Finally, it happened, I met someone that I think is just the someone I have been looking for. I was at the store this week buying my mother a necklace for Mother’s Day when there she was asking me if I needed any help. She showed me a few different things that I had been looking at, and even helped me make my decision. She wasn’t overly glamorous but she was beautiful. She had on a pink dress and was wearing some simple jewelry. She had brown hair with blondish highlights and had beautiful brown eyes. Her name was Jenna. I introduced myself and asked her if she would be getting a break for dinner. She said that she got an hour for dinner and if I came back at 6:00 she would love to spend her dinner break with me. I bought the necklace for my mom and told her I would see her then.
Needless to say, I putzed around the mall for another hour waiting for her break, and I came back and took her to dinner. We went and got Chinese food and we talked. She is a student at Ivy Tech a local community college and this is her first year there. She said that she wanted to get herself established and get out of her parents house before she started college. Right now she is just taking general studies and trying to decide what to do. She said that she would like to be a teacher maybe or a psychologist. I told her that was a crazy coincidence as I was considering counseling as a career as well. We talked non stop for probably about the whole hour and then I walked her back to work. I felt like we had known each other forever, the whole time I felt very comfortable being around her and to think I was also attracted to her, now this was definitely amazing. Anyway, I asked her if I could see her again this weekend, and she said sure, and she gave me her number. All the way home, I could not stop thinking about her. She was smart and beautiful, pleasant to be around, a good conversationalist, and above all else, she did not seem to be completely self absorbed. I was careful to watch for the signs as we spent the hour together. She did not need to run off to the bathroom to fix herself. She was not afraid to order food or eat it in front of me. She did not have 3 inch long fingernails that were professionally done. She was a real person. I was being very careful to double check and make sure that I was not falling into my same old pattern again. I think I finally broke through it.
On the ride home I called my friend Chris to tell him all about Jenna. He was really glad for me and said when do I get to meet her? I told him let us get through our first actual date and see how it goes before I start showing her off.
I really can’t wait to call her; I think I will try to give her a call tomorrow night. I really want to call her tonight, but I don’t want to seem desperate.