Brandon found me on AOL on a February Sunday evening. He IMd me and I found out we lived 20 miles apart! We both agreed it is rare to find someone so close to where we lived. Brandon was a cowboy. He trained cutting horses. His love for horses was his second job. Brandon work for the US Forestry Dept. He lived in the country. His job would take him for weeks on end to another state, like Montana, to fight fires.
Our first talk online didn’t go too well. Brandon came off as a very negative and unhappy person—red flags. I politely said goodbye and went to bed on that Sunday night. The next morning I received a very heartfelt email from him. Here is it is:
sorry that i seem to have made you mad or just turned you away if you give me a
chance and get to know me i can be a lot of fun and for the record i was just
giving you a hard time about the not reading thing i read westerns and love the
elmer kelton books have everyone of them so far hope to hear from you soon but
if not i understand
How could I say no to that? I emailed him back and told him I’d love to talk further. We emailed and Imd for about a week. One evening out of the boy he asked me if I wanted to talk on the phone. I said yes and we hit it off immediately. Brandon told the most lame, but funny jokes. I could tell he related well to people. He asked if we could finally meet on Friday. Oh yes…we can meet!! Brandon came over to my house. It was just very casual and not stressful. We talked for about 4 hrs and I was hooked!!
Right after our first date, Brandon got the word he had to go to Utah for 3 weeks. Off he went and we kept in touch by email. Here is the email he sent me about the trip:
hey i am going to be leaving at 10pm to go to utah for an
unknown amount of time to help with getting a new fire agency office opened i
think it will be around 2 weeks maybe 3 but i will give you a call and let you
know more as i know what is going on talk to ya soon
I knew his job kept him away for big chunks of time during the year, especially during summer. That didn’t bother me him being gone, because I have plenty to do at home and work. During his trip to Utah he sent me this email:
just wanted to drop in and let you know i am alive still ha ha well looks like
the fire season is fixing to get bad and i will be returning back to abilene
this week some time but i think we should just chat online and maybe go grab a
drink once in a while i dont want to get attached to someone and not ever
have any time or be home to see them it just wouldn't be right for me or that
other person but dont be a stranger and talk to you soon
I was crushed that he didn’t want to see me anymore due to his job. I emailed that I understood about his job and I was sad we would just be friends. Boom….he emailed back to tell me his job had always ruined any relationships and if I didn’t mind, then he wanted to see me again. YEA!!!
Brandon & dated for about 3 months, until he had a major accident. He got injured rescuing a man at a local lake. Brandon broke 6 ribs, his collar bone, stress fractured 5 vertebra, and severely bruised his neck. He realized that he could have died and because of that he made some changes in his life. He took another job, lots less travel, in another city. I was sad, but I understand. I saw him for the last time a week ago for dinner. Brandon seemed happy and feeling lots better. Cowboy rides off into the sunset….
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