It has been one heck of a week for me! I think the angel of dating was looking over my shoulder for the first time in a LONG time! My horoscope told me to enjoy my popularity...and boy am I ever! It started off last Wednesday. My friend Courtney called me to go have a drink for her birthday. And after the work week I had been having, a drink couldn't have sounded any better. I never go out on a work night either. We went out in South Tampa, a place I don't frequently visit and it was hopping with men! On a Wednesday night! So I'm thinking to myself "Oh great, this place is filled with young college boys who are going to get drunk and skip class in the morning" (been there, done that) Courtney and I were sitting there having a beer and I was throwing myself a pity party. I don't know if she so much wanted to attend that party, but she did. "What is wrong with me that guys don't hit on me? Why doesn't anyone date me? Why have I not been on a date since I have lived here?" etc... None of my friends really know these answers and I sure wish they did. I don't know if I'm just not approachable or what my deal is. But I am going to figure it out. Anyways, we went to a couple different bars to check out the different scenery. We went and sat at the bar and ordered two budlights. We were sitting there talking and out of nowhere, this hot guy comes and stands right next me. And he started conversation. This does not normally happen with good looking guys.
Hot Guy (HG): Hey were you just at MacDinton's?
Me: yah we just had a beer there.
HG: Well my name is Mike
Me: Hey I'm Stephanie.
HG: What are you girls up to?
Me: we are out celebrating her birthday. She turned 22 today.
HG: oh wow that's young.
Me: (thinking in my mind..SCORE) good answer because I feel especially old.
HG: well I would love to take you out sometime.
Me: Definitely, here's my number.
So he sat next to me and had a beer and we talked forever. Meanwhile, his friend swooped in and kept Court occupied. (Good wingman) Here's the kicker..of course there is always a kicker. He lives in CALIFORNIA. He's a real estate agent and owns a house here in Tampa so he thinks he is going to move here. He was flying out the following day. He texted me the next day and told me he will be back in two weeks and wants to hang out with me then. So we will see. Just. My. Luck.
Friday I slept in and got ready for Jax. The three hour drive turned into 4 and a half because this genius decided to leave when I would hit Orlando at rush hour. Smooth. But I had my tunes and rocked out and I really didn't mind that much. We kept it chill Friday night. Ordered pizza, drank a few beers, skyped with Britt and of course I played some NCAA with Dave.
Woke up Saturday, took a shower, threw on my jersey and painted my nails black. Of course! We were all three pumped for the game and decided we would go to the Ale House to watch it because it had a nice outdoor patio. We picked the perfect spot and talked the waiter into letting us get the sound switched to the Iowa game. Boom. Next thing we know, two Iowa fans are walking up! We were so excited and of course asked them to join our party. They were really cool too. Then next thing we know, two more!! Then two more! We had ourselves a great time and they were all really fun to hang with. That bar sure knew when Iowa scored!! After a mid-game rain delay and dominating performance..Iowa won! GO HAWKS!
After the Iowa game it was the USF/Notre Dame game. Dave is a huge Notre Dame fan so we had to stick around and watch it. Which just meant more buckets of beer! USF pulled the upset and after the game Dave was starting to pull the one eye look to see the tv, so we knew it was time to go home. Got home and he fell right asleep. We didn't want the party to stop so I took a shower, we changed and got ready to go right back out! We didn't want to wake Dave or let him know we were heading back out..so Heidi wrote a note and literally laid it on his chest and we basically crawled out of the house on our hands and knees so he wouldn't see us! Success. She took me to a bar I had never been and we switched it up to raspberry vodka and club soda (thanks Michelle) and hit the dance floor. We saw a guy all decked out in Iowa gear so we had to approach him, naturally. He is in the airforce and lives down in Jax for the time being. He seemed cool at first and then quickly turned into a stage 5 clinger. We talked to him for awhile longer because he was then buying our drinks but the longer we talked to him the more we realized we needed to ditch him. The guy basically told me he was in love with me and I'm too perfect of a girl to let walk away. Then he was confessing his love for me to Heidi. Hello dude, you have known me for 10 minutes. We would go to the bathroom and come back and try to lose him in the crowd and he would just appear again. We went back to the bar for another drink when I spotted this hot guy! Normally I'm the shy girl who just sits back and think wow he was hot and nothing happens. Michelle and Jess have tried to teach me "bedroom eyes" Basically if I see something I want I need to give him that look and I will get it. I just need to have the confidence in my stare. And confidence I lack so therefore these "bedroom eyes" don't work for me and I never try it anyways. Well this time was different. I gave him a look and he smiled and I smiled and we just kept doing it to each other from across the bar for awhile. Flirting with our eyes! Stage 5 clinger wouldn't shutup and I was scared he was going to blow this for me so Heidi had a brilliant idea to go to the bathroom and come back and pretend to be sick. We got into the bathroom and I told Heidi about my eye flirt fest! I told her I needed some paper and so she started digging through her purse. If you know Heidi then you know her wallet is FULL of reciepts so she handed me a reciept and I flipped it over and wrote my number on the back of it. I told her I couldn't leave til I saw this guy again and the bar was PACKED. We went back to the dance floor, no clinger in sight and finally found my hottie again. Made the eye contact and he came right up and started dancing. No words were said, it was loud as hell in that club. All of a sudden I could feel these eyes and there was the clinger and Heidi saw it too and said we had to go. So I grabbed that guys hand and slipped my number in it and left. I HAVE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE! We didn't even have a conversation! I just went with it. We made it safely out of the bar and home without the creepy guy following. And I thought Iowa guys were supposed to be awesome! haha. Anyways, I forgot my phone charger in Tampa so I had to plug in my phone to my car charger over night. I got my phone in the morning and the hottie had texted me! He told me he was name was Justin and he was just checking to see if I made it home ok. This was Sunday morning and it is now Tuesday night and we haven't stopped texting since. Here's the kicker..and yes in my life, there is always a kicker. He lives in CALIFORNIA! Are you kidding me? Two guys from California in one week?!?! What the hell! He is down here in Brunswick GA in the federal officer academy. (Its about 40 minutes from Jax so him and his buddies decided to hit up Jax for the night, his first time at that bar too) He only has three weeks left then he goes back home. Just. My. Luck. Again. He wants to hang out this weekend so I'm going to head back up to Jax and just do it. You only live once right? I can watch the Iowa/Iowa State game with Heidi and Dave and this guy is a big Notre Dame fan like Dave so who knows if he will want to hang out with us or what will happen. I'm not a planner, I just always go with the flow so we will see. So as of right now, I am going to go back this weekend and see this guy. Before he moves back to CALIFORNIA. Of course. I don't know what it is with me and guys from California. (yes penpal, this does include you) :)
All in all it was a great weekend and my aunt and uncle came down to Tampa from Orlando, so on Sunday night and Monday I got to hang out with them. Now it is a three day work week (well technically two now) then the weekend again!!! Gotta love having Fridays off!
I figured I would end this blog with a little urbandictionary.com "bedroom eyes"
2.eyes that are big, dreamy, sultry, bold, and seductive, and are so beautiful that when someone looks into them, they get lost inside
My friends are the best teachers.
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