I have a date tonight. It’s with Mr. Energetic, whom I put on hold about a month ago. I have to admit, I’m not particularly enthusiastic about the date. In fact, I think I’d prefer to stay home and watch “Lost.” He lives at least 30 minutes away and when it was time to make plans, he wrote: but am game to meet somewhere in the middle. Then two sentences later wrote: If you are game to come out this way, we could do a wine bar here. I wasn’t thrilled with the fact that meeting somewhere near me wasn’t even an option. And what kind of reason could I possibly give for rejecting the location near him? “Ooh, sorry- I’m allergic to the Valley.” Basically, as soon as he threw that out there, I was screwed.

We’re supposed to meet at 8pm, though I’m sure I’ll be late because there’s no way I’m allocating extra time for traffic because this would be the one time there is none and I’d arrive way too early and start hitting on the bartender. I plan to have two drinks and make a very weak offer to pay. I’m paying through my commute. I have an excuse for getting out by 10:00 or 10:30, which is probably a good length of time no matter how well the date goes.

Could it go well? I’ll give a full report tonight or tomorrow.