Hangin' with the Marine

So apparently the trick to dating is to do nothing. For girls at least. If a girl likes a guy, she wants to talk to him all the time. See him all the time. Be with him all the time. Ok, maybe not girls in general, necessarily, but me specifically. I’m always thinking about the guy and want to make sure he’s always thinking about me. But, I guess texting him all the time, or finding him on facebook right away will only ensure that he thinks I’m crazy. Not necessarily the thinking I want him to be doing. I decided to lay low after hanging with the Marine on Friday. I don’t want to scare him away. I want him to want me, without me making him. Or trying to make him. Plus he was in Vegas for the weekend, so I didn’t want to interrupt boy time. So, no texts or calls from me. I just focused on doing what I needed to do. Cut to Sunday when I got a text from him. While he was in Vegas. Score! We exchanged a few texts. Then, cut to yesterday when he texts me to ask how studying and finals are going. He remembered I had finals and inquired! Awww! He was flying back from Vegas that evening. I offered a ride, but that meant he’d have to wait for a while for me to get done with my final. I told him I’d text him when I was done to see I he needed a ride. I finished my final a little early (I usually do cause I’m not long winded in finals- which I understand is ironic, since I’m long winded in blogs) and texted him. Well, actually, I finished early and saw a text from him asking how I was doing. I texted back that I just finished. He had taken a shuttle from the airport about 20 minutes earlier. I responded that that was unfortunate. He responded that I could still come over to hang out if I wanted. I responded that I needed to rain check that offer, cause I had to study for my final. He responded that I could study at his house while he packed (he has to move out of his place this month since he’s deploying). I agreed to this and went over there. This is what I want in a guy I’m dating: someone who wants to hang out with me, even though I’m nerdy and have to study. I just like being around him, even if we’re own doing our own thing. It’s not like I need to be entertained anyway! I showed up at his place with dinner (I was starving after my final, and he was hungry after his trip, so I stopped by Daphne’s Greek restaurant and got some grub for us) and was surprised to see his buddy there. He had been surprised to see his buddy there as well, as apparently he was supposed to be in the field until the 11th. He kept apologizing that his buddy was there. I didn’t care. I figured this was my chance to talk to the buddy, since last time I was so shy I barely said two words. I felt bad I didn’t get enough food for the buddy, but he said he’d already eaten. I studied as the buddy watched tv and the Marine packed. It was pretty fun all-in-all. The buddy then passed out on the chair and the Marine and I got to talk a lot. He started talking about his family; his parents and brother and stuff. It was really endearing and nice. I feel like we got a little closer and he opened up a little bit more. I like him because he’s the strong silent type, yet has a silly side. And we got to explore that a little more last night as we talked. I’m trying to downplay the whole deployment thing. I don’t want him to think it’s an issue for me, cause it’s not. I mean, that’s something that can be dealt with when it happens. I feel like thinking about it too much now will just put an awkward and sad cast on everything. And, how can you really see how things work out with someone when there’s that gloomy cloud always being talked about? I mean, I’m a date a one guy kind of girl. So what if he’s in Afghanistan for 5 months? It’s not like I can’t write him letters all the time, and he can’t occasionally send me an email or a letter. He told me yesterday he’s going to send me a big box of sand. Isn’t he just the sweetest? I dig his sense of humor. It’s almost as random as mine. Almost. Oh, and he didn’t mind that my hair was a mess and that I was wearing warm-up pants and a USC sweatshirt. I had 2 finals that day and hadn’t planned on going anywhere in public. Especially hadn’t planned on going to the house of my new beau. But, he said that was ok, and that that’s how he dressed all throughout college. He’s just adorable! Not to jump the gun or anything, but, I think our wedding is going to be amazing! Kidding. I'm kidding! I’m only envisioning the romantic and slightly silly proposal at this point. Don’t want to rush anything, you know?