So my best friend has dating rules for me, of which I followed 2 of the 4 this night.
1. Dont order spagheti "you slerp"
2. dont tuck your shirt in "you look like an old man"
3. Dont talk about Disney "it makes you look like a creap"
4. Dont talk about your poetry "You might as well wear a dress and call yourself Sally"
John with my nephew picked me up and drove me to the restaurant. There was a spot right out side of the restaurant so we parked and waited for her. She got there about 5 past 7.
I took her arm and she guided me.
I was able to tell that what John and Justin said was true. She is on the heavy side but not "fat" hmm John described her as "plump"
I had made reservations and it was a good thing because it was busy and the table was waiting for us. It was loud. I usually dont talk loud but I had to.
The waitress came over and read the specials. Asked if we had any questions and took our drink order.
Most of the conversations were elaborating on the emails we wrote.
She talked about her dog and than I told her about the dogs we had in our family.
I talked about my family including my grand parents. She told me about her grand father and some of her friends but nothing about her sibs. I know she has at least one sister.
She wanted to know more about my job and so I told her about that and my education.
She wanted to be an archutec but she ended up running a state wide program. under the title "no children left behind" act, she runs a tudoring company to assist low income families. .
I told her that inbetween my under grad and master's degree, I didnt know what I wanted to do so I tudored children at the Boys and Girls club, in mostly Math but helped with what ever the kids brought to me.
She told me that she remember that she had gone to the Baltimore baseball stadium so she has been to 3. She asked how many I have been to. "do you really want to know?" "yes" "18 of them" "wow, that is amazing" I told her about a few of them. She wanted to know if I drove to them or what and if I saw games or just visited the stadiums and if I saw only red sox game.
"I know that my best friend told me not to bring it up but I will anyways."
"so, I write poetry"
"wow, you do? why does your friend not want you to bring that up?"
"He says that it's gayish"
She laughed and said "he wont say that when you publish some books and are making lots of money from it"
I told her about how and when I started, I told her about my 3 rules of writing poems for me.
She asked what I write about and if it is all the same style.
She seemed quite impressed.
We talked about traveling and she is going to Arizona next month by herself.
She says that she would love to live there.
We talked about being Jewish a little bit.
I also told her about my fenway park chairs I have in my room and the 1946 team autograph ball and the stories behind them.
I asked her what she does for hobbies-fun. She says that her dog keeps her pretty busy. They go on walks and go to parks. She also makes her own jewlory.
(lol sorry I'm not good at telling this like a story. I am just trying to remember the topics we talked about)
The dinner was good. She loved what ever dish she got I think it was potato nokis. I enjoyed my penne ala monana... without the chicken and without the mushrum.
The bill came and she told me what it was and asked me how I wanted to do it. if I wanted to split the bill. I smiled and said, no, I got it. She thanked me.
She knew that John was going to pick me up and she asked me if I wanted her to drive me home so we can continuing chatting. I said sure. I asked if she had a GPS. I asked if she has a name for it. She said she did but it is something she cant say in the restaurant.
We got up and we walked to her car. SHe told me more about the friend who works for the carol center for the blind. She said her name was Heather. I knew a Heather but the last name wasnt what I remembered. I asked if she teachs computer and she said no. so it wasnt the same person.
We got to her car and she pulled out her GPS "I need to grab the bitch, it's in the glove department" I laughed and said I figured that is what you called it.
Most of the ride home was talking about being Jewish. It is really cool. She said she was raised conservitive but right before her Batz Mitzvah her parents switched to a reform temple. I told her I went to Hebrew school and I memorized the prayers I need to know and I remember some of the songs we sing for the high holidays. I told her my favorite one was adonolum. ( only one person will has any idea what I'm talking about lol) She asked if we sing it conformatively or conservitive. ... and I sang it for her. She was singing along with me ... *smile*
She dropped me off, gave me a hug and said that she had a nice time and that she will see me later.
*smile*
I didnt come home grinning with a glow like I did on the last date I went on but I'm smiling, it was nice.
I called John. told him I got home. he asked if I talked about disney or about my poetry. I told him I talked about my poetry. he asked me how that topic came up. we were talking about hobbies. He said that I wont be getting a second date. "I might as well drive you somewhere and turn back around and drive you back home." "You might as well put a dress on and call yourself sally" He continued to make fun of me for 5 more minutes before he had to go.
I got an email from her...
Hi Jonathan,
Thank you again for tonight--I had a great time! Good job picking the restaurant--the food was fantastic (and the company was even better)!
Have a nice night,
Stephanie
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