January 13, 2014
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Her
New movie coming out. but seriously...
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So, I met a girl on Match. I did a search, and she popped out to me. [Check] I looked through her profile pictures, and I thought she was cute. [Check] She had pictures of her on mission in Honduras. [Check] First statement in her profile is that her life is sports, family, and God. [Check] ... So initial impressions are good.
Our date was fantastic. She was warm, sarcastic, and go with the flow. I can't count the number of times we were talking about things, and one or the other said "me, too" or "I'm the same way." She loves Forrest Gump and Inception. She's played college volleyball. She's a coach for cryin' out loud. On top of that, I can honestly say I felt like I had the prettiest girl in the room everywhere we went. So there were definitely some intangibles that were good.
The next category is things that are just ... ironic. Things that make me go "that's weird" in a good way. Things that I would have considered in the past to be signs. In talking with her, she knew about Antioch, which is where I've been attending church. One of her good friends went to school with my sister. She lives in the zone where I was looking for law enforcement jobs. She had "Yahweh" tattooed on her wrist. She'd been off the dating site for a solid year because of a bad experience but just happened to try it again.
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So, for sure, I am pretty excited that I got to meet her, but I'm also very cautious. I feel a little stuck because while I want to pursue this girl, I also know that I've only been home for a couple of months. I haven't even got plugged into Antioch yet. I wanted to take a class in seminary during the summer, and maybe get plugged back in there. On the one hand, it seems like she's just about everything I've been looking for. On the other hand, I don't want to jump into anything too soon.
I say to myself, "You're in no rush. You don't have to make any decisions right now." I say that, but I've really been praying for someone special, and I really had a good time with her, and so while I'm not in a "rush," I am very much wanting to find that special someone.
I'm conflicted.
