Dates #1 and #2 were both great.  He gets bonus points for bringing flowers, candy, and a mix tape (well, CD but the same idea).  So far, so good!

I have a date tonight, he's picking me up in 30 minutes, and I'm starting to feel nauseous.

But in a good, butterflies-in-my-stomach excited kind of way.

To be continued.....

 
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I was really afraid that the crap that has been my week would carry into my appointment with the nephrologist today, but I was surprised and relieved that things are still going well with my kidneys ( Read more... )

I've had a bad feeling all week ( Read more... )

I only had a few clumsy/embarrassing moments aside from the profuse sweating.  We climbed over a stone wall, and while trying to keep branches from slapping me in the face, my boot lace got tangled in some barbed wire on the top of the wall.  After that, I got my shirt and my hair tangled in some brambles just before crossing a brook.  Then I lost ( Read more... )

Went well!  We met at the grocery store where I left my car, and we rode to dinner together in his giant pickup truck.  The distance from the ground to the cab was about 4 feet, so it's a good thing I've been working out because I had to pull myself in by the handle on the ceiling.  I guess a running leap would've done the trick, but I didn't think ( Read more... )

The older brother of one of your childhood friends who lives in the same town as you!

Funny how things work out, isn't it?  We made it through the eHarmony guided communication in a week, which I think is really fast.  Usually people don't get back to your questions for a few days, but we were responding to each other either the same day or the next ( Read more... )

I find it quite interesting that suddenly everyone is a huge soccer fan now that it's World Cup time.  Maybe not everyone, but pretty much every guy I know.  Last week our CFO was all gung-ho for Greece and team USA.  So much that on Friday, the IT director set up the US game in the conference room so they could all watch it together.  All the guys ( Read more... )

I guess the stuffed-snowman-turned-caution-sign marking the extension cords criss-crossing the hallway when I got to work this morning should have been a sign of what was to come ( Read more... )