LETS JUST BE FRIENDS

So...I hung out with Dan again. Can we all say AWKWARD....holy cow. I don't know what happened there. It was on a Sunday...again. I wasn't very happy about it, and if I wasn't such a nice person I probably would have been mean...but I'm too nice of a person.

And then he called me this week and was like "So, I saw that you called....what were you calling about?" and I was not going to call him again...ever...so I said "Um...I didn't call you." and then you could feel how awkwardness he felt through the phone. So, we talked for a little bit and then he said "Suzy, I think you're a great girl, but I think we should just be friends" and in my head by this point, I was thinking 'did you really think I wanted to date you.....hmmm...thats interesting.' and then he was like really nervous I was going to hate him or something, so I made it very clear that I was going to tell him the same thing any ways and then he said "Well we should still hang out and stuff, I think you're awesome" and I was thinking....yeah....oh wait no. So, I mentioned how incredibly busy this semester is for me (which is no lie, I am going to DIE this semester!) and then ended the conversation and if I can help I probably won't hang out with him again.
You may ask what happened here. I mean at first I totally would have dated him...but it was somewhere between the first "date" (I don't even know if it truly qualified as a date to begin with...first sign right there...) and the constant changing of plans at the last minute. Yeah, I'm not cool with that. I don't like thinking I have plans for a Saturday night just to have them canceled when I'm supposed to be going out. That is LAME and also...he was really churchy. Not that churchy is a bad thing...I mean I just got home from a mission, I'm pretty churchy myself, but this guy was over the top. I didn't feel like I could be myself, and I didn't feel like I could say some things, like the word "crap" I know its not the best word, but its part of my vocabulary and I felt like I really had to watch what I said around him....so, glad he's gone and I am moving on without even the hint of looking back. Boys stink...lets throw rocks at them.

More on the Date...

Okay, you win...I will finally give you more details. So, it really wasn't anything huge. I mean we ended up talking at Dan's apartment for a couple hours. We talked about a lot of things, and he isn't freaked out by the fact that I served a mission. So many guys hear the words "Returned Sister Missionary" and immediately freak out and no longer want to talk to you and often say something like "I didn't like the sisters in my mission" so the fact that Dan thought it was cool that I served was a definite plus. Um, yeah, we just talked...it was cool. I don't know what else you really wanted to know...he's cute, he's fun, hope he calls me again soon!

Update

So, I don't have very much time, I'm on my lunch break at home, but I wanted to give you all a quick update on how the date went...it was so much fun. he's a really nice guy, and I hope we go out again soon. More juicy details later....I promise!

Weekend Plans

So...I am going on a date tonight. Kinda funny how this all came about, but I am excited. Lets think about this for just a minute...in the last 7 years (that's how long I've been old enough to date) I have been asked out by 4 guys. I've been out on more than 4 dates, but only 4 guys have asked me out. And, none of them were terribly great experiences (Guy #4 is the reason God tricked me into going on a mission) so here I am. Post mission, just figuring out what I want to do with the rest of my life when my cell phone rings on a Thursday night. I don't know the number but decided to answer it any ways (its a new phone, I don't have everyone's number in it). I answer it and its a guy named Dan. He was in my Dating and Courtship class that ended the day before. Apparently he had wanted to talk to me after class, but I didn't really stick around, I just left with my friends. So, he talked to our teacher who gave him my number and he was calling to see if I wanted to go out on a date...........................yeah..................my jaw almost hit the floor. So, I'm going on a date with Dan tonight and I promise to give all the juicy details tomorrow.

Okay, Amy...you win...here you go:

So, I did have my story up for a couple days, but because I just don't trust people I took it down and if you want to read it, just send me an e-mail at: suzy.petersen@live.com and I will e-mail you a copy!!!

The Weekend

So, I thought I was done talking about Twilight, but one final word....holy crap. The whole series was worth reading (in my opinion) for the final book. Pretty much everything cool that you have been waiting three books for happens in the fourth one. That's all I'm going to say. It was good. If you like the books, that is.

In other news...I have been writing a lot lately. I'm thinking of posting part of one of my stories up here, but I'm not 100% sure yet...I'm a very self conscious writer and it tends to be a problem when I let other people read it because I know all the flaws and I'm sure that everyone else will see them and not like my stories and what not, so...there it is. I'll keep you posted.

A Quick Word about Twilight

I didn't want to really write a whole lot about Twilight, but let me just mention it this one last time and then I'll try not to mention it again, but I think you will all get a kick out this.
So...I am going to get Breaking Dawn at midnight tomorrow and I'm going with some friends. They want to go to Barnes and Noble to get it, but I just don't know if I really want to be around all the super OCD fans, though. I mean I know when we go there that I am going to walk in and see 3 Edwards, 5 Bellas, a handful of Jacobs, probably an Alice or two, maybe even a Carlisle or an Esme. I don't know why it affects me so much that people dress up for these types of things...maybe its all the wasted time. I mean I can't really say much because I spent all of last week reading the books, but I still forced myself to be productive...even if it was just a little bit. I guess its because I can't fathom spending that much time wishing a fictional character/story were real life.
My best friend recently spent a few months in Ukraine doing a study abroad and she said that all the girls were reading Twilight and talking about it non stop and one of the girls said "I just wish Edward would come and take me away!" and I thought to myself, "Wow". I have heard and read a lot about the Twilight series this last week and I just find it interesting what people are saying. Maybe I'm just a heartless jerk, or maybe I just don't understand, but I think people are kinda crazy devoting their lives to these fictional stories...I mean they could put that effort towards so many things. I don't know, maybe I'm just a little OCD myself since I will be in a bookstore somewhere around midnight purchasing my own copy of Breaking Dawn and I will be turning my phone off and locking myself in a room until its finished so no one can bother me...but I know when its over that I'll just go do something else and not dwell on it....hmmm....interesting.