….as he pulls onto Joe Harvey, not Navajo, lol, I thank him
for taking me to dinner. I mention it was sooo yummy AGAIN, and how I was super
sad I didn’t get to have dessert! He should have known that chunky girls
loooove dessert! LOL!! Can I quit being a fatty on this “date”…lol…….Ummm no!
HA!! We make our little 2 minute drive to Wal-Mart, and as he searches for a
parking spot, he says….”I’ll tell you what!”
…”What dude?”
“Why don’t we get a funnel cake for dessert?”
Smiling from ear to ear, I think did he just say funnel
cake? That’s like a piece of heaven to
me…a big fat GREASY, GOOEY piece of heaven…OMG with powdered sugar, and
CINNAMON…yummy….” Sure!! But where do they sell them at?” …completely
forgetting about the carnival in town.
“At the carnival!”
“Oh yeah, the carnival! I forgot about the carnival…yay!!
I’m excited!!” I said. Thinking, he better get me my OWN funnel cake…shoot…I am
not about to share one with him…it’s bad enough I already shared sushi with
him…smh…
….he finds a parking space, I unbuckle myself and place my
purse in my lap. He parks, opens his door really fast, and rushes to get out of
the car… what the???...Oh I see, he’s trying really hard to get out before I do,
so he can open the door for me…bahahahaa! Well, I had already opened it, so I
step out, take off walking and leave him behind! Saying to myself, he didn’t get to open the
door for me, but how about you just shut it dude…lol.
He catches up to me and we walk in together, God please
don’t let him try to hold my hand…I’m not down with all this……I grab a cart and
prepare to go in and go out…..I start power walking…..” Dude, come on, let’s
power walk!”
“Huh?”… He says, looking confused!
“You know, power walk, me and SJ like to power walk through
Wal-Mart….it’s the only work out I get sometimes!! “
“Oh ok!” while trying to keep up…
…I notice a little pimp limp in his walk….don’t ask about it
Monica, that’s embarrassing, you walk with a limp too sometimes…..power walking
my way through the store, I turn down the aisle where all the laundry
detergents, fabric softeners and dish
soaps are, and head straight for the economy size bottle of Dawn Soap…I abandon
the basket , reach for the soap and turn around to place it back, when much to
my surprise, I see him standing behind
the basket, hands on the handle and ready to start pushing….LOL…omg, ok this is
weird…..I don’t think I like this too much…I like to be in control of my
basket…..shut up Monica…it’s a freaking basket! We turn the corner and run into
some women who used to come to my church….
“Hi Shawn, Hi Crystal!” giving Crystal a hug…how are you
ladies? Are you here for the weekend Crystal?” …..trying everything in my power
not to have to introduce my date to my friends….omg…so awkward! You see, this
is why you shouldn’t date, now people are going to think he’s your man, that’s the
last thing you need….OMG MONICA shut up….just be cool, who freaking cares!?
“Oh how cool! So Shawn, what church are you going to now?
”Shawn answers and I can see Crystal looking at my man friend….lol…
“Oh I’m sorry girls, this is my ………this is my…!”..totally
lost for his name I begin to laugh!!!
“Hi! I’m so and so!! “…pleasure to meet you ladies!”…..lol!!
(You really didn’t think I would put his name in here did you…lol!? Don’t worry Shawn and Crystal’s names are made
up to!! A good writer always leaves her readers in suspense!! )…..trust me I
know!! LOL!
“Thanks so and so, I got kind of stuck right there!” …we
laugh, I wish my friends a good weekend and we take off walking towards the
electronics…
“So why do you walk with a limp?”…OMG …what the heck
Monica!!? Quit…don’t you know how to keep things to yourself…smh, you better
apologize…..ummmm negative, I need to know. No apologies necessary.
“Oh, it’s an old football injury that I got back in high
school!”
“Oh yeah, I think I remember you telling me that!”……but he
didn’t tell me he walked with a limp...oh man not cool……seriously? Shut up!! You
don’t even know how to walk yourself sometimes…….
…we pass Shawn and Crystal again while heading to the front
of the store, I say something funny and laugh, bc like I said, it was weird!...
We get in line to pay and I happen to see one of my fave brands of coconut
water on the end cap….
“OMG this is my favorite coconut water!” I say while picking one up. .and as I looked
to the right, there happened to be a basket with random items in it….what the
heck? Is that a wrestler’s mask…like a
NACHO LIBRE wrestler mask…lolololololol…..I pick it up and turn to show him…..
“Oh MY Gosh, I DARE you to put it on!” he laughed.
“DUDE, you don’t know who you’re daring!”…I put on the mask
and model the coconut water while he snaps a pic….lol…..he doesn’t’ know
anything radical about me yet, but, well he kind of does NOW..lol…maybe it
would be fun to tell him that my life is completely made up of moments just
like this! However, had it been me and some of my other friends…..I would have
taken off running throughout Wal-Mart, going up to complete strangers and saying
something super funny in Spanish and not being able to breathe from laughing so
HARD!!!...naaahhh, don’t tell him, he’ll find out if stays around….besides, he
needs to get used to your crazy self….we pay, walk out of Wal-Mart, he opens
the door for me to get in E’s car, I get in, he gets in and we take off towards
the carnival….
….I could see the BEAUTIFL bright lights as we got closer to
the event center..
“Oh MY goodness it looks so beautiful! Those lights are
amazing!!” I bet there are all kinds of people there…..oh well, you’ll just
have to tell them he’s your FRIEND….and sure enough…as we pulled in and he
searched for a parking place, I immediately saw another guy from work. I rolled
down the window and in my best Mexican voice I said “EEEEEY JOSE!!!!”…..Jose
turns and looks at me like what the heck…and then notice’s me in E’s car…I could tell he was a bit
shocked and I said..” I’m with E’s friend, he let him use his car!!”
Jose looks at my friend and says, “Oh what’s up man!…blah
blah blah!”
“Ok Jose, see ya later!!! Have fun!”
….we park and this
time I wait for him to come around and open the door. He helps me out and we
begin to walk into the carnival. It felt so good to be surrounded my so many
colorful lights, laughter, and such sweet smelling treats!!! “Oh wow look at that ride!” I say. “Want to
ride some rides!?” he asks.
“WHAT? Are you for real, HECK YEAH!”
“Twenty tickets please! “he asks the lady behind the ticket
booth.
…she hands him the tickets and he turns and asks.. “So which
one do you wanna get on first?”
“How about this one! “…one that takes you straight up, only
to drop you down as soon as you get up there….” Sure, come on!”….but waiting in
line wasn’t an option….”Nevermind, let’s find another one without a line!”
“I know, The Gravitron!! Let’s go!”...and while walking to
find it, we stopped to play a game. You know, the one where there are three
bottles stacked in a triangle and you get to throw a ball so many times to try
and knock them over…yeah that one. Well, we both threw the ball a couple times
each, and no luck… :/…..yeah I was so sad…I though it would be like the movies,
where the guy wins the girl a big o tiger or monkey or something ya
know…lol..just kidding. But that carnival guy sure was happy…he had just scored
him some cash for his lil six pack or whatever he chose……which reminds me…why are
carnies so WEIRD…bless their hearts. I’d like to read a book written by one of
them….mann!!! Talk about adventurous!
…..we find the Gravitron, only to see the gate closed and
the carnie shaking his head no…WHAT? Not cool at all…”We can’t ride it?” “No mamm,
it’s broke!”….ughhhhhhhh…I think I hate this carnival now….lol! I guess my date
could see the disappointment on my face, bc he grabs my arm and holds my
hand……. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....no
dude let go, let go, let go, I’m not going to like you after this, let go…”
Where are we going?”…”Come here!”…ughhh… if he doesn’t let go of my hand I’m
not going anywhere…He let’s go…by then he had led me to a jewelry booth……
“No dude! This isn’t necessary!”…..wanting so bad to tell
him…if you ever buy me jewelry..lol..buy me sterling silver and preferably from
James Avery…”No really, I’m serious
dude…I don’t need anything and I’m not going to accept anything you buy!”
“Why not, I just want you to have a keepsake…something to
remember the night by!”……….WHAT?...oh…my…gosh……
“Oh ok!” I said as I took off to scope out every piece of
costume jewelry in the glass cases…and as I did…I see two guys I go to church
with…
..Oh God, lol…I would see Corey and Mark here…I forgot they
were coming to bring the kids so the ladies could plan the wedding…….see Mark
is the one getting married to my friend, and may I add, very sarcastic. He
gives me a hard time for being loud, and is always making fun of me!…..I
thought, oh my gosh. I’m never going to live this one down…. …I tried with all
that I had in me to ignore them, but felt strongly convicted, because there was
nothing to hide…….by that time, I had made my way around the booth and I choose a silver heart…
“Do you want my dad to engrave something on it fer ya?”
asked the young carnie kid.
“No, it’s cool!”…hmmm…but my name would look good on there…
naaah..…
“Yeah she does!” says my date… and so the carnie kid hands
me a notepad and a pen…I write my name and a heart…easy does it….
“I’m gonna call my dad right now, and he’ll be here in just
a bit!”…ok sounds great I thought, and expecting it to take longer, I call
Corey and Mark over to introduce them to my date. They walk over, give manly
hellos and exchange handshakes. “ I go to church with these guys, they’re
amazing men of God .”.I tell him. Hmmm hmmm...I could have gone on and
on…..like for instance I wanted to say
how Corey is up at the church for EVERY SINGLE event we have, giving his time,
doing things, helping out, forgetting all about his wants…and how Mark has
completely become a father to his fiancé’s son…man that’s amazing..
“Here ya go!” said the carnie kid while handing me my heart
necklace…I look at Mark and I can see a STUPID smile on his face, like
yeah..GOT YOU!!….LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!! …oh my gosh, I can already hear him….
……we say bye, walk to find a food booth with funnel cakes
and are shocked at how long the lines are…it’s a chilly night, neither of us
are wearing jackets and neither one of us wants to stand in line…so we settle for
a cherry slush…..we get our slushes, the slush girl takes a pic of us and we
decide to call it a night….we walk to E’s car…he opens the door, and I get
in….he gets in and we make our way out of all the traffic.
..passing the road to the casino, he asks if I ever go.
“Ummm no, not my thing. I don’t go out like that…and when I did go out, I hardly
ever went there!”….’”But you do huh, you like to go sing karaoke right?”….
“Yeah, I like to sing!”…
“Let me hear you sing!”
“What do you want me to sing?”
“Ummmm!?”…thin, think of
what a popular song was when you
would go out Monica…ummm,ummm…”Neon Moon!” I shout!
…he starts to sing, he sounds really good…I think this is
nice…a guy singing to me, I’ve never experienced this…but he’s going to have to
do a lot more than sing to win my heart….my heart belongs to Jesus…
…we arrive back at Pacific Rim. I thank him for such a
wonderful time and he hands me the tickets he had purchased. Tells me to take
SJ to the carnival when she gets back and hands me the first donation to help
get SJ to camp….I am almost brought o tears…I give him a hug and yes he kisses
me on the cheek..........ummmmm, yeah.
We say good bye…I get in my car and immediately check my phone….6 new
text messages…oh my gosh…who is texting me so much..
Text 1…Hey what’s up? What are you doing?
Text 2..Text me when you have a chance..
Text 3..Monica, how is your date going…guess we can’t be
friend’s anymore L
Text 4..must be going good, you haven’t text me all night.
Text 5…I’ll be working night’s this week…call me whenever
you want, I’m up.
Text 6…DUDE, who are you on a DATE WITH??....CALL ME!!
….come back tomorrow to find out my thoughts on this guy, and a bizarre twist on
just who, these mystery texts are from… J
Loves
~Monica
Blog 6
4/10/13
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