Date 1: A Success So Far

I finally met "Hurricane guy"!

Friday we planned to meet at Station Square for drinks. I was doing the nervous/excited thing prior to the date. This was then replaced with some fear that maybe he didn't look like his picture - that maybe he had turned into a troll and I would have to figure out how to get out of the date. This fear was multiplied by "Hurricane guy's" request that we meet right outside of the bar and walk in together. He got there about 10 minutes after I did.

So I was waiting for him to park and walk over. Anytime there was a guy walking past by himself, I stared at him from my bench to see if it was "Hurricane guy". For most of the 7 minutes that I was sitting there, most people didn't look close. However, there was one guy who was walking towards the bar and looked a lot like "Hurricane guy's" picture except that he was bald. I started to panic because although I know it's shallow, I want a man with hair. I know I can't control it if he goes bald later, but I want hair now.

So the bald guy walks past and into the bar. When he didn't come back out and I didn't get a text or a call, I figured I had dodged a bullet. Which was confirmed a minute or so later when "Hurricane guy" walked up. He was very cute - lovely green eyes. And he has hair! We grabbed a table outside as it was too loud inside. We both had the Sam Adams Oktoberfest beer (quite a tasty beer by the way) and ordered an appetizer to split.

We talked about work, movies, football, school...I was a bit nervous at first but after about an hour I was able to relax and crack some jokes without feeling completely awkward. We had a few drinks and then decided to go up to Mount Washington to walk around. As "Hurricane guy" put it, "we had the drink thing, now let's do the romantic thing". We were holding hands before we even left the bar...

Mount Washington was beautiful. It was a perfect night - not too cold but not humid and it was pretty clear. We traveled to all of the overlooks and eventually settled on a bench to sit on for awhile. We tried to find a place that was secluded in order to make out, but we kept getting interrupted by pedestrians. While we were on the bench though, the Pirates game ended and the fireworks started to go off by the stadium. Talk about perfect timing! So after an hour on top of the mountain making out and watching fireworks, we jumped back on the incline to Station Square.

On the incline down, we tried to get one of the cars to ourselves. However, we were invaded by a couple and their two children. We got back to the bottom of Mt. Washington and headed back to our cars. This comes to the weird portion of the date.

The first part was fantastic, but the second part I'm not sure of. It will depend on how much information he gives up. So he has a roommate and it's a guy, but because of this roommate we wouldn't be able to go to his place. So I think he lives with his dad. And I know because I live with my mom and I say the same thing. So we were relegated to go and make out in his car. It felt like I was back in high school again. So we are going to have to find a way to fix this situation. Or at least if he admits that he lives with his parents I would be ok. Then again, I never gave up the info either. So I guess both "Hurricane guy" and I have our issues.

Regardless, I do want to see him again and see how things go. There are a couple other things that I am a bit concerned with, but I figured that I should definitely get to know him a little better. We've been texting since Friday night and he definitely wants to see me again so things seem to have worked out well. Let's just hope he doesn't get back together with an ex like "CMU guy".