Third Dates and Parking Passes

So this evening...I'll be going on my third date with a girl I'm actually interested in. When I was still waiting, I met this girl and we almost naturally fell into a relationship. So naturally, I didn't even realize it was happening.

One date turned into two and then we were on the phone for 3 hours on my way back to MD. And suddenly I found myself a hop, skip, and a jump away from being in a relationship while saying I was waiting.
So I paused it.
I slowed it way down.
And I studied.
And I worked all the shifts I could in L&D and clinic.
And I'm just a few days shy of getting my very first H in a medical discipline.

I'm also not waiting any more. So I picked up the phone. Thankfully we'd already planned to go to the winter formal but we were meeting there.

I decided...and maybe to some degree it was decided for me, to give her a real chance.

And we've been talking non-stop since the waiting ended.

I can absolutely tell that I'm different...I don't quite know if she can but I can. I never thought this day would be here but here it is. I don't necessarily think she's the one, but I will say that she could be. I will say that I like being around her and there are a lot of areas in my life and in hers that line up really well. There are a lot of deeply held beliefs that we share.

So when I get up in the morning, I'm getting my car detailed and picking up some flowers.

I'm packing a bag because after the formal, we're going to her house and she's going to teach me to play dominos.

I'm going to put on some make up, do my hair, and go get my date from her house and take her to meet my friends from school.

Yup, that's what I'm going to do.

Cheers!

PS I will be back to write about it after. You know this!