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3 - Spring Formal Saga
3 - Spring Formal Saga
LaDianaeda held an annual Spring Formal that was basically a required event. For the most part, you could get out of activities if you had to, but this was one of a few events that everyone attended. Sometime around March, I started fretting about Spring Formal. Trying to find a date for a formal dance pretty much sucks when you don't have a boyfriend. Formal dances are for couples or people who really like each other. My best friend, Lisa, got to hear me whine and complain and worry about Spring Formal for at least a month. Lisa and I are very similar in many ways, but we are definitely not the same. Lisa was much braver than I was, particularly when it came to boys. She saw my whining as an opportunity to coordinate fun dates for both of us, and eagerly set to work looking for potential candidates. Lisa and I talked multiple times a day, but in between gab sessions, we would email each other life updates. There literally was nothing about me this girl did not know. Most of our emails at the time revolved around the upcoming dance. Lisa was in the process of finalizing a double date with a guy she wanted to take and his friend, someone she thought would be a fun date for me. In one email, I mentioned that I didn't want it to be this big ordeal where I'd feel nervous and all this pressure to have THE. PERFECT. DATE. The last "dance" I'd been to was Snowball. It was super informal and fun. Snowball was a dance where we choose names and set each other up with secret dates. That had been a great success for me - I got set up with a pretty nice guy who was fun and who I considered a friend. NO PRESSURE! Our dance picture is me giving the kid a piggyback ride. Totally my style!! Even though this was a formal dance, I was hoping it would still be fun and somewhat chill. At some point in the email, I mentioned that it might be a good idea to take somebody I already knew so it wouldn't be this awkward blind date - "...maybe I should just take Marcos."
The email ended just like that.
As luck would have it, Marcos walked into the computer lab while Lisa was reading my email. Being the friendly man that he is, he walked over to say hello and sees the phrase "maybe I should just take Marcos" practically flashing at him. The next day, I received an email from muboldi@weber.edu Who in the world is muboldi? Who's sending me an email? What kind of last name is Uboldi? How do you even pronounce that?
I opened the email and realized it was from Marcos. I remember thinking to myself that Uboldi was sure a strange "latino" name. Huh? I thought his last name was Garcia or Valdez or something like that? Ugh! I would HATE that last name!!
For those of you single folks out there, here's a piece of advice. NEVER say or even think to yourself that you're glad you don't have a particular last name. It's VERY dangerous territory!! Here's what I remember about the email I opened from muboldi@weber.edu
"Maria- Hey, it's me, Marcos. I don't know how to tell you this and I really apologize, but I was in the computer lab the other day when Lisa was reading your email and I saw the part about you possibly wanting to take me to LD's Spring Formal. If you want me to go with you, it would be an honor. -Marcos"
Holy crap! What am I going to do now? By the time I read the email, I already had a date to Spring Formal - a blind date. Now I really felt bad. So I did what any freaked out girl would do in my situation...NOTHING. I left the poor guy totally hanging (AGAIN) and went to Spring Formal with the guy Lisa had arranged for me to take. But luck or fate or whatever you want to call it was on his side once again. Although for the most part I would consider the date a success, it was horrible timing. My date had started falling hard for some other chick AFTER Lisa had talked to him about the dance. He didn't want to bail and look like a jerk so he came anyway. By the time the dance rolled around, he pretty much felt like he was cheating on the girl he had recently started dating. Oh the complexities of the dating world! My recap with Lisa sounded something like this. "Well, it wasn't a horrible date, but it would've been nice to know he was attached at that point. Seriously?? I HATE STUPID DANCES!! I should've just taken Marcos."
Marcos Says...
Yep! I remember bumping into Lisa at the computer lab!!! I don't make a habit of looking over someone's shoulder while they're at a computer, but I'm glad I did that time....MARIA should've taken me. Period. Peace!!!!
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