Spring Has Sprung?

We've sprung forward, vernally equinoxed and Easter has come and gone. It's officially spring, but you'd never fucking know it! Us New Yorkers are still bundled up against the bitter wind and about ready to go crazy. I'm feeling spring fever this year in a way I've never felt before. I'm ready for warmer weather, to shed these winter layers and flirt with all the boys. Yes, friends. Moody is feeling frisky.

Maybe it's the long winter, this project of "Love in 2013" or the simple fact that this girl's clock is a-tickin', but damn, I am feeling the spring mating season way down deep in my lady parts. Guy friends that I've never found attractive are suddenly sexy as hell. I am purposely catching the eyes of gentlemen on the street. I'm feeling smokin' hot in all of my clothes and I haven't even shed a single pound. 

I'm still balancing this desire for a significant other with my apathy for dating and I still feel like its time to chill on "the hunt" for a bit. But I think, in the meantime, I will continue to sashay my hips down the streets of NYC, be fun and flirty with no agenda and just enjoy the coming spring!

The First

I went on the first of my Speed Date Second Dates last Thursday. We both admittedly couldn't remember the other person very well - I couldn't remember his face, but I remembered what we talked about and he had no idea what we discussed but he remembered my smile. We knew that we were initially interested in learning more about each other so we agreed to meet. 

He picked a beautiful hotel bar in Midtown and I met him there after work. He was there first and already drinking a rather girly martini. No judgements. Those things are tasty and can really knock you on your ass. I settled for red wine since the bar had a great wine menu (which relieved me since I've discovered that, in my older age, vodka makes me angry. But that's another story for another time).

Conversation flowed easily. We talked about the Myers-Briggs test which, thanks to our  iPhones and Google, we discovered that, except for the E and I part, we are exactly the same. Side note: why are people so adamant about using this test nowadays as a gauge for whether or not they're compatible with another human being? It just seems like a more acceptable version of astrology. A person's entire personality is summed up in one easily recognizable category and based on that you decide whether or not they're worth pursuing. Instead of "Oh, you're a Scorpio? I can never date a Scorpio." It's now, "I'm only compatible with ENTPs". 

Anyway.

While I had a great time with him, I really only got a friend vibe from the evening. Don't get me wrong, a gal can always use more friends and I would definitely go out with him again. But based on the tiny text exchange afterwards, I doubt I will hear from him in the future. And that's okay. I feel great about meeting him and I have no regrets. 

So on to the next ....