On my Instagram account I keep getting asked how and where Martha and I met. I will just post it for everyone. It was at Purdue University, and some of the staff threw together a small impromptu party at Cary West which was the residence hall I lived in. They had brought over some girls from Dume and Valter halls. Martha was one of the girls, and I was attracted to her immediately. She was dressed in a pink sweater and a pink plaid skirt. She had a pearl lavalier necklace around her neck and looked just lovely.
I introduced myself to her, and we seemed to hit it off right away. They had some funny contests, and a lot of dancing. Then they announced they were having a chug a lug contest. She insisted I get into it. Well they used root beer, and we went through several competitions. It finally came down to Babajidi Soiyodi from Nigeria and me for the final. I luckily won that one.
Then the highlight of the evening was a twist contest. Martha wanted to enter it, so we did. And guess what? We actually won it. She was dynamite. And that was the first date for the two of us. I don’t remember the prizes, but I won the best being Martha. I walked her back to Dume Hall later.
