Step 1: The Courtship

I get a great email from Jerry. He looks pretty cute, but his email is what gets me. He's funny, paid attention to what I wrote and seemed genuinely interested in knowing me better. He asked me inquisitive questions in a funny manner and his messages make me smile. We quickly move to hilarious email banter and then he gives me his number. I tell him I am uncomfortable providing mine because I don't want any Anthony pics. He told me I was a fool for thinking he would actually give me his real number and had instead given me the number to a Dominoes in Flower Mound. It is funny and weird that we spent that entire Friday night texting about pizza. And only pizza. He was Dominoes and I was Edgar... And he was funny! Okay, so I can hang out with this guy as I patiently (not patiently) wait for my Six Flags date with Alabama.

 (not really an exaggeration)

We are texting constantly. He calls me. He tells me how excited he is to meet me. He has flowers delivered to my office on Monday before our first date on Thursday. I'm beginning to feel just a LITTLE bit freaked out... Why does he like me so much? He hasn't even met me? Why did he send these flowers? What is going on? Is he overcompensating? Is he actually a psycho? I don't know! But, I am willing to give him a chance because I do like talking to him. Also, I like people that like me. Makes me feel good. And popular. And pretty. But really, is this guy going to be a total weirdo with no social skills?

I ask him what picture of his looks most like him. He doesn't know.. huh? He says that picture XYZ is most recent. Hmm.. I'm concerned that maybe the cute pictures don't accurately depict him and that the other ones are questionable. I am sad. What if he's terrible and makes me want to punch out my own eyeballs?

So he suggests Victor Tango's. Thursday. 7 pm. What should I wear? (Oh eff. This BS again??) I decide to wear a dress that I had purchased awhile ago for a different date that I never ended up wearing. It's one of the cutest dresses I own and I pretty much rocked it. I go to meet him. He's actually tall! And pretty cute. Great! We have a really good dinner and conversation. A girlfriend of mine works there, so that was pretty fun to mess with him for a bit until I told him I knew her. He asks me if I am okay with a little walking (I had told him a terrible date story where he made me walk through downtown FTW in heels. in a dress. in December.).

I'm okay with a little walking. He takes me to Barnes and Noble where he purchases me three things:

1. The Alchemist (As a thank you for introducing him to my favorite book of all time: The Art of Racing in the Rain, which he also loved and felt obligated to repay me)
2. The Last Lecture (He thought I should read it)
3. The T-Shirt Game (I was actually going to purchase this for myself because it looked fun and then he up and snatched it from me)

Then he took me back to the restaurant to retrieve my car, waited with me for it and we parted ways. A lovely date.

All in all, I had a fun time. He's smart, listens to me, is up for trying new things and he's interested in me. I'm not smitten, but I like him. There's some chemistry, maybe. We'll see.