k loves k: how k and k met

i've been thinking a lot about how kendrick and i met, and i realize it's one of my favorite stories and still makes me smile. so obviously, i need it documented.

i was working at captioncall as the front desk receptionist. one of my reoccurring tasks was making badges for new hires, or simply for anyone who had lost their badge. kendrick started captioncall on the sales team sometime in may 2013, and apparently i made his badge (i honestly don't remember the first time i saw him). honestly, i didn't even really notice kendrick until around the end of june. i remember always seeing the group of guys from the sales department walk past my desk as they headed out for lunch each day. soon enough, i started noticing the cute guy with the black curly hair that was in the group. who was he? soon enough, i found myself eagerly waiting for him to get in each morning, so that i could say "hi", or even smile at him. nine times out of then, i chickened out, and quickly looked down at my keyboard as he walked by. one thing i remember is that he always entered the building wearing his ray-bans and talking on his phone until he got to the elevator, it happened every morning. i thought he was way too cool for me.

i soon became friends with two guys on the sales team, ryan and alex. we started instant messaging during the days, and eventually they asked me to join their team for lunch one day. knowing that this meant having lunch with the cute guy with the black curly hair... i was so in.

i started going to lunch with the sales team weekly and slowly started talking to kendrick. the group would always take their lunches up to the fourth floor break room, and eat them until the lunch hour was over. at first, kendrick and i would linger in the break room once everyone left so that we could talk alone for a few minutes. eventually, we found ourselves sitting their for half an hour, getting to know each other better and better. lunch time was suddenly my favorite time of the day.

to say my crush on kendrick sprouted over night is an understatement. in the words of carly rae jepsen, i really really really really really liked him. part of my job duties were delivering mail and stocking office supplies throughout the entire building. i found myself overly stocking the paper cabinet near kendrick's desk... and then stocking it again for good measure. if a letter or package had to be delivered on the opposite side of the building... i'd still take the route that would pass kendrick's desk. i was crushing hard.

however, for some reason... i did not think he was into me! maybe it was due to the fact that he hadn't asked me out yet, or even gotten my number. part of me was sure that he had a girlfriend. either way, i was determined, and i knew what i wanted.

once august hit, kendrick's friend alex (on the sales team), invited me to the kid cudi concert that the group was going to. i asked who was going, and sure enough kendrick was in. so naturally, so was i.

on the day of the concert, i had an upset stomach and wasn't feeling great. however, i knew that wasn't about to miss some outside-of-work time with kendrick. nope, no way, we all picked up some chik fil a for dinner, and then headed downtown to pioneer park for the concert.

(side note: to this day, kendrick is still trying to convince me that this concert was "our first date"- which it was not. because first off, he was not the one that asked me to go, and second off, in no world does our first date take place in pioneer park with kid cudi and weed. nope)

it's safe to say that the first half of the concert did not go as planned. kendrick was texting another girl the entire time! i was pretty frustrated and started questioning why i was even at that stinky concert, trying to get the attention of a guy that wanted nothing to do to me. it was here that i pulled the smoothest move of all moves (kendrick still teases me about it to this day)

i simply said "my back hurts"

to which kendrick replied "have you ever had your back popped before?"
"no" i lied.

it was then that kendrick wrapped his arms around me and popped my back, and after that, he didn't leave my side for the rest of the concert (still have no idea how that move worked so darn well). when going through crowds, he wrapped his arms around me to protect me. when we sat down, we flirted and threw grass at each other. when we were getting ready to leave, he gave me a piggy back ride to the car (naturally, all of our coworkers were getting a little confused)

when we got in the car, kendrick grabbed my phone and texted himself with it so that he could have my number. when i got home, i immediately got a text from him, asking if i got home safely (seriously, so many butterflies at this point). we talked on the phone for the next two nights, and hung out for the first time that sunday night.

three days later, on august 28th, we were sitting at city creek where i slyly asked "so... are you my boyfriend?" i'm telling you, there were no games. we both knew what we wanted and were upfront about it. and i think that's what i love so much about our story.

naturally, our relationship wasn't perfect. there were brief breakups, fights, and difficult conversations. but in the end, i know that i was where i needed to be when i met kendrick three years ago, and to this day, we are both where we need to be, married and with each other.

forever grateful that i snagged the attention of the cute, curly black haired guy from work.

and for old times sake, our very first pictures together: