friday I'm in love

well, it’s now “official,” we are dating.

this is, however, going to take some work. it appears that one of us is still getting over the I’m-a-recently-returned-missionary-and-I-haven’t-really-been-in-a-relationship-before-anyway awkwardness. and I’m not sure that the same one of us has informed our parents of the change in status, which would explain the incredibly uncomfortable hour I spent talking with jarom and his parents this evening. all I wanted to do was put on a good movie and cuddle, but no, didn’t happen. oh well…I still woke up smiling, and I’m still going to bed with a smile.

played miniature golf at scandia with jarom and quentin tonight. got a 75. how awful! man, I’m terrible at things like this. I got a 93 when we all went bowling on wednesday. the point is having fun, though, and I did have a thoroughly good time.

bedtime…ahhhhh…

date update

most times are estimates, since I didn’t have a watch and was unconcerned about the time…

5:00 picked me up at my house.
5:15 food at the athenian grill in suisun. they mixed up our orders (lamb souvlaki/beef souvlaki) and we didn’t figure it out until he told me to try some of the lamb.
6:00 walk along the marina. talked, played with cattails, etc.
6:30 sat on bench by marina. talked, watched the occasional cyclist, etc.
7:00 went to wal-mart. he didn’t tell me what he was looking for…but finally he had to ask a salesman where to find: kites!
7:30 arrived at the field at good ol’ armijo and tried piecing together our kites (his was a tiger, mine was an awesome-looking sky monster).
8:30 went on drive out to wooden valley road.
8:50 headed part of the way up to twin sisters; pulled over where there was a gorgeous view. the sun was most of the way down. talked. listened to the wind and the crickets. cuddled.
9:30 drove back to my house for homemade strawberry ice cream.
10:00 walked out to his car to get my kite; glorious hug and he asked me if he warranted a second date. yes of course!

ah, enthusiasm. and twitterpation. it was one of the best dates I’ve ever been on (not that I have a whole ton to compare to), and we got to fly kites! he gets lots of bonus points :)

anyway, I realize this is not as monumental to everyone else, but it was my first date with jarom hillery and it went awfully well. tomorrow a group of us are going bowling, then to denny’s, and I said I’d give him a ride. for now, bedtime! sorry for the lovesick ramblings.

love,
mika-mikasa.

that's what I love about sunday

yesterday, after an informal study, I concluded that the only people in california who wear one-piece swimsuits are fat old women. if you are a thin young woman looking to buy a quasi-attractive one-piece swimsuits that fits…yeah right. good luck is all I can say.

but, I did finally stumble upon exactly what I was looking for: black. one-piece. my size. and it was “on sale”…for $60 at macy’s. you know what? I bought it anyway, because I’d spent enough hours looking for something suitable (pun intended) and I would like to go swimming this summer.

I was invited to a party at carolyn pedersen’s. that was exciting, I don’t usually get invited places, but I was specifically called and had my presence requested! good times. I felt…social.

today I tried using the new “turbo spiral curling iron” I got at target. my observations: it truly is turbo, and makes just about the best curls I’ve ever had in my life. however, it takes twice as long as using a regular curling iron, which meant when jarom came to pick me up I still had about 10 curls to do. it took about 45 seconds per curl, if I estimated correctly, and then I had to get my scriptures and my shoes. but, somehow we made it to church on time. :) john bartley decided to get a group of us together on wednesday and he included me, which made me feel wonderful. I asked jarom if he’d keep the 16th free for me (I’ve got an awesome day sort of planned out), and he said sure, if I keep this tuesday free for him. a date! ee!

sidetrack here…how long has it been since I went on a date? if you want, we can count nutcracker, and that was 12.10.04. that makes over 6 months. but I’m not sure that really truly counts, and I have my own reasons for discounting it. before nutcracker…um…yeah, that would be ammon, sometime in january or february 2004. a year and a half. awesome.

after church we drove by jarom’s old house, and then went to the park right by oakbrook. played on the playground as best we could, being in our sunday clothes (and me in heels again); then relaxed under a tree and talked for an hour. he and jena went out to dinner last night, and he said they decided they like my natural hair color better, and I should not wear black. ever, apparently. jarom mentioned something a week or two ago to the effect that I should have left my hair blonde (or whatever color it really is)…and I’ve been thinking about it since then, because I could tell he honestly does not like the brown. blah blah blah. but I told him I’ll let it grow until he leaves for utah, and in the week after — before I go out — I’ll have it completely fixed, back to “natural” color, and leave it alone after that. I must be so smitten to agree to this. not even agree to this but create the agreement. hmm.

so, that’s life! fabulous, as always.