Things have still been as crazy as ever, but here I find myself with a few extra minutes at work (really, I'm taking my "lunch break" and hoping no one gets upset that I'm not doing work, when clearly, I'm just taking my lunch break in).
I did meet up with Engineer again last Friday. After work we met halfway again and had the most adorable date. I like how since we're meeting halfway, our dates are more thoughtful and more like old fashioned courting, as opposed to dinner and movie, or just drinks (as many of my friends can attest, this is the new cheapskate date). We have no problem talking, so it looks like Dr. Warren really may have hit on something here. At the end of the night, he gave me a little peck (so adorable) and said he'd like to see me again. But here it is Wednesday, and all I've received is two emails from him, but no suggestions of a next date. I'm just really fearing that between his shyness and the distance, things might fade out, where if he lived here, we wouldn't have that problem. So, I'm trying to make sure I encourage him a lot, but there's only so much a girl can do. There does get to a point where you want to know the guy likes you, and isn't just going out with you because you're suggesting it.
This week I'm getting a little break from all my obligations. In fact, I even managed to take off Friday and Monday! Friday, I just wanted to sleep in and go to the pool, so a friend from work and I did just that. Then Saturday I headed over to parents' house, where my brother was visiting from California. He was here with his new girlfriend (6 months I think) and she is just too adorable. We had a nice time, not doing anything too crazy, but definitely had a nice relaxing time.
Well, I guess that's it, the tales from my boring life. Back to work.
xoxo, Maxine
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Blind date success
Ah, I have been so busy, all over the place. I swear my house has become simply a dirty hotel room where I sleep, and don't have maids to come clean up after me. Between work, kickball, softball, happy hours, weddings, going out of town, other social activities, I just haven't had the time to take care of myself. But I am finding a few minutes right now to blog, but I'm warning, it may be a little ADD and all over the place.
So, last Saturday I met up with Engineer. He was so adorably dorky and cute I couldn't stand it. Really, he's totally a cute dork. The kind I like the best! You know, the type that you always had a secret crush on back in high school and college. I really liked him, he was funny, cute, smart, and nice, and we got along swimmingly.
Of course prior to meeting him, I was so nervous about would he like me, would he think I was attractive, or too fat, or what. But as soon as I saw him and saw how nervous he was too, I was instantly put at ease because he was clearly more nervous than me! We had the best conversation, never an awkward silence, and both of us really hit it off. I'm usually a good reader of people, and I could tell he was digging me. We met at the winery around 12:30, and our tour ended about 2. He suggested we get something to eat at the nearby town, which we did, and we walked around the street, looking at stuff. The town is a historic town, so there was lots to see, do, and talk about. Really though, we certainly did not have problems talking each others ears off. Around 4:30, I guess it was time to go. I know we both could have talked for hours more, but had things to do that evening. At the end, it was kind of awkward, both of us being like "urm, yea, so, uh, I had a really nice time." But I gave him a hug and that was it.
Sunday, I sent him an email saying I had a great time, and suggesting that we meet up again on Friday. He emailed back saying he thought that was a great idea, so I guess we are on for next Friday. I do think it's a little weird that we're still emailing, but I'm going to give him a call this week (between kickball, softball and country concert, not sure when I'll fit it in, unless it's late when I'm drunk, probably not a good idea) to make plans. I'm actually really excited, and excited to see him again without the first date jitters. And, it's even worse than first date jitters, because it was blind eH first date jitters, and especially for me, since it was my first eH date, I know I was kind of a spastic, airheaded fool. So, it's good that he liked that, because I can only get better as I get more confident. So, all in all, it was a huge success, and I am very pleased with it. I can't wait until Friday. Maybe you'll see me in the eH commercials soon! Haha, or maybe not. It's way too early to tell, plus I still fear I put all my eggs in Engineer's basket, so we'll see what happens!
xoxo, Maxi
So, last Saturday I met up with Engineer. He was so adorably dorky and cute I couldn't stand it. Really, he's totally a cute dork. The kind I like the best! You know, the type that you always had a secret crush on back in high school and college. I really liked him, he was funny, cute, smart, and nice, and we got along swimmingly.
Of course prior to meeting him, I was so nervous about would he like me, would he think I was attractive, or too fat, or what. But as soon as I saw him and saw how nervous he was too, I was instantly put at ease because he was clearly more nervous than me! We had the best conversation, never an awkward silence, and both of us really hit it off. I'm usually a good reader of people, and I could tell he was digging me. We met at the winery around 12:30, and our tour ended about 2. He suggested we get something to eat at the nearby town, which we did, and we walked around the street, looking at stuff. The town is a historic town, so there was lots to see, do, and talk about. Really though, we certainly did not have problems talking each others ears off. Around 4:30, I guess it was time to go. I know we both could have talked for hours more, but had things to do that evening. At the end, it was kind of awkward, both of us being like "urm, yea, so, uh, I had a really nice time." But I gave him a hug and that was it.
Sunday, I sent him an email saying I had a great time, and suggesting that we meet up again on Friday. He emailed back saying he thought that was a great idea, so I guess we are on for next Friday. I do think it's a little weird that we're still emailing, but I'm going to give him a call this week (between kickball, softball and country concert, not sure when I'll fit it in, unless it's late when I'm drunk, probably not a good idea) to make plans. I'm actually really excited, and excited to see him again without the first date jitters. And, it's even worse than first date jitters, because it was blind eH first date jitters, and especially for me, since it was my first eH date, I know I was kind of a spastic, airheaded fool. So, it's good that he liked that, because I can only get better as I get more confident. So, all in all, it was a huge success, and I am very pleased with it. I can't wait until Friday. Maybe you'll see me in the eH commercials soon! Haha, or maybe not. It's way too early to tell, plus I still fear I put all my eggs in Engineer's basket, so we'll see what happens!
xoxo, Maxi
Friday, July 18, 2008
eHarmon-me at last...
Note to readers: I started to type this last Thursday or Friday, but was unable to finish it, so I am going to post it as I left it last week, then post again today with the updates! - Max
Are you all ready for some exciting news? I am finally going out with Engineer! Woo hoo! And yes, while I have closed out my eHarmony account (although technically it still doesn’t expire until late next week), I have been emailing him on the side. As you know from my previous posts, I gave up on eHarmony pretty quickly, but I didn’t give up on Engineer. I do realize I put all my eggs in the same proverbial eHarmony basket, but that’s okay. I just realized I wasn’t at a point where I was ready to commit to eH. It was too time consuming. Maybe it’s more of a winter activity, rather than summer. And the matches get out of control so fast. You really have to devote time and energy to it. But I can definitely see myself signing back up in the future, it wasn’t terrible. There were some quality guys on there, I just wasn’t ready to commit to it. That’s all. So, before I talk about my date, I want to say that although I signed on most skeptically, I think eHarmony is a pretty good dating site, and if you are willing to commit to it, can provide some decent caliber people. The process does take time, so know that ahead of time, don’t get frustrated, and hopefully you’ll get good results as well. As far as the ones that fall along the wayside, be glad. It means they just aren’t that into you (or else, they’d respond), or you don’t want someone lazy like that anyways? Either way, only worry about the ones that
Back to Engineer. If this date works out, we will have to dub him a new name. I will have Cat help me think of something perfect. We have been emailing for 2 months now, and I cannot reiterate enough how great the email banter has been. He’s very clever, I really enjoy reading his emails, and he enjoys mine. I know so much about him! It’s just so bizarre how I feel like I’ve known him forever, but we haven’t even met. I guess this is what eH is supposed to do, right? I mean, when I think about it, I’m not really surprised, this is what everyone who’s had success on these sites have said, that they wrote these long emails, etc., and when they finally met, it was like they’d known the person forever. We’ll see what happens in real life, but Dr. Warren might be on to something. I might be a believer. But then again, I do think it’s risky that he’s the only guy I’m pursuing at all. Just the Law of Large Numbers would suggest that I should have gone out with several guys to ensure that one would work. But I guess it does just take one, right? Last night, we finally talked, and when we finally hung up the phone I was shocked to learn we’d been talking for 50 minutes! I would have bet money it was only 15. Our conversation was so cute! I am super excited about finally meeting him. I called Cat immediately after and her response was “Oh Maxi, you just sound so giddy!” We are meeting a winery half way between our two cities. Isn’t that the cutest first date ever? It’s a day date, I guess that follows the internet date protocol right? At least we aren’t meeting at Starbucks!!
Are you all ready for some exciting news? I am finally going out with Engineer! Woo hoo! And yes, while I have closed out my eHarmony account (although technically it still doesn’t expire until late next week), I have been emailing him on the side. As you know from my previous posts, I gave up on eHarmony pretty quickly, but I didn’t give up on Engineer. I do realize I put all my eggs in the same proverbial eHarmony basket, but that’s okay. I just realized I wasn’t at a point where I was ready to commit to eH. It was too time consuming. Maybe it’s more of a winter activity, rather than summer. And the matches get out of control so fast. You really have to devote time and energy to it. But I can definitely see myself signing back up in the future, it wasn’t terrible. There were some quality guys on there, I just wasn’t ready to commit to it. That’s all. So, before I talk about my date, I want to say that although I signed on most skeptically, I think eHarmony is a pretty good dating site, and if you are willing to commit to it, can provide some decent caliber people. The process does take time, so know that ahead of time, don’t get frustrated, and hopefully you’ll get good results as well. As far as the ones that fall along the wayside, be glad. It means they just aren’t that into you (or else, they’d respond), or you don’t want someone lazy like that anyways? Either way, only worry about the ones that
Back to Engineer. If this date works out, we will have to dub him a new name. I will have Cat help me think of something perfect. We have been emailing for 2 months now, and I cannot reiterate enough how great the email banter has been. He’s very clever, I really enjoy reading his emails, and he enjoys mine. I know so much about him! It’s just so bizarre how I feel like I’ve known him forever, but we haven’t even met. I guess this is what eH is supposed to do, right? I mean, when I think about it, I’m not really surprised, this is what everyone who’s had success on these sites have said, that they wrote these long emails, etc., and when they finally met, it was like they’d known the person forever. We’ll see what happens in real life, but Dr. Warren might be on to something. I might be a believer. But then again, I do think it’s risky that he’s the only guy I’m pursuing at all. Just the Law of Large Numbers would suggest that I should have gone out with several guys to ensure that one would work. But I guess it does just take one, right? Last night, we finally talked, and when we finally hung up the phone I was shocked to learn we’d been talking for 50 minutes! I would have bet money it was only 15. Our conversation was so cute! I am super excited about finally meeting him. I called Cat immediately after and her response was “Oh Maxi, you just sound so giddy!” We are meeting a winery half way between our two cities. Isn’t that the cutest first date ever? It’s a day date, I guess that follows the internet date protocol right? At least we aren’t meeting at Starbucks!!
Saturday, July 5, 2008
ChicagoLand
I'm sitting here in the airport and thought I'd write a quick blog during my layover. I'm coming back from spending 4th of July in Chicago with a friend that used to work with Cat and I. Chicago is, without a doubt, fabulous! I am so ready to up and move there. Except I can't stand the cold, at all. I become a whining, complaining, little brat and you don't want to be around me. Then, and when my feet hurt.
But back to the weekend. I had a great time. Thursday night, we went out to a fun bar, they played the best country music, which we all loved and sang along to. I met some basketball players from Loyola. Haha! Between basketball players and military men, I think I know my type. They were a little young though. I met a lot of the people from the Chicago office, which were all really fun and nice. We just had a great time. Then the next day, we all went out to North Beach, which is on Lake Michigan. I knew there was a beach there, and I knew people went there, but I was not at all prepared for what appeared to be spring break in Cancun. There were throngs of attractive people playing music, playing volleyball, drinking, having a good time. There was a bar on the lake, where people were milling around, dancing. What was so bizarre though, was the temperature difference just 50 feet out from the lake. As we walked to the lake, I could literally feel the temperature drop. I did get a little burned, because I couldn't tell how much sun I was getting. It's never ever mid-70s here. It goes from 50 to 100 overnight, so it was quite pleasant to enjoy the gorgeous weather. Honestly, the whole weekend, I couldn't have requested more gorgeous weather. Then that night we went out again to another bar. We didn't stay too late, we were tired from a late night the night before, and of course the sun always tires you. The today, we went to Garrett's popcorn, which is sooooo delicious, you must try it if you are ever in Chicago, it's definitely worth the wait. And we went up to the Signature Room at the Hancock building. They have the most amazing views, and you don't have to pay the fee to go on the observatory. Anyways, the whole weekend was just perfect. I can't wait to go again. Chicago is just awesome, that's all I can say. Everything about the city was amazing. More bars that you know what to do with. Each one filled with young, attractive people. The city is so clean and beautiful. The lake looks like the Caribbean, bright blue waters, the color of this blog. The cool breezes coming off the water made the city seem crisp and pleasant and friendly. I've been to lots of places in this country, and there really is no place like Chicago. It was a nice place to spend our Nation’s birthday!
Now time for SBP updates. The Marine has been crazy calling, but he is still as ridiculous as ever. Last Friday, he called to let me know he was coming into town, but was stopping at a friend's house. I was at the river concert series, and told him to call when he was here, which he estimated around 9. Well, the concert ends, we go out for drinks, and still no call. Maybe around 12, I was tired, and ready to go home and to bed, so I call to see what's up, and honestly to tell him it's too late now. He's drunk as a skunk at the friend's house. I wanted to be like "see, this is why I can't take you serious." Then, he calls me twice on Thursday while he's at a friend's cookout. Each time, he asks me the same questions, where are you? when are you coming home? and will you call me when you get in? He was like "promise me you'll call. please please." It was weird, he sounded so desperate. I really have no idea why he's so adamant about us getting together. I mean, I met him over a month ago, so it’s getting to the point where, yea, it was fun meeting and hanging out, but now, is it worth it? Is it going to happen? Probably not, and really, what can happen? He’s so out of control wild, it’s just not for me at this point. He was also bragging about how big his tongue is. Bizarre. I mean, I know what he's getting at, but I'm so not interested. Anyways, I got a text too last night saying "I really want to get crazy with you." I think I will call him Sunday and tell him that it was fun meeting him, but let's just call it like it is, and stop trying to get together and pretend anything's going to happen.
The Engineer from eH finally suggested we meet! I am beyond excited about this! He actually suggested we meet at a vineyard halfway between our houses, which is so cute! We'd been talking about how much we both like wine, so it was really appropriate, plus he was so cute. We had meet talking about meeting "protocol" and he suggested the vineyard than said "but I’m not sure if that’s your cup of tea for an initial encounter. I mean, I could be like completely sketchy or something." Ha, which I think is adorable. I don’t know, maybe you don’t, but I think it is. Cat doesn't like it, but I've told a few other people, and they all say go for it, so I think I will! I just can't get drunk, but it is perfect because I do love wine, and I absolutely think it's important to have alcohol at an initial meeting. Plus, if I can't drive back, I can stay at the Super 8 or something for $59.99.
The last SBP (the one my friend from work tried to set me up with) is no longer a SBP. I guess he's dating someone else. He was probably just seeing what was up while he decided whether he really liked that other girl, but I guess he made his mind up. He really was super cute, but I guess it's not meant to be.
So, Cat really wants me to go out tonight when I get back in town, but I'm not sure if I'm up for it. But she did drop and pick me up, so I guess it's the least I owe her. I guess I just feel so unbelievably fat and bloated from all the Chicago food and alcohol I ate this weekend. The stuffed pizza is to die for delicious, but it turns you into a stuffed slice!
xoxo, Maxi
But back to the weekend. I had a great time. Thursday night, we went out to a fun bar, they played the best country music, which we all loved and sang along to. I met some basketball players from Loyola. Haha! Between basketball players and military men, I think I know my type. They were a little young though. I met a lot of the people from the Chicago office, which were all really fun and nice. We just had a great time. Then the next day, we all went out to North Beach, which is on Lake Michigan. I knew there was a beach there, and I knew people went there, but I was not at all prepared for what appeared to be spring break in Cancun. There were throngs of attractive people playing music, playing volleyball, drinking, having a good time. There was a bar on the lake, where people were milling around, dancing. What was so bizarre though, was the temperature difference just 50 feet out from the lake. As we walked to the lake, I could literally feel the temperature drop. I did get a little burned, because I couldn't tell how much sun I was getting. It's never ever mid-70s here. It goes from 50 to 100 overnight, so it was quite pleasant to enjoy the gorgeous weather. Honestly, the whole weekend, I couldn't have requested more gorgeous weather. Then that night we went out again to another bar. We didn't stay too late, we were tired from a late night the night before, and of course the sun always tires you. The today, we went to Garrett's popcorn, which is sooooo delicious, you must try it if you are ever in Chicago, it's definitely worth the wait. And we went up to the Signature Room at the Hancock building. They have the most amazing views, and you don't have to pay the fee to go on the observatory. Anyways, the whole weekend was just perfect. I can't wait to go again. Chicago is just awesome, that's all I can say. Everything about the city was amazing. More bars that you know what to do with. Each one filled with young, attractive people. The city is so clean and beautiful. The lake looks like the Caribbean, bright blue waters, the color of this blog. The cool breezes coming off the water made the city seem crisp and pleasant and friendly. I've been to lots of places in this country, and there really is no place like Chicago. It was a nice place to spend our Nation’s birthday!
Now time for SBP updates. The Marine has been crazy calling, but he is still as ridiculous as ever. Last Friday, he called to let me know he was coming into town, but was stopping at a friend's house. I was at the river concert series, and told him to call when he was here, which he estimated around 9. Well, the concert ends, we go out for drinks, and still no call. Maybe around 12, I was tired, and ready to go home and to bed, so I call to see what's up, and honestly to tell him it's too late now. He's drunk as a skunk at the friend's house. I wanted to be like "see, this is why I can't take you serious." Then, he calls me twice on Thursday while he's at a friend's cookout. Each time, he asks me the same questions, where are you? when are you coming home? and will you call me when you get in? He was like "promise me you'll call. please please." It was weird, he sounded so desperate. I really have no idea why he's so adamant about us getting together. I mean, I met him over a month ago, so it’s getting to the point where, yea, it was fun meeting and hanging out, but now, is it worth it? Is it going to happen? Probably not, and really, what can happen? He’s so out of control wild, it’s just not for me at this point. He was also bragging about how big his tongue is. Bizarre. I mean, I know what he's getting at, but I'm so not interested. Anyways, I got a text too last night saying "I really want to get crazy with you." I think I will call him Sunday and tell him that it was fun meeting him, but let's just call it like it is, and stop trying to get together and pretend anything's going to happen.
The Engineer from eH finally suggested we meet! I am beyond excited about this! He actually suggested we meet at a vineyard halfway between our houses, which is so cute! We'd been talking about how much we both like wine, so it was really appropriate, plus he was so cute. We had meet talking about meeting "protocol" and he suggested the vineyard than said "but I’m not sure if that’s your cup of tea for an initial encounter. I mean, I could be like completely sketchy or something." Ha, which I think is adorable. I don’t know, maybe you don’t, but I think it is. Cat doesn't like it, but I've told a few other people, and they all say go for it, so I think I will! I just can't get drunk, but it is perfect because I do love wine, and I absolutely think it's important to have alcohol at an initial meeting. Plus, if I can't drive back, I can stay at the Super 8 or something for $59.99.
The last SBP (the one my friend from work tried to set me up with) is no longer a SBP. I guess he's dating someone else. He was probably just seeing what was up while he decided whether he really liked that other girl, but I guess he made his mind up. He really was super cute, but I guess it's not meant to be.
So, Cat really wants me to go out tonight when I get back in town, but I'm not sure if I'm up for it. But she did drop and pick me up, so I guess it's the least I owe her. I guess I just feel so unbelievably fat and bloated from all the Chicago food and alcohol I ate this weekend. The stuffed pizza is to die for delicious, but it turns you into a stuffed slice!
xoxo, Maxi
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