First Impressions Aren't Everything .

Our Adventures started in August 2011

Amanda  just started at the LDS Business college for a degree in Interior Design .  Nick on the other hand was almost done with with his degree in Business Transfer  .

Amanda's mom came up with Amanda to help her settle in to her first place away from home . After some conjoling Amanda and her mom were able to get her dorm  sooner than most of the other girls who were coming to the dorms . Before leaving Amanda's mom made her promise she'd go to the barbecue get together  at one of the church leaders houses for single adults . Amanda reluctantly agreed .. free food and eyecandy she wasn't trying to catch -sure .
Amanda had a plan .Get into the LDS Business college excel by ignoring guys  ,get her associates degree in Interior Design and get out.

So she went  to the  barbecue get together  with a bunch of people  from church carpooling up to a large well decorated home  of the CEO's of Energy Solutions  who also happened to be a church leader who graciously opened his home to us and  liked to entertain  young single adults .
As Amanda scanned the crowd she wasn't very impressed . The normal :cute  muscle heads who were rude and uninterested in her;and  the nice guys who were and  unattractive to her. She tried to make new friends by mixing and mingling . To Amanda the host's  were gracious and thoughtful . Nick went to make friends and meet people as well  .His impression was more favorable -he's more of a optimist . His general impression of the people was that most were nice but tentative because most of them were new to the area having started there first semester at collage.  Although the host was a CEO and a church leader Nick' impression of  the host was that he was  a cheerful grandpa. He only saw part of the house but it was large, with both a basket ball court and a swimming pool.  .

Soon it was time for food . What's an LDS get together with out food ?  Everybody grabbed a plate and started getting to know each other better .

Amanda decided to talk to a shy guy who sat not to far from her at the table (Nick) ,they introduced themselves and started to get to know each other better .As they were eating Nick pulled out a diabetic test machine . Amanda had never seen one before . She politely asked  what it was for . Nick told her it was for his diabetes . Amanda ,being thirsty for knowledge wanted to know a bit more about the different types. Nick started to to explain ..
Amanda : I wanted to know a bit more but the nutshell kind of explanation , what I got was a detailed description ... I was bored out of my mind. "How do I get out of this politely with out being rude ?  " I thought . "I'll use that excuse I've read about .. I'll pretend to be looking for a friend or something . "
My initial impression of Nick :shy,nice ,not drop dead handsome but cute  and boooring, I summed up . Soooo boring !!
Nick : I remember that get together  - I was invited  by my room mates, and I decided to go to see if I could meet new people.  When I first saw Amanda I thought that she was pretty and nice looking. When everyone  sat down to eat and got I  to talk with her I saw that she had both smarts and good looks as well as a being a nice person, and that  is how I remember meeting Amanda.

After the eating the two of them ended going their separate ways ,dating other people and making friends.
Little did  they know that they wouldn't run each other again until  four months after  and  then would end up getting married a year later ...
Next post you 'll learn how and why Amanda fell for Nick .. despite her initial impression .

More Nick &Amanda Adventures coming soon  !