Job Interview!!

I had a fantastic job interview. To be perfectly honest, I did not know for what position I was there to interview for but I remembered what I had told the girl I was looking for. Fortunately, it turned out to be exactly what I am looking for. I was so excited by the end of the interview that I could not wait for the next steps.

I met with the Vice President of recruiting and I met with the HR Manager. When I finished the 2nd round the HR Manager asked me how interested I was in the position so I told her I was VERY interested. She then asked if I had references. When I told her I did she said "Great! Because we want to move forward immediately."

I am very excited. I am just waiting for an official offer now. We shall see.

Overreacting?

I think we had our first fight, but I am not sure if it was a fight, complete miscommunication or if it means we are no longer going to see eachother.

All of my girlfriends tell me I am overreacting. I don't know.

Seems to be Going Well

On Friday night, my NF said he was going to stop by my Sunday School classroom after the 11:00 service. I told my co-teacher to expect to meet him and she sensed my anticipation. Well, we waited and waited and finally all the kids were picked up and he never showed. Bev asked me if I was disappointed, so I told her I was. He response was that that showed me what my true feelings were for him and that I really liked him. Well, duh! I think I knew that already. Then she went on to tell me not to worry because there could be a thousand reasons for why he didn't show. He could have met up with a friend and couldn't get away. He could be sick. He could have had car problems.

Well, I decided not to worry about it and went home. As I got into my car, I noticed I had a missed call AND a voice mail. Yup. It was my NF. Turned out that his car had overheated the night before and was in a parking lot in West Chester so he was not able to make it to church. His message said that he was just going to be at home watching the Phillies game and that I could come over if I wanted and did not have other plans. (He already knew I did not have plans for Father's Day since I had told him on Friday that my dad said he was not going to be home until later that day and he did not want to do anything).

So, I gave him a call on my way home. We were talking for a while then he said, "Oh. My roommate came home and he brought a couple people with him. I didn't think he was coming homing home." Then he added, "Well, you can still come over if you want to."
I sensed hesitation and politely asked him if it would make him uncomfortable if I did. He admitted that it would because he had not mentioned any of this to his roommate. Keep in mind that I know his roommate too. But then he suggested that I head over to the Great Room at church (AKA the gym) after the Vine (the church service I attend) because that is where he would be for the singles group he attends.

Okay. He thought he would be uncomfortable to have me come over when his roommate is there because his roommate did not know anything. But now he was suggesting that I come over to the place where all of his friends would be? Somehow that made sense.

After the Vine that evening, I went over to the next building. (I had originally asked Andrea to go with me, but in the end decided to go on my own).

I walked in and wouldn't you know the first person to see me is Ted? He immediately asked me what I was doing there so I told him that I was just stopping by. Then he asked me if I had fun on Friday.

Complete confusion.

Then I remembered that 20Something played ultimate frisbee instead of our usual thing and said, "Oh. I didn't make it to that."

Whew. That was a close one.

Eventually my NF made his way over, but not until Ted was away. I stood there talking to him and a few other people the rest of the night. It was the end so people were making their way out. Finally my NF said that he would ask me if I wanted to grab dinner but he didn't have a car and wouldn't have a way home, so I offered to give him a ride. He agreed and went to tell Ted that he didn't need a ride because he was "going to grab dinner with a friend and get a ride home with that friend." Ted wisely responded, "Be good to that woman. She's one of my leaders."

You can't get much past Ted.

So that was Sunday. I ended up seeing him again on Thursday because I had a leaders meeting over at Ted's place.

At the end of the meeting my NF came down and was in the kitchen, so I made my way in there to talk to him. We were talking and eventually I was the only person left. Ted came over and the 3 of us were talking and my NF left the room for a bit so I waited for him to come back and when he came back upstairs he went back into the kitchen. Oh. We were in the living room at this point. I still waited for him to come back but he didn't so I just said to Ted that I should probably get going and said goodnight to him, his other roommate and the roommate's friend and waved to my NF and walked out.

As I walked out to my car I heard my NF run out the front door and yell for me to wait. I asked him what was up and he said that Ted said, "What is wrong with you? Are you really just going to let her walk out alone?"

Ted's a good guy, right?

So, he walked me to my car and we stood out there for a while and made plans for Saturday. He is going to come to my roommate's birthday party! I am very excited.

I had 20Something tonight and Ted came out. When I saw him I just said, "Nice work last night." He asked when so I told him "After I left." He laughed and said, "I know. I asked him why he didn't say goodbye and he said he did then the next thing I heard was the front door slamming.

Too funny.

*Disclaimer* This guy is really not socially inept. I think he was just shy because both of his roommates were around and he knew he was going to be teased no matter what he did.

Why Don't I Think First?? (Or... Typical Tracie Moves)

I went out with my NF on Friday and we went to see 'Surf's Up'. Honestly, I thought the movie looked like it was going to be really really dumb, but there were not any other options. Turned out, however, that the movie was really really good! We were laughing the whole way through. (There are also these animated baby penguins that are just too cute!

Throughout the entire movie my NF and I were holding hands. It was really sweet. Then at the end of the movie we ended up sitting there, in the same position, and watched the credits roll by. I finally said, "Do you think we should leave so they can clean up?" and he responded by saying, "As fas as I'm concerned the movie is still playing." Then he leaned in and looked deep into my eyes, then kissed me. It was seriously the best first kiss in the history of first kisses. Okay, at least in my history of first kisses. Then we left the theater and went home.

When he dropped me off at my house, he kissed me again. This time I told him he was a really good kisser!! He just laughed at me and thanked me.

I told Andrea about it and she just laughed at me and said, "Tracie. This is a perfect example of something you think and don't actually say out loud."

Speaking of Tracie Moments, today, Andrea and I went to visit an elderly woman we had visited around Easter. On our way into the city, we stopped at the SuperFresh to pick some stuff up for the woman. While in the checkout, I picked up a pack of Stride gum and told Andrea that it was the greatest gum ever made!

Well, we went down to Ms. Williams's house and she ended up being sick and couldn't take visitors. So, Andrea and I decided to go to South Street instead to grab a slice of Pizza at Lorenzo's. While standing outside eating our pizza Andrea pointed out that there was a Stride Van/Truck/Stretch SUV across the street. So, when we finished our pizza we decided to cross over to see what was going on. Well, they were giving out free T-Shirts! They even put a slogan of your choice on your shirt for you!

As the guy was putting my slogan on my shirt, I told him and a couple of other Stride people near him what I had said the Andrea in the grocery store. He laughed and said, "Can you say that exact same thing for our camera?" So I did. I always knew talking and living like a commercial would pay off one day!

Contacts

I went to the eye doctor a couple weeks ago and had a follow up visit today so that he could see how my new contacts were working out. I told him that I felt like I had something in my right eye and that this morning I finally realized that it could be that my contact was too big! (The left eye felt great!)

So he gave me another pair to try on that were a little smaller. (Can I tell you how excited I was that I needed a smaller pair... I already feel like my eyes are saucers.) When I put the new contacts in I immediately felt like my left eye was being pinched, but I gave it the couple minutes the doctor suggested. When he came in I told him what was going on and he told me he wants me to give to give it a week before he changes the prescription. I guess I can handle that, but here I am 6 hours later and my eye still feels pinched. Looks like I am going to be one of the minority who will have one eye bigger than the other! (I told him that was typical of me)

On another topic entirely, I was sitting in my office listening to Madonna and got up to use the restroom as "Crazy For You" came on. I got up, singing the song and came back, still singing the song and came back singing at the exact same spot as Madonna! I must say, that is pretty impressive!

Could Be a Keeper

Alright. So this guy I went out with on Sunday could be a keeper. Since I rather enjoy reading about Jodie's descriptions and the anonimity she keeps, I will refer to him as my New Friend (NF)... hope you don't mind Jodie. :o)

I'm not really sure where to start so I guess I'll just say that I met him at a baseball game on Memorial day. He goes to my church, but I had never met him before. He was at the game because he is friends with the guy who was in town that weekend and who wanted to see a Phils game.

While at the game, I mentioned to all those in attendance that I had a couple extra tickets to the Phils/White Sox game and that it was a business person special, so if anyone wanted to take off on a Wednesday, they were welcome to join me. Wouldn't you know this guy accepted?

There is this guy at my church, one of the Elders, who is heading up my singles ministry as our advisor and we've been having weekly meetings with him. The weekend after Memorial day, our meeting was at his house. I was one of the first ones there and was sitting in the kitchen eating a bagel when my NF walked in! He looked at me like he was shocked to see me. Then his roommate (his name is Ted) said, "Tracie, have you met my roommate yet?" Very funny.

So later that week, at our next leadership meeting, I gave my NF's ticket to Ted and the next day emailed my NF to be sure the ticket was given to him. That started an email dialog between us that finally culminated in my NF saying he was going to stop by my sunday school classroom to say hello and (if I was lucky) he'd see if I wanted to grab coffee or lunch after church! (I told him that if he was lucky, I'd take him up on the offer)

At lunch that Sunday, he laid out his intentions and I was shocked and flattered all at the same time. I am not used to men being so honest.

Wow! So then he came to the game with me on Wednesday... and I even introduced him to my sister and her fiance who came along too. After the game, my NF took me home and we hung out with my mom's dog, Beatrice for a while then went to Starbucks and just sat there and talked (and held hands)for a few hours. Then he took me back to my mom and dad's house again (I had stayed there the night before so my car was there).

He asked if he could walk me to the door and I told him he could come in if he wanted... and he did! I actually introduced him to my mom! I have never introduced anyone I've dated to my parents before so that was pretty huge.

We are going out again on Friday.

I know I've only known him for 2 weeks, but I am thinking that he could be a keeper.

I have more and I will write more later... but I risk being late for a meeting.

I Was Right...

...it was a date.

I'll give more details later because I have to meet Andrea at the gym in 20 minutes.

Hmm....

I can't quite tell... but I'm pretty sure I have a date tomorrow.
I'll let you know.