oh well.

so i go to the door to pick up boy #2, having prepped myself all WEEK for this moment in my life.  all the possible scenarios playing through my mind.  boy #1's car is outside.  i know he's in there.  i contemplate canceling the date, i was feeling pretty sick at that moment, after all.  but alas, i knock.  i wait.  heart pounding, when to my complete despair boy #1 answers the door... (was this planned???)  "uh, hi?" he says.  me, totally speechless... somehow muster up, "oh, hi, is, uh, your, uh, roommate home? also, you are beautiful... i mean... shoot.... just go get your roommate..."  too much.  just too much.

just kidding that never happened.  i actually took boy #2 up on his offer to meet us at the house to avoid that whole doorstep thing

he's at my house no longer than 2 minutes when our family home teacher slips in our driveway and breaks his hip.  i feel totally responsible because coleman and i had to switch cars - i was pulling out to pull my car back into the garage and faithful 80-something home teacher had parked behind me, so he had to come back out and move his truck. as i was backing out, he stepped to move out of my way and slooooosh! slipped and broke the hip.  so that was a fun start to the date.  we had to drive the home teachers truck around the corner to his house after helping him hobble to the car and whisked away to the ER.  (are there on-the-job injury benefits for home teachers?)

i went into this date with no intention of bringing up the roommate situation.  i lasted a mere 30 minutes before i couldn't bear it any longer.  i just HAD to say something.  what is it about knowing something that someone else doesn't know??  about the time i decide it's time to bring it up, he conveniently started talking about his roommates, so it was natural for me to say, "oh, you're roommates with (boy #1), right?"which led to a hysterically embarrassing conversation that brought to light the following 5 conclusions:

1.  this date was on the d.l. between boy #2 and their other roommate, who told him that (read on)
2.  boy #1 is extremely territorial, so if he found out about the date, he would "pursue hard core until he won, just to prove it"
3. for that reason (fact 2), i almost said, "in that case you should tell him..." but resisted bahahahaha.  not that heartless.  well, i guess i am cuz i just published it, but ya know... oh well.
4. boys really DO talk to each other about dating
5. should i be flattered or offended that boy #2 really though i was that clueless?

to add to the hilarity of this whole thing, on tuesday night, another unrelated boy invited me to a tri-ward christmas party.  i almost said yes, until i realized the other ward was the ward of these fine young men, and suddenly i was real busy on tuesday, hah.

also, while at the show, i looked at the sound booth and saw a boy that my friend wanted to set me up with last march.  we chatted quite a bit via phone and text, but never went on a date.  we never actually met in person, in fact, and he's since been married.  i just think all the coincidences about men in my life surrounding this apartment are just too much.  just too too much.

until next time...

"don't cry because it's over, cry because you're ugly."  - juanito bandito.  great show tonight.