Pinch me, I must be dreaming…

It came out of nowhere. There we were, standing around work, waiting for tables. I had mentioned earlier this morning that I had two tickets to go see a play, Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing”. When I mentioned it again, Mike Minor chimed in, “Hey- tomorrow, Leow’s theater is doing a buy one get one free movie thing, to compete with the Super Bowl. I think I’m going to go see Finding Neverland.”

“I totally wanted to see that movie!” I chimed back.

“Why don’t you two go together?” Tatiana said nonchalantly.

Mike Minor’s reply, “Sure, hey, wanna go? You buy the ticket, I’ll get the free one.” So… I guess.. I think at least, that I am going to see a movie tomorrow with… THE CRUSH. It was so much easier than asking him out.. everyone basically asked him out for me. I’m nervous. I am not even totally sure we are going to go. But, if we are going, then I guess I have a semi-date. AH! What do I do? What do I wear? How should I do my hair?!?!

It has to be just a polite thing. Tonight, we work right next to each other, as we do every Saturday night. I will ask him again tonight to make sure we are actually going to do this.

Ten minutes after that happened, Mikey, Mike Minor, and I were standing around. Mikey, trying to help, goes, “Liz, you need a Valentine. Here, Mike Minor, be Liz’s Valentine.” He pushed me next to him. Mike Minor, cup of coffee in hand, pretends to hand it over to me, and goes, “Here, I couldn’t afford anything big, so I got you half a cup of coffee.”

Yesterday, I was putting in an order at the computer and I said something that sounded French like. Mike Minor then said something French like back, but spit while saying it. “I spit when I speak French, just like the French do. You know what else the French spit while doing? Kissing.. ya know, FRENCH kissing.” Was that a proposition? I have no idea. I just don’t want to believe it may actually be HAPPENING! Mikey was like, “Liz, you have to make a move, or he’ll move back to Missouri and never have a chance to fall in love with you.”

Jay, a guy I had a class with at Columbia, came in to work this morning with his brother and a friend. As I was talking to Jay, I asked why he was out in the burbs, he said because he brother goes to the Art Institute out here… so does Mike Minor. At that point, Mike came over to talk with his class mate, and now… we have mutual friends. Strange… odd… and to think, just last night, I was ready to give up… saying me and Mike Minor have nothing in common. Now, I may possibly have the first date I have had in YEARS.

Wish me luck, I hope this happens. Ill do my best to keep cool and calm, but, I’m nervous… suggestions?