The moment I realized...

About 11 years ago I went to a local pub with my friend Jackie. It was just a regular Thursday night and I had just turned 21 - we used to go to Nectar's a lot together to start our night and this night was like every other Thursday night. Until...Harrison Ford walked in. For real.

He was with a bunch of people and they all went up to order a drink. My friend Jackie (who had a lot more balls than I did) decided it was time for her to introduce herself to Harrison. I just sat and stared at her. No way. There is no way I was going to just go up to him and introduce myself; interrupt his evening by being an annoying fan. But she went right up to him and told him how amazing he was and what a huge fan she was. I spoke with him for a few minutes as well and told him what a big fan I was and that I hoped he was enjoying Vermont. Then, in one of those made for tv moments, I got caught up in the fun of meeting him and proceeded to give him a hug *and* a kiss on the cheek. Looking back, it must have been the alcohol, because I'm way too shy to do anything like that, especially to a famous movie star.

The point is....that I immediately called Matti, who was just my roommate at the time. I ran to the pay phone (this was before I had a cell phone when I was riding a horse and buggy to college every day) and closed the door so I could tell Matt that one of his favorite actors - Indiana Jones! - was at Nectar's and I met him! Matti didn't believe me at first, then became super impressed (and maybe a bit jealous?), then finally asked the question - "Wait. If you are in the same bar as Harrison Ford, what in the world are you doing on the phone with me?!"

That's when it hit me. Oh my God. I love him. I would rather sit here in this phone booth talking to him than talking to Harrison Ford. I was actually a bit disappointed when Matt convinced me to get off the phone and get back to the pub. I hung up the phone and went back into the pub, but all I could think about was that I would rather be home with Matti...and to this day, I would rather be with Matt than anyone else in the world...famous movie stars included ;-)