I have a date. I met a man two weeks ago at a show. We were outside smoking cigs, there were only a few people outside, he was standing there alone, so I walked over to say hello and introduce myself.

We ended up talking non-stop for a long while, then he followed me inside the venue and stood near me for the rest of the band's set. We basically hung around each other all night up until I decided to leave. I left on the early side, and he stayed since he knew the band. We exchanged numbers and have been texting. But he lives out of state, 1.5 hours away from where I live, so our date isn't until Nov 9, after he gets back from a trip with his kids.

He wanted to see me sooner, but I had plans that weekend, so it will be 3 weeks from the time we met to the day of our date. I got a little tired of just texting and told him it's a long time to wait for a date (via text last night). So he suggested he would call me. This was last night. We talked on the phone for over an hour. It's really easy to talk to him. This is the mathematician guy I think I've already mentioned. We had a really good phone conversation, and I felt like we were clicking well. So now it's 10 days until our date, which to me still feels far away. He is willing to drive 1.5 hours towards me. We agreed to have dinner then see music that I know is in the area on Nov 9.

I am reserved about this, but I also feel good about it at the same time. I know he could be any number of things: a psychopath, a narcissist, an abuser, toxic, a womanizer, an arrogant jerk, and so on. But so far so good.... he mainly seems interesting and dynamic to me. He's multi-faceted. He grows weed and has his own grow store, he books reggae bands on the side, and has a full time, well paying job and career in statistical analysis and assessing financial risk. He has 3 kids who are in their twenties - his youngest is graduating from college. Him having kids doesn't bother me. I don't have my own kids, but I do love kids very much. I enjoy their company, especially adult kids. I am kind of glad his are not young children - that's harder to deal with, coming in as a potential new girlfriend.

So, I will see how this all pans out. He's handsome too! He has pretty blue eyes, and dreadlocks. I like that. He's different than most men I've dated. I am kind of excited about it, but I am reserved....