I was there for one reason, and one reason only. To get my CRMA and be done. I was working 80 hour weeks, going to school full time, and this was just another dang thing on my “to-do” list. CRMA stands for Certified Residential Medication Aide and it allowed me to pass meds to my consumers in their homes. I used to work 40 hour weekends working with adults with disabilities in their home, and I absolutely loved it. But, having this certification meant a pay-raise and making me more valuable in what I do because I could actually give them their daily medications.
So, this three day training was really important to me. But it also meant that I was showing up in sweatpants, a hoodie, a baseball hat and unwashed hair for three days straight. Across the room from me was a guy that I had seen at various company gatherings in the past and he always stood out to me because he had super curly hair. I didn’t talk to anyone during this training except for when I had to, haha. But, I kept looking over at this guy because he had the most awesome laugh. He was sitting with a lady I recognized and kind-of, sort-of knew – Mykayla.
This is a photo I took during that course because I was doing a “document a year of my life” project!
At the end of the training, I successfully passed the test and I had this new role I could play at work, and I was psyched to go back to my normal routines! At this company I worked at, there were often people in our homes that didn’t work there regularly. Sometimes they were shadowing, or filling in for someone, or visiting with consumers from a different house. Less than a week after the training, Mykayla was at the house I worked at and we were both sitting on the couch together just chatting. At one point she said to me “Steven thinks you’re cute.” To which I responded with lots of things along the lines of “you must be joking – I barely showered for three days and wore sweats the whole time. How could he possibly think I’m cute?” I found out later on that he literally wrote “she’s cute” on an alcohol swab packet and passed it to Mykayla, just like high school, hahaha.
So, I decided to take a chance and add him on facebook.
You’ll have to come back next week to find out what happens next! 😉
As a wedding photographer, I love love stories. I love to hear about them and the excitement of it all. So often I’m asked about me and Steven and our story (it was quite the fast whirlwind!), so here I am, sharing our story from the moment I actually noticed him, to when we said “I do!”
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