Friday was a super hectic day at work. By the time I was home, showered and ready for the 'date' I was trying to think of every excuse under the sun to bail on him again. We were texting back and forth and he said we would meet up at 9:30. I was tired and didn't really want to stay out all that late. I ended up making my way to Commercial and we were still texting and he seemed kind of quiet. I asked him what was wrong, and he said he was tired (he works construction, 9 sometimes 10 hour days Monday through Saturday.) Perfect. I asked him if he wanted to reschedule, he said sure. At this point, I felt relief. I ended up meeting up with some friends at Alibi Room . I let myself have one beer, so I got the Parallel 49 Nitro Pour Extra Special Bitter. It was fun, I ended up getting a slew of dating advice from over eager friends. I left around 11:30 and headed home.
Saturday morning was all about adult stuff. I did chores, caught up on laundry, etc, etc. I then headed down to meet Christy for our lady date. We went to Rumpus Room for a late lunch and it was super delicious. Then we headed to buy beer. Christy is lucky enough to live extremely close to Legacy. Think of a place that is just stocked full of oodles and oodles of different kinds of beer. I brought 3 along with me, but also ended up buying Phillips Crooked Tooth Pumpkin Ale and Parallel 49's Lost Soul Chocolate Pumpkin Porter. (I now think I like Crooked Tooth more than Oktoberfest, shhh.) We watched a bunch of shark shows, started decorating her apartment and caught up on girl gossip. I need to live in East Van. I feel so at home there and it's full of everything I like. Christy said I'm too cool for Surrey. That is the 3rd time this week someone has called me 'cool'. I'm glad I give out that vibe, ha. By the time we were 3 beers in, we felt incredibly drunk and needed to get snacks. We went to Panago to each get a personal sized pizza, and once we demolished that, we went to Lucy's for apple pie and ice cream. We both left with stomach aches.
The next morning I went for my first date since the breakup (as Friday's never happened.) I never really dated, I always just had a boyfriend, so I had a stomach full of butterflies and worries. It ended up being really, really awesome. JB took me to Bon's Off Broadway as we are both lovers of breakfast. It was good! He hadn't been since his early 20's, and I had never been. For $2.95 you get two eggs, two pieces of toast, 3 pieces of bacon and hash browns. After that, we headed to the aquarium. I had SO much fun. He's super nerdy when it comes to sea creatures too, so that was nice. The jelly invasion exhibit is simply beautiful. We both agreed jelly fish are incredible and are going to touch base later with our jelly fish research. We went to the 4D movie which he was pretty excited about. He had never been, and he loved it. It was really cute that he thought the entire time he was watching how much his kids would like 4D. We then watched the beluga show and the dolphin show. Dolphins are his favourite and he kept oooing and awwing over their jumps. We both were mesmerized over the sharks. By the time we did the whole aquarium (we saw the sharks twice) he wanted to go for lunch, and is super into Diners Drive ins and Dives, so we went to Tomahawk and got breakfast AGAIN. We talked about everything from family, likes, dislikes, our jobs, our exes, the fact i'm just getting into Minecraft and the fact he loves it. Basically, everything you talk about during a first date. I inisited on paying for lunch/dinner because he had paid for everything else and I didn't think that was fair. After a minor no! yes! he let me pay. It was a good date. He made me a mixed cd. He opened every single door for me (including the car door!) He asked me on a regular basis how I was doing, if I wanted or needed anything and made sure I happy. The whole thing was very different from what I'm use to.
We have a ton in common. When we said goodbye and he hugged me, I didn't really feel anything. On my way home, I realized that it is too soon and I'm just not ready to do this. Even though I had a lot of fun, and I think he's a wonderful person, I'm just not there yet. I also don't think he's there yet. Having two kids and only being separated from his wife, I think he needs him time. I think he's a cool guy and I think we have friendship potential as we're both super nerdy and are basically stomach twins. I don't have that butterfly I really-really like you feeling. I guess it's just a first date, and I probably shouldn't over think things. What it boils down to is I think he's a solid person and I think we will be good friends.
As it is the first day of autumn, my mum is currently baking apples and a pumpkin. I'm sipping on cranberry ginger ale and am already in my sweatpants. I'm listening to the CD JB made me, and thinking about starting an episode of Breaking Bad or two.
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