Life-changing decisions

On June 12, Brian and I will have been married 20 years!  20!I have a great story to tell about how we ALMOST never met.I was a student at BYU, and it was springtime.  That meant it was time to sign up for another year of housing.  Apartments went so quickly in Provo, so my roommates and I were ready.  You really couldn’t delay, or you’d be stuck living somewhere...undesirable.We decided to sign up for some condos, which meant that we had to be at the property management offices at 6:30 am and wait in this ENORMOUS line for the chance to sign a contract and secure our housing.The line was huge and taking forever!  And we were in the very back.  Nothing was guaranteed, so we all felt anxious, wondering if we would get a place.  I waited and watched as person after person signed a contract.  Finally, it was our turn.  My first roommate signed up.  Then my next roommate signed her contract.  It was my turn next.All of a sudden, I had an overwhelming feeling that I should NOT sign my contract.  I spun around to my cousin (who was also one of my roommates) and said, “ Let’s not sign this!”She looked back at me, a bit bewildered.“I feel like I shouldn’t sign this contract!”To her credit, she went along with me.  (My cousin is super awesome like that).We walked away.  I had no contract, no housing, and I felt lost.  Why had I waited in those early morning hours for nothing???I didn’t know.My sophomore year ended and I went home for the summer.  I still didn’t know where I was going to live the next year, and neither did my cousin...because of me.  I felt pretty guilty.Several weeks later, I got some information from a girl on my dance team...she had an apartment available and had room for TWO people!  Hallelujah!  We snatched those up and moved in, ready for a new year.My church group met together for our first social.  And THAT’S when I met Brian.Now I understood why I hadn’t signed the contract.  Happy Anniversary to us!