How I met Brandi

I had just moved to Seattle and I wasn't liking it very much. To be fair, I didn't know anyone in Seattle and all of my friends and my gf were in Vancouver, B.C. I went back to Vancouver whenever possible to get more of my things and see friends.

It was a Thursday or Friday evening and I was desperate to get back to Vancouver for the weekend. At the train station, I was told a fire on the tracks had delayed the Vancouver bound train and they didn't know for how long. I asked the ticket person where the bus station was and was given very vague directions (I guess they didn't want me to go to the competition ? ) . Brandi and Robyn were standing behind me in line -- B was buying her own ticket to Vancouver for the following day -- and heard what happened. As I stood in the lobby of the train station, trying to figure out where the Greyhound station was, Brandi and Robyn approached me and started talking to me. They told me that they would wait for the bus with me and get me to the bus station. I couldn't believe how friendly they were, taking time out of their night to help me. Anyone who knows Brandi will know this is typical Brandi- behavior - she was always helping out someone in need.

Well, the bus never came but a cab did and we all hopped in. They dropped me off at the bus station as they headed up to Capital Hill . Did I mention the part where they wouldn't take any of my money? I told them where I worked and gave them a promise that I'd buy them a drink for being so freakin cool and nice. Brandi said she would come find me at the branch library where I worked. I figured this was just a random meeting with some awesome people in a big city and we'd never see each other again. What are the chances, right ? But, this is Brandi we're talking about here and, clearly, we were supposed to meet. A couple of weeks later, I ran into her at the ticket booth in the Broadway mall where she worked. I couldn't believe it ! This was more than a coincidence. Our fate was sealed... we had found each other afterall . Our friendship was a certainty.

Brandi was one of very few people I knew in Seattle for the first 6 months I lived there. She introduced me to tons of people, showed me the city, invited me to join her for dinner and drinks, let me experience Sage smelling my eyebrows, and basically made me part of her family without any hesitation. Amazing. That was 8+ years ago. I knew from the start of our friendship that she would be a lifelong pal and I wasn't wrong.