Apparently I need a flight delay to find time to blog …
April 13, 2011
The spring is always a busy time for me at work, so I apologize that I’ve let my blogging fall to the side again. This spring seems particularly difficult, but then again I’m sure i say that every year. Until I learn to take more time to blog at home, I fear this “two weeks on, one month off” will be a cycle of mine.
ANYWAY. Where was I? Right, Valentines day.
The morning after my wonderful evening with Mark and sad decline of drunken texts to Paul, I confessed my actions to Viv, Anna and my roommate. I felt bad that I’d had such a wonderful evening with Mark and went home and texted someone else. I was angry that I felt bad about not telling Paul that I’d had a date. Most importantly, I was annoyed that I was letting my feelings for Paul cause me to hesitate with Mark, who is (so far) perhaps only marginally short of perfect. After a few day-long discussions, I was quickly noticing that I could not get Mark out of my mind. I came to the conclusion that I had to move on.
So when Mark texted that he was having some people over that Saturday, I didn’t even hesitate to say yes. My roommate came with me, and we had a great time. At the end of the night, Mark walked me to the edge of his driveway and kissed me again. And again and again. Each kiss was better than the last one.
And then Monday night when I had plans to watch an SU basketball game downtown with friends, I invited him along. And he said yes. And we made out in the cab the whole ride home. In a gchat the next day he said to me:
Mark: Your ability to make out and give directions to the cabbie at the same time… I’ve never seen anything like it. Totally impressed. It was like you knew somehow through some sixth sense exactly where we were.
Perhaps this should not be such a thing to brag about. But I love that I was both capable of doing such a thing, and that he was comfortable bringing it up the next day, and FOUND IT IMPRESSIVE. I am very appreciative that our relationship has been able to develop so organically, that we don’t really have awkward moments, as friends who start dating often do.
Being out with Mark, I am continually reminded of how amazing it can be to be with someone who is really amazing. He gets me, and I think I really get him. We talk about books, and about movies, and about life. AND HE MAKES ME LAUGH, INTERNET. His taste in music is very intimidating, so I’m going to let him introduce me to all kinds of sound.
Since I’ve fallen so behind I won’t bore you with every date we’ve had. I just would like to let you all know that he’s a great date and always has wonderful ideas with things to do and places to eat. And he lets me pay just about 1/2 the time, which I really appreciate. I want to make sure that he knows I like spending time with him for HIM, and not just to get a free meal (which I have done in the past, let’s be honest).
I have a few more posts I want to share to get you all up to speed. BE PATIENT. I PROMISE FOR REAL THIS TIME.
