It's Official
That's right ladies and gents! I am now officially in a relationship! Sorry fellas.. but I'm taken. LOL Shall I enlighten you all to the facts and details? But of course! As you all already know, Clint gave me a card and rose yesterday. When I found it, I was ecstatic! I rushed and called my mother to let her know and put the rose in a beautiful vase and set it up in the dining room. I didn't really know what I should do then. Should I call him, should I sent him an e-mail? I didn't know. I finally decided that he would call me once he got off work and then I'd thank him for his most delightful gesture. Later last night however, Mickey, one of Tracey's buddies came over and so she called Clint to come join us when he got off work. I quickly ran to put make-up on and Mickey of course laughed at me. But it took forever for Clint to show up. By the time he did, Tracey had gone to bed and Mickey had gone home. So I sat there nervously and waited.Finally sometime a little after 10, Clint arrived at my apartment. When I opened the door I wasn't expecting him to be dressed so nicely. He strolled in wearing a very nice blue button up shirt and black slacks. I was impressed and felt like a slob since I was wearing my pjs. Grant you, I wasn't expecting to see him at all that night. Yet there he was. So we sat down on the couch and started talking, asking each other about our days and things like that.
At one point, Clint mentioned that he had recieved my e-mail but that he hadn't understood it. I thought I had been quite clear. It was a bible verse that I thought would encourage him on his walk with God and trying to figure out where he needs to be. What I didn't know then was that at the time he had recieved the e-mail, he assumed I had already recieved the rose and card and thought I was politely brushing him off. In my confusion and in his confusion, I decided I should be honest and open and try to ease his mind. It took me a minute, well probably only a couple seconds but it felt like an eternity, and I thanked him for the rose and card. I expressed how much I appreciated it, how it was a lovely surprise, and how sweet it was. This of course made Clint very happy. He then proceeded to tell me how he had agonized all day over it all day. He hadn't known if I would get it, He didn't know if I would like it or if it would freak me out, He didn't know if the rose would die before I found it. Then when he recieved my e-mail... well you know. I then told him how I had found it and the time. This fully released Clint from the pressure and tension and then eased his mind.
We had several of those akward moments but we also had several lovely moments where we would just stare at each other. It was ecstasty. It was funny at some points because while we gazed lovingly at one another an inappropriate, or perhaps they were appropriate songs would play on the radio. The best examples of one of these that happened to play during one of the moments is I Want To Know What Love Is by Foreigner. A great 80's song. It's funny because thinking back on it, it was a great segway and lead into finally allowing ourselves to express our true interest in one another.
Clint kept making comments throughout the night that I knew had to deal with taking our relationship to a more committed level. He stated that a friend/past small group leader, Emily, wanted to know who his new interest was. She had tried to guess but Clint wouldn't let her know because she had a big mouth. Needless to say, he said that he'd let her know after the 16th of January. I asked him, "Well.. what are you going to tell her?" He kind of smiled and asked me, "I dont know. What should I tell her?" Of course, I wasn't going to fall for that. I was going to make him work for it. I want to be pursued and sought after. I'm not going to simply give over my heart. He has to deserve it. Not that he doesn't. But it sure makes a girl feel special.
Nevertheless, the subject kept coming up but neither of us would take it much further than that. Finally, around 1am Clint finally bit the bullet and announced that he would like to go out with me = dating = being in a relationship. I was elated. Quickly I responded that I had the same desire and from that moment we were dating/together/courting. Whatever you want to call it.
The rest of the evening was spent in finally asking those questions on our hearts and mind that we weren't able to ask, telling stories and revealing some emotions/thoughts/feelings that we'd kept hidden for safety, and taking moments just to watch one another and stare into each other's eyes. Oh.. it was lovely, pure heaven.
So that's the beginning, well not beginning, but another step and chapterette through the wonderful epic narrative that we are writing in our lives.
That's right ladies and gents! I am now officially in a relationship! Sorry fellas.. but I'm taken. LOL Shall I enlighten you all to the facts and details? But of course! As you all already know, Clint gave me a card and rose yesterday. When I found it, I was ecstatic! I rushed and called my mother to let her know and put the rose in a beautiful vase and set it up in the dining room. I didn't really know what I should do then. Should I call him, should I sent him an e-mail? I didn't know. I finally decided that he would call me once he got off work and then I'd thank him for his most delightful gesture. Later last night however, Mickey, one of Tracey's buddies came over and so she called Clint to come join us when he got off work. I quickly ran to put make-up on and Mickey of course laughed at me. But it took forever for Clint to show up. By the time he did, Tracey had gone to bed and Mickey had gone home. So I sat there nervously and waited.Finally sometime a little after 10, Clint arrived at my apartment. When I opened the door I wasn't expecting him to be dressed so nicely. He strolled in wearing a very nice blue button up shirt and black slacks. I was impressed and felt like a slob since I was wearing my pjs. Grant you, I wasn't expecting to see him at all that night. Yet there he was. So we sat down on the couch and started talking, asking each other about our days and things like that.
At one point, Clint mentioned that he had recieved my e-mail but that he hadn't understood it. I thought I had been quite clear. It was a bible verse that I thought would encourage him on his walk with God and trying to figure out where he needs to be. What I didn't know then was that at the time he had recieved the e-mail, he assumed I had already recieved the rose and card and thought I was politely brushing him off. In my confusion and in his confusion, I decided I should be honest and open and try to ease his mind. It took me a minute, well probably only a couple seconds but it felt like an eternity, and I thanked him for the rose and card. I expressed how much I appreciated it, how it was a lovely surprise, and how sweet it was. This of course made Clint very happy. He then proceeded to tell me how he had agonized all day over it all day. He hadn't known if I would get it, He didn't know if I would like it or if it would freak me out, He didn't know if the rose would die before I found it. Then when he recieved my e-mail... well you know. I then told him how I had found it and the time. This fully released Clint from the pressure and tension and then eased his mind.
We had several of those akward moments but we also had several lovely moments where we would just stare at each other. It was ecstasty. It was funny at some points because while we gazed lovingly at one another an inappropriate, or perhaps they were appropriate songs would play on the radio. The best examples of one of these that happened to play during one of the moments is I Want To Know What Love Is by Foreigner. A great 80's song. It's funny because thinking back on it, it was a great segway and lead into finally allowing ourselves to express our true interest in one another.
Clint kept making comments throughout the night that I knew had to deal with taking our relationship to a more committed level. He stated that a friend/past small group leader, Emily, wanted to know who his new interest was. She had tried to guess but Clint wouldn't let her know because she had a big mouth. Needless to say, he said that he'd let her know after the 16th of January. I asked him, "Well.. what are you going to tell her?" He kind of smiled and asked me, "I dont know. What should I tell her?" Of course, I wasn't going to fall for that. I was going to make him work for it. I want to be pursued and sought after. I'm not going to simply give over my heart. He has to deserve it. Not that he doesn't. But it sure makes a girl feel special.
Nevertheless, the subject kept coming up but neither of us would take it much further than that. Finally, around 1am Clint finally bit the bullet and announced that he would like to go out with me = dating = being in a relationship. I was elated. Quickly I responded that I had the same desire and from that moment we were dating/together/courting. Whatever you want to call it.
The rest of the evening was spent in finally asking those questions on our hearts and mind that we weren't able to ask, telling stories and revealing some emotions/thoughts/feelings that we'd kept hidden for safety, and taking moments just to watch one another and stare into each other's eyes. Oh.. it was lovely, pure heaven.
So that's the beginning, well not beginning, but another step and chapterette through the wonderful epic narrative that we are writing in our lives.
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