So it's true: Stevie Ann Loftfield, will no longer be Stevie Ann Loftfield... she's going to be Stevie Ann Gerratt. She's marrying a boy on Saturday. Shouldn't boys still have cooties? I dunno maybe that's why I won't be getting married on Saturday and she will be. Sometimes boys still have cooties. Anyways that's besides the point. This blog is all things Stevie. All of the things that I have loved learning, sharing and experiencing with Stevie over the past 4 years.
You see Stevie and I met August 22, 2005. Yes, I can tell you the exact date. It was the day we moved into the dorms together. I'll never forget it. Stevie was quiet, shy and terribly upset about the fact that her family was leaving her in the frigid cold as they returned to the Arizona sun. :( I remember wondering if she was going to be ok. It was touch and go for the first few days. It seemed almost instantly that Stevie, Katie and I shared a bond. This weird quirky little bond that unless you're a part of you probably don't understand. Sometimes Stevie and I would IM each other from our bedrooms about how weird we thought some of our roommates behaviors were. bahaha and that was only the tip on the iceberg when it comes to weird roommate behavior. I giggle as I look back at all of the things we experience together. I couldn't imagine going through it with anyone else.
There was that whole awkward get to know you period, luckily that didn't last long. We bonded over little things, we walked on campus together and ate our meals mostly at the Galley. Oh the Galley. Found memories ensue just by saying the word Galley. Once we were in the friend zone it seemed only natural bonding with other girls in the dorms and pulling pranks on some of the guys we know. It escalated to egging Bidulph Hall and then being required to do 2 hours of 'community service on a Friday night on our end. But don't worry the boys always seemed to one up us. This time it was a dead squirrel delivery courtesy of Pizza Hut. Then there was that time we went to a foam party and ended up taking a shower together with Katie because it was just to cold and slippery to take turns. We had roommates with fake engagements and marriages, one that liked to cook beef strough and stink up the entire apartment, one that was antisocial and probably spoke 10 words to us the entire semester, well she wasn't antisocial in general, just to us. We've ran around most of Idaho, Utah and Arizona together.
Over the years we took Horseback Riding, Book of Mormon, Field Biology, New Testament, Visual Media, Advanced Visual Media, Book Arts, Mass Media and Preparing for Eternal Marriage. I have spent from 7 am to 11 pm in the same room on campus and I didn't want to kill her. We just laughed through it and helped each other make it with a little help from Kitty and a place we like to call Jamba Juice.
Stevie I love you. I am so proud of you. I'll miss my 'Stevie Ann Loftfield' but I'm excited to welcome Stevie Ann Gerratt into my family.
