly (sometimes daily) basis
*Cheering him on as he kicked butt at the swimming World Championship Trials with a 10th place finish in the 200 Fly and 7th overall in the 200 IM (do NOT read any further until you click on the link above to watch the amazing video!! Lane 3 from the bottom of the screen is the lane to watch!!)
*Sharing how God had brought us closer to Him through similar struggles we had faced in the past couple of years, and realizing we were both scared to death about starting a relationship because of said experiences;
*Taking a leap of faith to pursue a relationship with each other, and trusting God to guide it and strengthen us, despite living 7 hours apart and not knowing God's plans for our rapidly emerging individual futures.
*Being OK with the unknown because of God's promise in Jeremiah 29:11, "For I know the plans I have for you; plans to prosper you, and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
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