Flippin' the Script in Ultimate Randomness

So it has been an awfully long time since I wrote here. Some of it is because I have been busy, some because I have been stressed, some just because there has been a distinct lack of things to write to you about, my loyal readers. Things are a bit different tonight, and if you are one of those that is used to my more downtrodden entries and you feel kinda bad for what I am going through, this entry might be the feel good story you have been hoping for me. I ought to just get to it. Anyway, I will start with some back story. See, a couple of years ago, I played softball recreationally in a co-ed league run by a group here in Nashville. They do all sorts of sports like basketball, flag football, and kickball. They also do softball, as I said, and I chose that because I had been out of sports for about 10 years and wanted something to help me get back in some sort of shape. It didn't quite do the trick, but that is beside the point. During the third or so season I played, there was a guy on my team that I had played with a few seasons. Well, this season, he brought his friend, who I will call D, to the practices and games. Every now and then, she would play a game with us if we needed more girls on the field, since there was a requirement for amount of girls on the team. Once again, beside the point. I feel safe saying that she was one of the most beautiful girls I have ever met (the wife wouldn't disagree with that statement either) and, to be honest, I have had a little crush on her since. I never would have done anything about it while my relationship was still in tact, but we have been over that, haven't we. On that note, I have gotten to the point where, while I am not thrilled with how it started, I accept the relationship and the home situation. To be perfectly honest, he is good to her. He has been better for her than I have been at any point in the last few years. Not that I didn't have good reasons, but he treats her the way she should have been treated by me all that time. And I am starting to think that I deserve a shot at being happy too. That brings us up to last week. I am friends with D on Facebook and tend to keep up with the things she posts, like I do with all of the people on there. Well, she mentioned how she had a bad headache and had run out of Excedrin. I was just getting off of work, and as I have mentioned before I am sure, I wasn't in a huge rush to get home, so I messaged her and offered to drop some off for her. Turns out she was out of state, but she thought it was sweet that I offered. So we talked on messenger for about an hour until 1 AM or so. Fortunately, her headache had worn off and she needed to get some sleep for a work engagement the next day, so we said our good nights and went to bed. Since then, I have been a little more attentive to her posts for some reason. Well, I know the reason. Like I said, I have a crush on her and no reason not to acknowledge it now. Well, last Thursday, after some back and forth commenting on one of her posts, I found myself wondering if she was flirting with me or not. I am terrible at figuring this stuff out, so I asked for a few opinions from people I knew, including my soon-to-be ex, who is a master of flirting and recognizing it. I mentioned that I might consider pursuing it to see what might happen, and she seemed fine with it. So I came to the conclusion that I would give it a shot and ask her out for coffee or something. Of course, I spent the last two days trying not to psych myself out of doing it. If you caught my entry way back when I mentioned my luck at asking girls out, you probably understand my trepidation. If you haven't, suffice it to say, I have a terrible track record at getting girls to go out with me. In fact, besides my wife and previous ex, I haven't had but one girl say yes to me and I think alot of that was that I had already asked her to prom and we were just kinda going out as friends. And as for my wife and previous ex, I met both of them online so they got to know me really well before we ever met. Tonight, I finally worked up the courage to ask D out, just something casual. So I messaged her and we talked for awhile before I asked if she would like to go out for coffee or something. She said yes! I about jumped up right then and there and shouted, but it is night and everybody around here was already in bed, so I restrained myself, though I did go bug our roommate and tell him about it when I noticed he was still awake. Her and I talked about some little stuff, who would drive or would we meet somewhere and I told her times I had available and she could make it work on one of those days. So I suppose we will talk again once she comes back into town (she was out of state visiting family this weekend), and hammer down a time and place and something to do. And I am really looking forward to it. In fact, this weekend has made me realize that I haven't really had anything in the last eight or so months to really look forward to as the marriage came to an end and I have tried to come to terms with life. But I was looking forward to tonight, not because I thought she would say yes. I really thought she wouldn't. But I was looking forward just to asking her because, if nothing else, I get someone to hang out with and do things with. If I am lucky, maybe something more will come of all of this. Turns out we have alot of personality traits in common, but I will talk about that in another entry. I guess that I just wanted to tell you all that finally, I have something to look forward to, something to be happy about. I really can't tell you how beautiful she is, especially her eyes. A man could drown in those eyes. In any case, I will keep this up to date with how everything goes with this. Wish me luck, though for the first time in awhile, I feel like it's already with me. Thanks to all of you for reading my entries here. It has made a great difference to me and I hope to give good news from now on. Thanks again all!