It bothers me that I'm surprised....

I can't keep quiet anymore... screw the jinx... if it's meant to be it's meant to be...

I met him last Sunday... the night of the Grammy's... my best girl friend had plans and I wanted to get out of the house... so I called the Jedi and asked if he wanted to go get food... he said no... I went alone.

I went to a Mexican food place downtown that has a bunch of flat screen's and isn't a "sports bar" and hoped it was slow enough that they'd have the award show on. Not that I really care who wins... I just like looking at the dresses and stuff... ya know?!

So... I go to order my favorite appetizer, Pequeños... the bartender says, "do you mean poquitos" and I look at the menu and read what poquito's are... and say... "no, I'm pretty sure it's called Pequeños... it's on the happy hour menu" but it's not happy hour, and the bartender can't see it on the menu or the computer, and therefore can't order it for me... so since I'm not trying to be difficult, I keep looking over the menu... but really... there's nothing else on the menu I want.

I sit for a few minutes... sipping my drink, still staring at the menu... and then... my Pequeños show up... so I look at the bartender and he shrugs and points... so I look over, and there sits this very cute guy, who smiles at me... and... well... that was the beginning... Now this relationship is brand spanking new... and I'm still super paranoid about jinxing it... but the whole point of this post (thank you for still reading, by the way) is that this guy is courteous! And it pisses me off that I'm surprised at that!!!

That first night, he walked me to my car... he asked me on Monday to go do something on Wednesday... on Wednesday, when he got caught up packing for his camping trip at a friends... he called me at 7:30 to tell me he may be a bit late for our 8pm date... on that same date, as it started to get late, and I asked him what time it was... as he pulled his phone out of his pocket, I saw that he had 8 missed calls... OK... he IGNORED his phone 8 times!!!!! I did ask about that, because that was just strange, but when he reminded me that he was leaving for vacation at 3:30am that morning and it was basically everyone calling/text messaging to make sure everyone had all their gear together...

On Thursday he text'd me and said the sweetest thing "Just wanted you to know, hanging out last night was the perfect way to start my vacation!"... (can I get a collective "awwwwww"...)

The weekend was spattered with text messages and calls... but the absolute best text message of all... Sunday morning... "We're on the road... Call you when I get home".... OH MY GAWD!!! This guy is a keeper... he's actually considerate enough to understand that "some people" (I won't say women, cuz I know it's not all women)... but some people worry... my mom, sisters, best friend... we're all that way... we call when we get on the road... we call when we get there... that's just us... HE'S ONE OF US!!!!

Tonight he calls (4 days in advance) to ask me if this weekend I'd like to see a movie I know he's been wanting to see, in fact I think that was one of the first things we talked about... He said he didn't like Ben Stiller, I said I didn't like Russell Crow... so we both decided to give each actor one more chance... so Sunday night I watched "Gladiator" for the first time with him... and I did like it... so we're off to see "300" this weekend. Anyone have any suggestions on which Ben Stiller movie I need to rent for him??