and a side of chivalry...

[saturn]

Last Sunday I met that guy on the airport shuttle and this afternoon we met for coffee. It turned into dinner at a local Indian restaurant and then a stop at the Ann Arbor chocolate shop. It was one hell of a first date particularly given the chance of our meeting. We talked easily for four and a half hours and he suggested that we try to get together on our second date to watch the DVD version of BSG: Razor. It was a really nice evening. He is, of course, not Jewish. I wish it wasn't an issue but it is - or can be - mostly because I insist on raising my children Jewish. It's non-negotiable for me. I realize there are all sorts of ways to get there even if I'm with someone who isn't Jewish but it's so difficult to have those conversations when you're still getting to know someone and, by the time you are comfortable, it's because you already care. I've been down that road too often to do it again. But I liked this guy and I'm definitely in for a second date if he actually calls. We talked about religion briefly but, the next time we talk about family, etc., I'm going to have to drop a casual mention and see what his reaction is. In the meantime, I need to get to digesting all of that Indian food.

I've been reading World War Z and I'm enjoying it but, for some reason, I'm not dying to get back to the book. With so many books on my reading list, I'm considering moving on to Walter Isaacson's Ben Franklin bio. Life is too short to force myself to finish books.

Tomorrow is brunch with a colleague (maybe the gym first since I didn't go today) and then I absolutely have to get work done. I have a presentation due Thursday and I'd really rather not work late this week. A colleague let me borrow Youngblood. Maybe I can get through the work more easily if Rob Lowe is on my tv screen at the same time.

(Ooooooh. "Flirty." I like.)