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September 18, 2006
Home Again and a Surprise
I'm back from Hawaii, after a very long plane ride, and I've finally gotten my proverbial shit together. I spent the majority of today catching up on laundry, filing a pile of Big Idea paperwork, following up on a variety of emails, and--of course--reviewing the DVR'ed shows from the past week. Jess and Janie were here, both with variations of a virus that I'm just sure to catch. In their infinite graciousness, they left me with a kitchen full of pancake-making dishes, bowls, and utensils. What fun.
Things were moving along nicely until about 8 p.m. when I got a call from a boy I had briefly talked to several months ago. I don't think he ever got mentioned on this blog, mostly because he started seeing another girl rather seriously right before we were going to meet for the first time. We parted ways amicably, and lo and behold, 3 months later he's calling again.
We picked up right where we left off, and decided on an impromptu first date tonight. In a strange turn of events, he lives in Bethesda (I seem to always run with the NoVa boys) and so we were able to arrange a spur of the moment thing. Well, let me tell you that I *heart* spur of the moment things--especially since Mr. FWB called right before our meeting and I could tell he was a teensy bit put off that I was meeting a boy that wasn't him. It was quite delicious, let me tell you.
Anyway, to sum up: Mr. Bethesda is the best date I've had in a long time. He asked the right questions, had good answers to my conversation starters, had done an appropriate amount of homework on me, made his move in a confident-yet-not-sleazy way, and was overall quite delightful. Which is why it's 3 a.m. and I'm just now going to bed (alone, thank you very much, I do have some standards), even though I have to be at the new Big Idea contract location at 9 a.m. tomorrow.
Keep your fingers crossed, dear reader, but I do believe there will be a second date within 48 hours.
Comments
Yey! Glad to know that this date won't be winding up in the Washington Post - did you see the Sunday Source article on horrible dates?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/14/AR2006091401528.html
Posted by: Elizabeth at September 18, 2006 09:31 AM
Well hurrah. As I have been Ms. 2006 Brooklyn Dating Queen, good dates are a dime a dozen.
Posted by: KT at September 18, 2006 09:38 AM
