first date

Well, I went on the first date in about... oh... four years... last
night.

It started with a plan. We'd been working on trying to get a meetup
happening for a while now and just could not get together until this
weekend. The movie "Inception" had been released on the 7th and she
wanted to watch it with me.

Well, yesterday was the day. She worked until 4 and left for where I
am at 6. I slept in until 4 having played ROCKBAND until 5:30am the
night before (fun times, but sooooo tired >_<). As she called me to
let me know she was close, I got myself showered and dressed and
vacuumed my room a bit.

She finally did arrive and I introduced her to the roommates (who were
also tired from last night) and we talked for a few moments before
finally deciding to make a move for some food. We went out for Thai
food and talked for a while. Funny things, serious things, silly
things. It was delightful. We were there until the restaurant closed
an hour and a half later. She had made a comment on the flowers they
had, so I discreetly got a waiter to bring us a long-stemmed rose
which she went absolutely nuts over.

+1

After that, we got back in the car and went to a gas station for gas,
then back to my house. She was eager to start the movie, but I
suggested we move a bit; watching a movie on a full stomach was a bad
idea. A very bad idea. She agreed for a moment and I took her upstairs
to my room. I knew she liked salsa and had planned to dance with her a
bit before this so I queued up the salsa music. She had no idea what I
was planning, but I started playing. She didn't want to dance at
first, but she got into it very quickly after I turned the music on (I
know salsa music gets her moving... mwahaha). We looked some dances up
on youtube, did some salsa and chicago steppin and just had fun for
about an hour before we finally went back downstairs to watch the
movie having gotten energy flowing from dancing.

+1

The movie was cool. She started to nod off, so I poked her a bit to
wake her up. James watched with us (and also enjoyed). She revealed
that the movie was a gift for me (on bluuuuu-raaaayyyy.... ooooh!) so
we celebrated being able to watch anytime (Yay!).

After that, we decided to call it a night and go to sleep. I suggested
she stay as it was 3am and raining out. I went upstairs and inflated
the air mattress, then talked to James for a while. He said Armageddon
was sure to erupt any second with a girl in my room. I laughed and
borrowed a lighter from him and lit a candle (lavender and candlewood
scent) and started playing light music (some of which was Sade -- one
of her favorite artists -- and "Like A Tattoo" -- one of her favorite
songs). She climbed into bed which she enjoyed because she slept on a
futon. She has a hard time sleeping on it, so the air mattress was a
welcome change.

+5

I slept on the floor (what guy sleeps on the bed if the girl is
sleeping on the floor? -- i love you, gourry) and we sang and
harmonized to a song or two before finally falling asleep. We woke up
around 9 and went out to get some breakfast. Talked about some
politics and laughed about other things, then came home. She came in
and took the flower she saved from the restaurant and put it in the
car. She's on her way home now. It was a good time.

As per a convo we had later, she had spent a lot of time thinking
about how she feels about this whole moving into a relationship thing.
She's still trying to transition out of seeing me as a friend and
dealing with feelings from previous relationships. She just wanted me
to know that she still needs room and time to think things through and
sort herself out. For now, she was just taking things one step at a
time and seeing how things go. I'm okay with all of that because I'm
in that mode. It would be nice if we could end up in a relationship
after all of this, but if not, I'm still having a good time and it was
nice to just take a lady out and have a good time. Be sweet and loving
and just be able to say "no matter what happens, I got the tab for all
of this...." I'm in a better place as a person and financially. A man
taking care of business and reaping those rewards. It feels nice and
there will be more of that I'm sure. Whether with her or with whomever
else.

For now, I'm having fun. A lot of fun. It was a good date.... Really
good.