DATE #1

Good Morning....I mean afternoon :) So I went on my first date last night. I had to take the train into the city and it's pretty hard for me to get out of the office on the early side in general. Trying to catch a certain train was a challenge. Of course when you have to be somewhere, those are the times when all these extra, last minute things come up at work. I had about 15 minutes before I had to run to catch my train and of course my boss said .. Oh Christie we need you to put a quick background vocal on one of the tracks our artist is recording. No problem. I sing and race out the door..forgetting to grab my make up which I was going to apply on the train. Oops. Guess the date would have to like the real me! I find the bar that The Expert recommended and it was very loud and dark (good because of the make up thing) and crowded. How the heck was I going to find this guy? If he shows up at all! Then Pete got there. Mr Matched! (Hey Pete can't wait for you to have your turn at this while I sit all relaxed on the other side of the room spying) He got himself a drink and I didn't, thank God... because I made up for it when the date began. Date #1 was just as tall as he said he was on his profile.... that's a good start. We finally got seated and started our conversation. The conversation came pretty easily. I thought it was interesting that he said I seemed like I would be serious from my profile...and that instead I act more like a 16 year old. Wait....is that what he thinks my intelligence level is?? I can see Pete (Mr Matched) and Jojo (The Observer) have secured a table across the room from me...with a clear view but obviously not able to hear what is going on. I glanced over there only a couple times and Date #1 was very astute. He said... Do you know someone here? Uh No... just looking around. Then he said...You're funny....you should write a blog! My response.... I'm really not that funny! Conversation continues and then I make a trip to the ladies room to update Jojo on how the date is going......

So back to the table. I actually don't have any funny stories. Date #1 was a really nice, smart, seemingly normal guy! And this blog is actually not about the guys on the date...but more about what I can learn about myself from them. I left the date about 4 hours after it started...so there was definitely no short supply of conversation. I do think next time I should try to talk a little less. I kept asking about him...but he wanted to hear about my business. That is somewhat of the trap we can be in. Some people are intrigued with the perceived glamour of what I do....vs. who I am. I need to work my way around that. He asked for a second date. Expert, what are the rules for that???

On another note.... I am meeting with Phone Guy #1 tonight. Kind of nervous. Was forewarned via one of our blog followers "Casual Observer" that this guy could be a little creepy. So I go with caution!