Friday Night - Date Night

I have been talking to both "Med student guy" and "Law student guy" all week. "Law student guy" continues to be sporadic and cryptic. For as long as we've been exchanging IMs, I know very little about him. He also is still working on getting that car fixed as much as I know, so who knows if I will ever meet him.

On the other hand, I know a lot about "Med student guy" and he actually provides me with details about his life. I know where he grew up and he told me about his family, even the tough things. We also talk about our friends, sports, the fact that he only sleeps 4 hours a night, what we do when we're hanging out with our friends, that in addition to work and class he volunteers at a burn unit at one of the local hospitals, and experiences that we've had - both that day or in the past.

I've become rather obsessed with talking to him. I actually took my lunch a little early today in order to post this blog because I usually email him on my lunch hour. If I start talking to him over email, I won't be able to stop. I spent 2 hours on the phone with him last night from 11:15pm to 1:15am until I realized what time it was. During our Tuesday evening conversation, I decided that I absolutely had to meet him. So we made plans to meet on Friday. After talking to him, I decided that I was ok with him knowing one of my lesser hangouts so we're meeting there. If things go well, he might even get to go to my normal hangout. The potential is good that he looks like his pictures since he said that they were from his vacation last summer.

I just hope that my bad luck doesn't rear it's ugly head tomorrow. That's my biggest fear - after all of our conversations and the uncountable number of times that he has said how much he really "digs" me, that the ever elusive second date will remain elusive. While he has been very vocal about how awesome and beautiful he thinks I am, I have definitely held back. I, of course, told him how much I enjoy talking to him and which of his pictures on POF (Plentyoffish.com) I like the best. I even told him I was counting down to tomorrow night and he responded that he was as well He the told me how was time remained.

However, I feel that I'm trying to be as guarded as I can right now since I haven't had any success in previous months. I don't to fall into the trap of being upset if we meet and then he doesn't call me back. "Med student guy" seems so nice and down to earth, as well as being sensitive and strong at the same time. If he turns out to be really cute, then he could be the perfect man. And if so, I'm going to be really upset if it turns out to be only another first date. I think I would be more comfortable if he had a flaw or something that I was concerned about. Unfortunately, the closest I can get is his accent (it's almost this bizarre combination of yinzer, urban, and southern - maybe it's just him growing up in the Hill District through middle school) but I kind of like the accent and I would always be able to recognize him on the phone without caller ID.

Let's hope all goes well! I am tired of writing about talking to all of these different guys and going on first dates, and then repeating the process. I'm really in the mood to expand my writing past this vicious circle of meeting people and move on to the next steps. So come 9pm tomorrow, keep your fingers crossed for me that everything goes well!