breaking news

I have a date on Friday. I’ve decided to accept an invitation to spend Friday evening with the Air Traffic Controller. I’m actually pretty excited! He emailed me a few times yesterday. We had a pretty good back and forth going. Then after he got off work he emailed me his phone number and said I could text him if I wanted to. I responded that I’m an old fashioned kind of girl, and I don’t call/text boys first. Ok, some of my friends are laughing right now, but it’s kind of true. I’d prefer a guy to text or call me first. I’m just impatient. But, I’m trying to be patient these days, and I meant it when I said it to ATC. I also told him that I was about to hit the showers, cause I’d just gotten back from the gym. After my shower, I had a text waiting from him. We exchanged a couple texts back and forth and then he asked if he could call me. I have to say, I’m impressed with his manners. He’s not overbearing and or coming on too strong. I mean, maybe I was busy doing my nails and couldn’t talk right then. It was nice of him to ask. I made some sarcastic remark back, which he took as a yes. I meant it as a yes, but couldn’t make it so easy for him by just saying yes. It seems like this guy kind of gets me so far. Gold star for him.

We ended up talking for two hours. It was maybe one of the best first phone calls I’ve had. He was funny and quick and smart. He let me ramble and waited patiently til I was done. He also didn’t mind that I had already facebook stalked him. I figured I may as well be upfront with him. A guy I date has to put up with my crazy. Well, then since he handled that so well, I figured I’d push it a little further and ask who the girl in all his pictures was (there’s a girl in most of his pictures). Hey, you can’t blame a girl for being curious right? (My mom is getting angry as she reads this, I can tell. She’s always told me that I need to not be so aggressive. She calls it the Mack Truck approach. I come on like a big truck, when I need to act more like a sports car. My mom is telling me to be fast I think.) He said the girl is his best friend. I am totally fine with that! I have my own male best friend, The Comic, so I firmly believe in having close friends of the opposite gender to bounce ideas off of and whatnot. Unfortunately, my male bff is more chick than I am, but whatever. (There Comic, I gave you a mention! Am I your favorite blog again?? Whiner!) I think that’s part of what I dig about this dude. His friends all look like fun, normal people, like my friends. I think we’d all get along. That’s a must (I’ll get into my Grease analysis later). So, he asked me if I wanted to hang out on Friday. I was supposed to go to this awards ceremony at school and this social mixer thing after. But, I think hanging out with this guy sounds way more fun, so I said sure. I know, I broke another rule. But, he asked me out before Wednesday for the weekend, so I followed one rule at least! Of course my mind began racing, trying to figure out what I’m going to wear. After a group email with It Girl and Social Butterfly this morning, we have it figured out. Phew!

As for the Grease analysis. I’ve come up with the theory that my life is much like Grease 2. Here’s why. My friends who I spend a lot of my weekend time with, It Girl, Mrs. Newlywed, and Ms. Baby Talker are all dating friends. That’s why those girls are friends. So, they’re like the Pink Ladies, and the guys are the T-Birds. Well, I spend time with the girls, so I’m like a Pink Lady too. But I’m not dating a T-Bird. It’s like Grease 2, because I’m going to have to find my own guy who’s then going to be inducted into the T-Birds, much like Stephanie Zinone did with Michael. My name’s even Stephanie, so it’s perfect!! I want a C-O-O-L R-I-D-E-R. Cooooool Rider. (Sidenote: did you know that the working title of Grease 2 was “Son of Grease”? I’m glad that didn’t stick.)

Wish me good luck for Friday!