wow

I'd say the date with NG was great.

No, actually, better than great.

The kind of date where we both blew off friends to stay together longer.  Where it started at 2PM and just flowed naturally, and it was 7 before we knew it and he was supposed to go meet his friends and I was supposed to meet my friend for dinner, and have an early night because I ran a half marathon and flew to my hometown for Passover today... and then he stayed, and we made dinner, and it was 10:30 and we weren't through being together yet.  (But I did actually make him leave.  And hated it.)

And then he sent me a message the next morning to wish me luck on my race.  And called after.  And it isn't desperate or Newfie-like.  It's genuine and real, and something sparked for both of us.  He was very clear that he's interested and excited about meeting me -- and also that he knows if I didn't feel the same, I wouldn't have hesitated to send him on his way at 5pm yesterday.  

So now I'm far away, and we are emailing and will probably speak on the phone while I'm here, and make plans to see each other when I get back next week.  And even though I feel like I learned so much about his life story, there is so much more I want to know.  And I'm pretty sure he feels the same way.

Of course, my friend H... she's amazing.  She instructed me that I was to blow her off if things were going well.  Talk about a great friend!  It's always a tough balance - taking good care of your friends, but letting yourself enjoy meeting someone special that is sometimes at the expense of being a good friend. I'm thankful I have friends who speak their mind, talk about this stuff, and really want me to find someone special.  

I promised her that NG and I would babysit one day to make up for it.  ;)