Things just got a little more interesting for once in Journey Back to ME

TGIF

So there’s this guy…

Okay so in the mornings I stand at a side door and greet the students as they come in for breakfast before the bell rings. This is also the door that the kids who ride the bus to school enter the school building from. I actually really love standing at the door and greeting the kids, and this is how I know so many students by name. I also meet a lot of parents this way…Anyway, so yesterday I was standing at the door and one of the buses pulled up, and I noticed that there was an EXTREMELY attractive man behind the wheel. Last year we only had older men or women, and I truly didn’t pay them any attention either way. I made a comment to my “friend” who works buses and she confirmed that he is indeed attractive, and also that if she wasn’t married that he is her type.

This morning she told me which route is his, and what his bus number was, so as soon as I saw him turning the corner, I started walking toward where she stands to get the kids off of the bus. He waved, I waved back, and I walked halfway to where the bus stops and started hugging the kids that were getting off of the bus (some of my favorite kiddos ride his bus which is good to know). It was pretty funny because one student looks at me and says, “what are you doing over here?” Because he knows I usually stand at the door. I just thought it was pretty funny because if the kids were a little older they would definitely understand why. Anyway, as I stood there I noticed that my “friend” leaned into the bus and was saying something to him. After he drove off, she walked up to me and told me that he asked her who I was. SO…I’m on his radar.

Of course this is just a fun flirtatious situation to pass the time! Feels good to feel good!

After school I got a text from my “friend” opened it and there was a picture of him! I laughed so hard. I asked how she got that very good picture of him. She told me that she told him that she was taking pictures of all the drivers. LOL. Never underestimate the ability of WOMEN trying to dissect all the information we need from/about somebody. HAHA. Anyway, not all drivers drive both morning and afternoon routes, so now that I know that he drives in the afternoon too I told her that I would be walking his route outside to his bus from now on. LOL. She then sent me a message with his full name…I thanked her greatly because that’s enough information to make a plan (AND do some research). I found him on facebook in 0.1 seconds. I was too afraid to actually click onto his profile because of course I’ll show up as someone he might know. I had one of my best friends go check it out. She found nothing because his profile is private. This is actually a good thing....

Now, the OLD me would be super overly confident and aggressive in my approach. Hell, I’d have sent a message by now introducing myself…but I’m just going to keep my cool. Make it a part of my routine to say hello and wave every day. Maybe I’ll go out an introduce myself one day next week…and that’s all that I have planned for now. I’ve been known to high dive right into the deep end. I want to enjoy the flirtatious bit for a while. If we never actually ever become more than “waving buddies”, I’m okay with that too. I’m trying to think clearly and logically about the dating and potential dating partners these days. I am in NO HURRY to rush to meet anyone, date anyone, sleep with anyone or marry anyone.

After the emotionally abusive situation I finally have broken free from MENTALLY, I am just enjoying being able to breathe. Being “attractive” is not enough to make this person a good partner. I could turn around and enter the same type of situation or worse....so I’m just trying to take a chill pill, take things slow and not OBSESS like I’ve been known to do! It’s only been 2 days and we haven’t even officially been introduced.