Live from Nengland

So, last night I went out with H. The one from two posts back. We were to go out for Thai food. She came to my place to see it. She said it was "really nice". It was not what she was expecting for a condo.
I had to ask her to drive to dinner since I had a 36" TV in the back of my car. She said she would be glad to. We went to Sukothai in downtown Manchester. Dinner was fabulous. She started with Hot and Sour soup. I got Somtom (a mildly spicy papaya salad). To drink Singha beer was on the menu, we each had two. She had Pad Thai to eat and I had lemongrass beef. It was delicious. The conversation was great. She wore a revealing blouse. All in all It seemed to go very well. At the end of the night H pulled into the parking spot. I gave her a hug and we parted fondly. I thought things were okay but saw no glaring signs of interest. I do tend to miss these things though. I was home for about five mins when I got a text. My phone was acting up and would not let me check it. This made me want to read it more. Finally I turned the phone off and took out the battery. I restarted it and was able to view my message. It was from H. It said "Thanx for dinner. I had a really good time." I guess that says something.

Today, I emailed her and told her I had fun last night and to have a good weekend. I told her now that she new where I lived she had no excuse. I also mentioned I was having friends (BL and his wife) over for dinner Sunday and I would text her if she was interested. Her response was that she will drop by and surprise me sometime. She also said dinner sounded good and to let her know.

What does it all mean.

So yesterday I had the day off. I worked from 6 - 10 AM before starting to work on the house with my parents, who got in then night before after 11. I got everything done that I needed to and got everyone else started on things. Of course, continuing the trends of late a few gentlemen in my group managed to make themselves look bad. They make it appear that they do not need to coordinate with anyone. It is getting old quick. So my day ended up pretty good. The question is will the trend continue for the weekend? Tonight my two sisters arrive, it should be interesting considering that the eldest has never been to Nengland.

Back to my female stories. So I had gotten closer to E at B's wedding and things were looking up. I had to leave for a month in CA the week after the wedding so we were not able to get together. We continued corresponding by tele while I was out in CA. When I returned we played more phone tag for the next week. It seems as though are schedules will not align. So I helped B's brother-in-law, BL, move the weekend before last. It was not a bad move compared to some. His coworkers that helped were geek squad level 2 or 3, so that made it a little tougher. After the move we had a cookout. I was talking to BL's sister A, who is also E's roommate. She told me E was coming. Then A's dad and step mom came. I overhead the step mom ask if E was bringing boy friend. It did not even phase me, but it makes a lot of sense. She apprently met this guy while I was in CA and just did not tell me. A said she would have told me, but did not know what to say. I told her E had called the night before talking about wanting to get together. The whole deal seems shady. I am not a person that would care, but at least tell me.
So after E showed up the strangeness continued. While E's "boyfriend" was inside, she was outside flirting with me. At the end of the night A and E and their boyfriends were going to go bowling. A invited me. I told her I did not see how that was a good idea. Then E came up to say good bye and gave me a big hug and told me we needed to get together very soon. I found the whole thing somewhat amusing.

It does speak to my point that women are crazy.

Let me see. Since last time I spent a month in the CA desert for work, closed on a condo, been pushed to the brink and brought back. I moved in September 16, 2005. The place is great for me. I can not wait to have friends over soon. Hopefully I will also get some company from far away places.

Here is my latest female story...
Last year I went out with a girl from work a few times. She worked with my sister-in-law and replaced her when she left. It was fun but never really went anywhere. She is 5 years younger and seemed to be too into herself. Anyway, we remained friends and everything was good. She left the company while I was in CA. I was happy for her to find a job that more closely matched her skill set. The guys around the office miss having something pretty to gauk at.

I got an email from her a few weeks ago telling me how much she liked her new job and she wanted to tell me all about it. So last week a coworker and I pulled in the lot from our lab and her car was in a guest parking spot. I was extremely busy but did wave to her as I passed. The next day I got a text message from her. She claimed to have come by to see me, but I was not around and we should get together soon. I responded that I had been busy but to let me know when she wanted to get together. She called me last week after work and we talked for 30-45 mins about work and stuff. During the conversation she asked if I was going to a Halloween party this year for a guy I play softball with at work. I told her I would be going and she told me she would be glad to be my date. Since she was supposed to go the previous year and changed her mind at the last second I told her she could go on her own. It was like I had been there and saw no reason to do it again. That night I spoke to a few friends including my friend from http://www.colderthan.blogspot.com. They told me she was interested and I should take her to the party. The next day I sent her the party info and told her if she wanted to go together to let me know. Her response was "I would love to." My friends told me I was missing signs. I went to lunch with her yesterday, but it seemed like business as usual. I am not sure that I missed anything. Maybe they are reading things into because they are who they are. What do you think?

I have another good story for you to comment on, but I will save it for tomorrow.

After my last trip to Baltimore for the bachelor party I had no idea what to expect at the wedding. I arrived Friday at 4 PM at the resort. I ran into the groom in the parking lot. A few of the guys had already hit the bar and were waiting for me to join them. They went and did the rehearsal thing while I relaxed a bit. Around 9 or 10 they were not back so I went to the bar down stair and had a few. The bartender was a college girl from Ohio. She is double majoring in psychology and biology. She wants to be a marine biologist. I am not sure where psych fits in, but oh well. I went upstairs at around 11 and met up with everyone else. One of the other guys from Clemson, D, was out of control and on a mission. He decided to try and pick up the one girl I was talking to and know from CT. Let's call her E. He was disgusting. We ended up in a party room upstairs and he would not stop groping E. I was ready to leave but E's friend stopped me. Eventually he got kicked out. We stayed up until 4:30 AM having just drinking and carrying on. I got up at 6 AM and had to figure out where golf was. At 8 AM I talked to the groom. D, the bride's brother and I had to leave in 10 mins to make our tee time. We made it after a quick stop at the golden arches. We had a blast at golf and made it back for the wedding. The wedding was a nice outside ceremony. Before we went into the reception hall we had appetizers and drinks in the lobby. D made announcement to five of us that E was his tonight. He claimed that she wall all over him the night before and now he was going to close the deal. I went and told E and her friends. I was given a task of not letting D or the bride's cousin near E at the reception. I did my best and danced with her most of the night. While I was getting a drink the cousin moved in. The bride's step-sister told me to go cut in. I told her I could not do that to the poor guy. E then gave me a look that told me that is what I should have done. The reception was a blast afterwards everyone socialized and drank. One thing that bothered me was when the bride's cousin said something to the effect that the only reason I was being nice to E was to try to get in her pants(only there was a few expletives). I told him that he did not know me and the best thing for him to do was get away from me.

What a great weekend!

Lots has happened since last I posted.

• I went to Baltimore for a bachelor party for my college buddy.
• I lost my cell phone for more than a week.
• I bought a house.
• Last night a tree knocked over the electric pole by the street.

One of my college buddies is getting married this Saturday. Two weeks ago we had his bachelor party. I flew to Maryland for the occasion. His wife was concerned that he may die. I told her I would look out for him. I looked out for him and made certain he had a blast. It was fun, but partying that hard is rare these days.

While I was at the bachelor party I left my phone at a club. Nobody could remember which of the 20 clubs we went to. The bachelor went to every place with no luck. I suspended my service in the mean time. He was determined and called the place we thought I checked it at the door. They had it. I had been without it for a week and a half. I really did not miss it much.

After searching for 5 months I found another house I liked. Actually it is a stand alone condo that looks like a cape. I made an offer on it last Saturday. My realtor called me back two hours later and said the seller had another offer and wanted best and final. I revised my offer. 5 hours later I got the call that I lost the bid. Not only did I loose, but I lost bad. By Monday I was setting up to see some more houses. My realtor called to say that the other offer dropped out. So I bought the place. It is a big investment, but it makes sense.

Wednesday as I was leaving work the sky let loose and began to pour down rain. I saw some beautiful lightening on the way home, although it was a bit close at times. When I got home my roommate was working on his daughter's car. He had it in the shop and they told him the breaks were metal on metal. When he got the breaks off he found it was nothing but a lie. The breaks had probably another year on them. As he was working on the second side the storm came. The power was zapped so we were using a flash light. That wheel proved to be difficult and while getting help we found out what happened to the power. A big tree across the street fell and knocked over the power pole. We would be in the dark for more than 24 hours. Thank goodness we had a generator for powering the water.

With the holiday yesterday this week is going to be only four days long. My holiday weekend was spent in the sticks visiting my brother and his family. My parents were in so I hung out with them. My 3 week old niece was as sweet as every. She eats, sleeps, and craps before staring all over again. My 17 month old nephew was my buddy this weekend. We shared a room and I would always wake up in the morning with him staring at me. He is full of exploration and personality. His curly hair and personality reminds some of me at that age. He cried last night when I left. I felt bad. This weekend my brother said I passed the marriage test by being able to take care of his little boy. I do not know about that, but I love spending time with them.

Last weekend things were so busy I did not go out with C, the girl whose dad works with me, as planned. Oh well, no big deal. Monday comes and we email about softball and stuff. She informs me that she probably will not go out after the game. She claims to feel out of place with everyone but me. I am not sure if that was a compliment or not. So during the game she catches a ball in left field. She wants to throw home to get the runner tagging up. I told her she would not have gotten him. That was the wrong thing to say to a woman. She did not talk to me much the rest of the game. After the game she bolted not even saying goodbye. I called her because I had a missed call from her. She said she had a date to play mini - golf. This morning I had an apology email in my inbox stating I was right. Totally unexpected.
Did she tell me she had a "date" on purpose? I don't know. I am debating giving her another shot at the movie she really wants to see. If that were to fail, I would know where we stand I think. Also, I am debating just asking her to dinner to make certain she knows it is a date. I want her to know what I am thinking. We are friends. Do I risk it? Maybe I should cut ties with all of the women in my CT life and start over. Every time I feel like I know something doubt creeps in by interpretation of something or nothing. I am analyzing the crap out of this for nothing. Maybe she means more to me than I thought.