After lunch we drove to Santa Barbara, where MSB had hotel reservations. The hotel was bee-yooo-tiful. All the details were amazing, and it was very lavish. We walked to the beach and checked out the little shops. The weather was beautiful and everything was perfect. Even the homeless people up there are spiffier... most of them are very clean and have their shirts tucked in and their shoes shined and everything... if they weren't carrying their lives with them, I'm not sure I'd know they were homeless! It was pretty amazing. They probably get a lot of tourist guilt money ; ) Anyway, there was no traffic there or back. I thought it would take at least 3 hours, but we made it back in an hour and a half!
We have so many things in common, it's crazy. Like little things... like when I unplug my curling iron, I say "Curling Iron Off" out loud so that I remember I unplugged it. He does the same thing when he closes his garage door- "Garage Door Closed"... it's so funny! We have a lot of things like that.
Oh, and his casual shoes rocked this time. I'm happy I didn't have to resort to hiding his ugly puffy sneakers that he wore on our last date ; ) But I'm sure they'll come out again one of these days! But yeah, he was rockin' some fresh Nikes, so I was very happy : )
Anyway, my little brother is in town, so I'll hopefully spend the rest of the weekend with him. And on Monday, I have to begin and finish reading the first eleven chapters and studying for a nursing test on Thursday. I'm getting my book late (on Monday) because the book store was closed on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday... hope I can get it all done before Thursday. Wish me luck ; )
Happy 4th!!
Yeah! I'll put my thumb up! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Avatar! : ) Is this EK?
ReplyDeleteNope, it's not me! It's a friend of mine, who loves to write in general and to blog in particular. (FWIW given your thoughts earlier, she does not know who you are.)
ReplyDeleteYour relationship sounds like it's really blossoming. Thanks for sharing the MJ story.
Much luck on your nursing program. Huge respect for nurses from this corner of the world. Hey have you done any volunteering in the healthcare sector? Just out of sheer curiosity.
Hey Anonymous! Yeah, I was trying to figure out what language her blog was written in, and who I knew that spoke it... I thought it might be either Eva or Else (Czech and Finnish, respectively), but neither of those seemed right. Well, the mystery continues! Glad to have you stop by : )
ReplyDeleteOur relationship is definitely blossoming. I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes... he's so amazing! And I used to laugh when people would tell me they found their boyfriend online.
I've never volunteered in the healthcare sector, but I know a ton of medical people and I've worked on the administrative side of hospital care, so I have some familiarity with how things roll. We'll see if it's for me after a few classes, though! I haven't applied to the actual Nursing Program yet... just getting some pre-requisites out of the way.
But wait, obviously you stayed the night with him, right? Was he good in other ways too?
ReplyDeleteOh, Avitable! Nothing gets past you ; ) Thought I could slip past that one... Well, I am a lady now! But I will say that our excursion was perfect and I have absolutely NO complaints about him or whatever may or may not have happened. I am a VERY happy woman right now. Because his company is so amazing! It was a nice get-away.
ReplyDeleteWell, that's good. And nobody would think less of you for not sticking to your (is it 3 month?) rule.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Avitable. I think most of my friends know I'm kinda full of shit anyway. I come up with and believe in all kinds of half-baked theories and just like to talk ; )
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, that is the rule... 3 months... as suggested by Steve Harvey's "Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man" and also Patti Stanger's "Be Your Own Matchmaker"...