Mr. September

ALRIGHT! Finally a great prospect for long term potential!

     First, some deets on the man before deets on the date.  Mr. September lives in Frederick (Yeah, I know!), he's 40 y/o, no kids, lives alone, and owns his own landscaping company.  He is the youngest of 4 boys. The 2 oldest brothers died a few years back from 2 separate medical conditions, 19 days apart from one another.  His mom died a while back, as well, in a car accident. His immediate older brother lives in Walkersville (I think that's the name), near him in Frederick and they aren't close but don't hate one another. His brother works for the DOD and is too "stiff" and "corporate" all the time.  His dad lives in Florida with his new wife (Mr. September refers to her as his stepmom) and they are close. His dad is near 80 y/o and his wife is 20 years younger.  Ladies man, apparently! Mr. September is 5'6" which is nice considering I'm 4'9". He also has capillary veins on the end of his nose which he is having surgery for the beginning of Dec. to have them removed. He says he is self conscious about his nose, so I thought it was very brave of him to meet me prior to his laser surgery. I figured most people who are insecure about something and have a plan to correct an issue would put off meeting anyone new until they felt more confident. I was impressed by that prior to meeting.
     Since he lives out in BFE, we (and by that I mean I) decided to meet in Columbia at P.F.Changs (their banana spring rolls are so yummer)! He was already there because he chose to leave his place 2 hours before meet up time not knowing how Rt 70 would be! I told him he'd be there at least an hour early... I was right! He was waiting in the lobby area and I was greeted with a nice hug. I'm not a hugger (shocking I know!) but I didn't hate it! I knew there was something worthwhile at that moment because I didn't want to vomit, push him away in disgust or avoid him like the plague due to his hugging personality! Trust me, I come across a hugger almost daily at work, and I do my best to avoid her like she's got a highly transmittable, epidemic causing disease.  So this is a huge milestone at this point! Anyway, moving on... conversation was easy and he was impressed with my intellect. Even one of the bus guys (he wasn't a boy- hence I can't use "bus boy") came over to comment on something I said that he overheard. I felt like the Einstein of P.F. Changs! These guys need to get out more or raise their standards if I'm impressive enough for a random employee to jump into a conversation! Flattering nonetheless. I think I'm a genius, it's nice when other people recognize this fact as well.  So we ate, chatted, and then when it was time to go he offered to help me with my coat which was nice! He didn't just grab it and help me put it on and I'm glad because I would have hated that... however, it was a nice gesture to point out that he was willing.  Very chivalrous this Mr. September is. He opens doors too! As we were leaving, I told him I was going to head over to the mall for some coffee or just to walk since it's been a while since I've been there. He asked if I wanted company  and I told him If he doesn't have to be anywhere then he is more than welcome to join me, AND I was actually honest about that comment! (I know, another shocker!).  So we went to the mall, the line for starbucks was long and me being me, was too impatient to wait in line. We walked around the mall and  I ended up getting tea at Panera where I was the only one in line! We then went into this way fun store that's called Marbles. It has tons of logic puzzles and brainy games. The first thing I picked up was this ball thing that had a lot of magnetic pieces all put together to create a ball. Well just one of those pieces was missing and I had no idea what it was suppose to do. I chose to squeeze it and apparently that's the wrong thing to do. When you do this, a bunch of pieces shoot off in a million directions! But I love this store because instead of getting dirty looks, the woman cheered me and clapped! :) I like that! Mr. September picked up all the pieces for me! I like that, too! I mentioned that we should have gone into that store before getting tea because I had to keep putting my cup down prior to playing with things. He said he would carry my cup and I let him! I then got to play with a spinny helicopter thing that I got to fling all over the store! A guy employee was watching me and Mr. September said something along the lines of "she is going to make a mess wherever she goes".  The employee said, "It's ok. We encourage hands on playing in here." Well, that's all I needed to hear! I was into EVERYTHING! A blue playing piece went wizzing by my head, and it wasn't from me. Apparently, I'm not the only one that makes messes in stores because a guy in his 20's apologized and went to pick up the piece! Very fun! We left out of there and walked back toward the exit. He walked me to my car and gave me another enjoyable hug before walking to his car. He also told me to let him know when I got home so he knows I made it. Now, I say this to my friends and they don't appreciate the fact that I worry about them nor do they ever say this to me. I appreciate the fact that he is concerned for my safety and well being. As I was pulling out of my space, I thought it might have been nice of me to offer to drive him to his car, but I couldn't find him. He had already escaped down the stairwell. I texted him when I got home, actually about 45 minutes later because, me being me, I forgot. He said he was home too and thanks for an amazing afternoon. I told him I was already looking forward to our next date. He said he was too.
     Then about 8:00 tonight he asked if I wanted to go to the Raven game tomorrow. I don't like the Ravens but I do like him, so I'm trying to get my butt load of papers graded tonight so I can enjoy my day tomorrow without grades/papers looming in the back of my mind. I'll post a second date blog tomorrow after returning from the game.