Step 2.5: Date 3.0

So we had date one on Thursday, date two on Friday, surely date three will be sometime next week, right? Things are moving pretty quickly.... BUT he is the one that jumped the gun by sending flowers before we even had our first date. He's totally digging me... and I'm okay with this. Maybe I can take a break from finding reasons NOT to like this guy and just let myself like him?

Well, Jerry texts me Saturday saying he knows I'm busy getting ready for a work event the next day, but that he'd really love to see me if he could and can he take me to dinner after he gets some errands done?

Uhm, well... I mean, I guess? (Hey, I said he was "growing on me" not grown on me!) This is moving pretty fast. What about my marriage and happily ever after date with the southern gentleman of my dreams come to life Alabama in a couple of weeks?? So, I plan on dinner with Jerry and get ready to get ready for my day (it takes me a lot of get ready-ing). Around noon, he calls me saying that he got done with some work stuff early, and hey why don't we do all those things I wanted to do today together? Wait, you want to go to Ikea? and Rally House? and Pier One? (Maybe Bed Bath and Beyond but I DON'T KNOW IF WE WILL HAVE ENOUGH TIME) Whoa, fine buddy. I will spend some time with you. Better to figure out early if you are going to annoy the ever living piss out of me so I can move on and move out you of my consideration set.

We do all of those things: I get sad about not finding my Alma Mater's gear at Rally House, we go to Pier One, go to Ikea where I get a bookshelf and play with all the toys. This is actually pretty lucky since it absolutely would not have fit in my car! Then we go to dinner in the Shops at Legacy and I like his eyes... and his smile and oh shit. No NO NO!! But then he's making "us" plans and then we go back to his house, let his dog out, he takes my bookshelf to my apartment, carries it up the stairs and we get down to business. I kind of like how he kisses me and how much he compliments me and all of the sweet things he says....

Alabama who...? Somewhere between Pier One and the Perfect Summer Beer, I realize that while Alabama might have been very exciting because he's so handsome and charming and was the first guy that didn't make me want to join a nunnery... maybe he wasn't the perfect match for me. This guy has a lot of things I liked and I was starting to get kind of excited to learn more...

 (Wait, am I doing this wrong?)

Well damn. I'm totally still going to Six Flags though.