The Bag Lady...
Well, it's official - I've finally had a date with The Bag Lady.
To recap - an eternity ago some Canadian friends of mine (and hers) thought we would be a good match. From then on we communicated through our airmen and through our Canadians - it was all very high school and fun, but a bit tiresome. A little later we made a breakthrough and got in touch through e-mail for the first time. We finally arranged for several dates that got canceled - but there was an encouraging hour and a half conversation the night of one of canceled dates.
Then...it finally happened..."Hey," Bag Lady called, "where should I be driving, I'm ready for our date!"
OMG!!! I had to scramble. I knew we had a date scheduled, but we had other dates scheduled and I had a huge amount of security forms to fill out that night. I was just making the dinner reservations as she pulled up.
I wish I could tell you she's crazy - that she jumped me in the car (in a good or a bad way), she was 400 pounds and wanted to move in with me, she's facebook stalking me, or some other crazy thing, but I have to say other than a few little quirks I'll get into this was a nice, normal date - yay for me!
It started off extremely rocky. The Roommate was walking in just as we were walking out and, trying to be friendly, said, "You must be Jitterbeangirl!" The problem was that this was Bag Lady, not the very married Jitterbeangirl. Bag Lady responded, "um, no, I'm Bag Lady." The Roommate was unconvinced for a few seconds until I formally introduced them while casually mentioning that Jitterbeangirl was my very married friend. Did I mention how married Jitterbeangirl was? I think I mentioned it a few times to Bag Lady. The Roommate helped matters by having an extremely wide-eyed and frightened look on his face. I don't think Bag Lady read too much into it, but I guess we'll see.
After that it picked up pretty well though - we made our way to the Glacier Brewhouse and had a wonderful meal and some nice conversation. We have a surprising amount in common - we even did a not of the same nerdy things in high school even though I think I won the "nerd off." Being an honorary member of the band (not a real member mind you) was enough to put it over the top (hey, I was a letterman in football too!).
I did get a bit of a curveball when she insisted on splitting the check. I know this is a rather common thing nowadays, but I tend to be a bit more old fashioned when it comes to dating - I like to show someone a good time and treat a woman that's nice enough to go out with me. I half-jokingly said that if we split the check it wouldn't feel like a date unless I got a goodnight kiss. She agreed and noticed I was planning to get a cajun dish - she recommended something a bit tamer. It's kind of interesting - when you really look at it she ended up paying about $24 to kiss me. I would think that's pretty impressive, but the dollar isn't worth what it used to be :)
In any case she had to get back to the Valley and after the aforementioned goodnight kiss I found out I earned a second date. Unfortunately because of our leave schedules that second date will come in about 3 weeks. As always I'll keep you posted - but for right now I have some other familial issues going on so I probably won't be dating anyone else in those three weeks - expect some more random postings.
As for some other housekeeping items - the tropical push for the Arctic Fox is going to be pushed a couple weeks - my TDY was postponed until April, I'm a bit disappointed, but it's better for the career so I'll go with it. I did decide to tack on a week to my leave at home and spend it in sunny Florida with a few friends, but that won't be until mid-March.
Well, until next time keep good thoughts for The Bag Lady and me!
AirForceKush - aka - The Arctic Fox
To recap - an eternity ago some Canadian friends of mine (and hers) thought we would be a good match. From then on we communicated through our airmen and through our Canadians - it was all very high school and fun, but a bit tiresome. A little later we made a breakthrough and got in touch through e-mail for the first time. We finally arranged for several dates that got canceled - but there was an encouraging hour and a half conversation the night of one of canceled dates.
Then...it finally happened..."Hey," Bag Lady called, "where should I be driving, I'm ready for our date!"
OMG!!! I had to scramble. I knew we had a date scheduled, but we had other dates scheduled and I had a huge amount of security forms to fill out that night. I was just making the dinner reservations as she pulled up.
I wish I could tell you she's crazy - that she jumped me in the car (in a good or a bad way), she was 400 pounds and wanted to move in with me, she's facebook stalking me, or some other crazy thing, but I have to say other than a few little quirks I'll get into this was a nice, normal date - yay for me!
It started off extremely rocky. The Roommate was walking in just as we were walking out and, trying to be friendly, said, "You must be Jitterbeangirl!" The problem was that this was Bag Lady, not the very married Jitterbeangirl. Bag Lady responded, "um, no, I'm Bag Lady." The Roommate was unconvinced for a few seconds until I formally introduced them while casually mentioning that Jitterbeangirl was my very married friend. Did I mention how married Jitterbeangirl was? I think I mentioned it a few times to Bag Lady. The Roommate helped matters by having an extremely wide-eyed and frightened look on his face. I don't think Bag Lady read too much into it, but I guess we'll see.
After that it picked up pretty well though - we made our way to the Glacier Brewhouse and had a wonderful meal and some nice conversation. We have a surprising amount in common - we even did a not of the same nerdy things in high school even though I think I won the "nerd off." Being an honorary member of the band (not a real member mind you) was enough to put it over the top (hey, I was a letterman in football too!).
I did get a bit of a curveball when she insisted on splitting the check. I know this is a rather common thing nowadays, but I tend to be a bit more old fashioned when it comes to dating - I like to show someone a good time and treat a woman that's nice enough to go out with me. I half-jokingly said that if we split the check it wouldn't feel like a date unless I got a goodnight kiss. She agreed and noticed I was planning to get a cajun dish - she recommended something a bit tamer. It's kind of interesting - when you really look at it she ended up paying about $24 to kiss me. I would think that's pretty impressive, but the dollar isn't worth what it used to be :)
In any case she had to get back to the Valley and after the aforementioned goodnight kiss I found out I earned a second date. Unfortunately because of our leave schedules that second date will come in about 3 weeks. As always I'll keep you posted - but for right now I have some other familial issues going on so I probably won't be dating anyone else in those three weeks - expect some more random postings.
As for some other housekeeping items - the tropical push for the Arctic Fox is going to be pushed a couple weeks - my TDY was postponed until April, I'm a bit disappointed, but it's better for the career so I'll go with it. I did decide to tack on a week to my leave at home and spend it in sunny Florida with a few friends, but that won't be until mid-March.
Well, until next time keep good thoughts for The Bag Lady and me!
AirForceKush - aka - The Arctic Fox
I lettered in band...all four years...would I have trumped your nerd-off win? I'm an engineer too, THAT should count double!!