The First First Date

Finally, a day to downshift and relax. This second shift work schedule has really thrown me for a loop, and I had intended to go in to finish off my hours for this week, but I only got about one more hour before the activities of the day started. I had a massage in the afternoon, then retreated to the house for tonight's activity.

My friend Yizong called right before Monica came over. He wanted to make sure that I would dress appropriately for the event. I told him I would, but what we were doing tonight wasn't complicated or dressy, so I wore a work shirt, shorts, and tennis shoes. That's about what Monica had on, so it turned out to be a good call dressing wise.

Monica came over to my house about 5:30ish after fighting traffic. After a little discussion, we decided to catch dinner first. I took her to Marquez Bakery, a place very near the ball parks in Arlington. She and I both like Mexican, and Marquez Bakery makes really good food.

We got there about 6ish and looked around, deciding what to have for dinner. Monica was enthralled with the Pepsi in the recycled glass bottles from Mexico, and picked one of those our for her drink while I went for a simple bottle of water. We ordered, found a booth, and proceeded to talk until the place closed. We talked about travels, work, geocaching, and anything else that popped into our minds while we munched on chips and queso, and assorted other items.

Before we left Monica took advantage of the bakery part of the establishment. She got some cookies and a cake, and we picked up some chips to go with the leftover queso from dinner. (Important note: don't order a large queso from Marquez Bakery unless you MEAN it! It's huge!) With our purchases in hand and a good dinner digesting, we repaired to the house to start our Futurama night.

We really didn't talk that much after dinner or during Futurama. We were both full and just downshifted to watch Futurama. In all we took in all the new episodes that had just aired over the summer, and it was about midnight when we said good night, and she left for her apartment.

I had a great time, and as a date, I think it went successfully. I'm not sure if she's interested in me, but I'd definitely like to try for another date. Next Wednesday is another South West Arlington Geocacher get together, and we're both going to try to make it. Hopefully we'll get together and put together another date in the very near future.