What’s been keeping me too occupied to post?
Wow, a lot has happened since April and I haven’t posted about any of it. I’ll start with the school update. I finished the spring semester with A’s in both of my classes. I was quite sure I’d get an A in Algebra, so sure, in fact, that I didn’t waste any time studying for the final at all. I spent all of my study time sprucing up my lab book and studying for my Anatomy & Physiology final. I started off strong in the beginning of the semester, but near the end I was terribly worried that I’d end up with a high B in that class, but a B is a B. Somehow I managed to pull it off and got the A I desperately needed for my Radiology application next spring.
Ok, enough about school. I’m sure that the tens of you who actually read this are far more interested in news about the boy that I’ve eluded to in a couple of vague entries. Tim and I started dating in early April and life has been a blast since then. Our first date was a nice picnic in the park. He brought the food, and it was real food, not just bologna and mayo sandwiches. We spent a couple of hours flying my awesome dragon kite (67” wingspan). At first we had a little trouble keeping it in the air since the wind wasn’t constant, but once I figured out that I could gently tug the string and make the wings flap to gain altitude it was great. That’s right, you can make the wings FLAP and it looks like a “real” dragon actually flying. It scared all the other silly kites away. ;-) After the kite flying we played some putt-putt and discovered that I really suck at putting. I think I’ll stick to 9-ball instead of golf.
We’ve had several fun dates since then and I won’t bore you with all the details, but here are some highlights. Tim likes to get lovely flowers like these stargazer lilies just to have on the table when we have dinner at his place. He also sent some yellow lilies to my house after our 4th date (he made me dinner). I was floored; no one has ever sent me flowers before. Sadly, I didn’t think to get a picture of those, but I am attempting to root the yellow roses that were also in that arrangement. He made me veal parmesan which was really special, but what really got my attention was that he remembered from a previous dinner date that I love artichoke hearts and he sought out a recipe for artichoke dip so that I could snack on that while he cooked the main course. I seem to have discovered a rare creature here-to-fore thought to be only a myth: Attention to Detail Man. Now, before I get flooded with angry comments from defensive guys let me just say that I’m sure many of you are well meaning and perhaps a few of you even fall into this category. For the rest of you, take note – little special things like this artichoke example are far more impressive to most women than jewelry that you had some random salesgirl help you pick out.
Although it was only a few weeks into the relationship, Tim bravely accepted my invitation to accompany me to my cousin’s wedding in Shreveport, LA. We had a fabulous time, and it was nice to get all dressed up for a change. Speaking of dressed up, I had a terrible time trying to find a dress that I liked. After trying on what must have been the 50th dress I decided that the stores are selling nothing but crap this season and I’d be better off to make my own dress. I was very pleased with the way it turned out, especially since I made a few alterations to the original pattern. Most notably, I decided not to put a zipper in the back. Zippers tend to be a bit unforgiving both from the sewing and the wearing points of view. Besides, I thought my lace-up idea was much prettier.
Last weekend we had a mini-vacation in San Antonio. We spent Saturday at Six Flags. The lines weren’t too long, but getting stuck in the sun was a little exhausting. Tim got this cute pic of me with the Looney Toons gang. I didn’t notice it at the time, but that wascally wabbit was definitely up to no good. We had fun on all of the rides, but our favorite was definitely the Superman Krypton Coaster.
Sunday we went to the zoo. It was a nice fairly breezy day, and the zoo had lots of shade which made things more pleasant. Still, most of the big animals were too hot or napping too far away (if they were out at all) to be very photogenic. Many of the small animals were a little more perky, but seemed a bit camera shy and usually zoomed off right as I was about to take a picture. Here are a few that did come out ok: a rare albino alligator and a squirrel monkey that had the cutest face, but turned away just as the camera snapped. This little monkey apparently found me quite arousing. He took one look at me as we stepped up to his pen and then he immediately started spanking his own little monkey. Thankfully Tim didn’t get a picture of that.
I’ve also gotten Tim hooked on Firefly. We have 3 episodes to go and then Serenity which we’ll probably get to sometime this weekend. It’s so nice to finally be in a relationship again. It’s been far too long, but Tim was definitely worth the wait. :-)
Well, I think that about sums it up for now. I promise I’ll try to be better and post new updates in a more timely fashion. Cheers! :-)
