Me after a 10 degree swim at Inch Beach
Weekend of surprises...
My week has been long. My flatmate arrived on Tuesday after almost three days of traveling because of the ash cloud. He couldn't fly from Stockholm to Dublin on Sunday as planned, so he had to travel through half of Europe instead, by car, taxi, bus, train and ferry, to get to Cork.
He's nice. And my cats likes him :)
The week has been very busy, but I have been very efficient. :D
There has been a guy that I have been talking to a lot of chat for a few weeks now, I was gonna meet up with him on Friday to have a drink with him. He works at Apple, and we have worked together, but I haven't actually spoken to him face to face yet. He seems nice :)
But I had decided to bring Micke/Mikael to Francicsan Wells on Friday evening together with a few friends of mine so that he could experience a real Irish pub, and also, there are a lot of Apple people there.
He immediately got along with the Danish CR guy, Peter, and with the UK/Swedish CR guy, Tariq. A few other people joined us and we had a lot of fun, I must say. We had our beers and suddenly one of the Norwegian girls arrived, Hanne, together with another girl and a guy. Sheridan and Rainer. I started talking to Rainer, a very good-looking guy :P
He told me that he is actually Finnish :) And I was sold... We spoke most of the evening from that moment. I had a great time. Micke and the other guys decided to leave for another pub and I decided to stay with Rainer to finish the beer I had and to join them after.
We ended up staying until they closed. And then we walked out and slowly away. He told me that he lived just around the corner and asked me if I wanted to come over for dinner on Saturday evening (yesterday). I was surprised, (very happy) and said yes. He kissed me on my cheek and we said goodbye.
And I walked away with a bigger smile on my face than I've had in a long long long time...
Yesterday I was sooo nervous. I didn't know if he was gonna actually ask me to come over or not. He had said that he would text me around 17.00-18.00 and I just thought that I would let him do that, but was nervous that he would have realized that I'm not really worth it...
He texted me :) and I bought a bottle of wine and went over there at 19.00.
He had made this incredible dinner. Monkfish with some kind of sauce, wrapped in bacon, put in the oven together with aubergine, onion and a few other vegetables, and together with saffron rice or something. It was like eating at an expensive restaurant... :) And we laughed, and we had so much fun. And time passed. I think that the time was suddenly over 04.00.
I stayed over and we had a great breakfast together, continuing to laugh and discuss and joke and what not. We have strange things in common but are very alike and different at the same time.
I left around 13.30 today. With an even bigger smile. He said that he wants to see me again. And I really hope that he does, because I sure wants to see him again. But who knows??
In any case, I haven't felt like this for a very very long time ever after a date. I'm a big smile, and I am scared to death to text him, what if I get a no? But also, I don't want to wait because he might think that I'm not interested...
I think I showed my interest clear enough. And also, I am not gonna do anything stupid or take anything for granted or jump into conclusions at this stage. It might have been a great first date, and that might be all there is to it. :) At least it will have made my day and I will remember this feeling for a long long time :)
Happy happy happy
He's nice. And my cats likes him :)
The week has been very busy, but I have been very efficient. :D
There has been a guy that I have been talking to a lot of chat for a few weeks now, I was gonna meet up with him on Friday to have a drink with him. He works at Apple, and we have worked together, but I haven't actually spoken to him face to face yet. He seems nice :)
But I had decided to bring Micke/Mikael to Francicsan Wells on Friday evening together with a few friends of mine so that he could experience a real Irish pub, and also, there are a lot of Apple people there.
He immediately got along with the Danish CR guy, Peter, and with the UK/Swedish CR guy, Tariq. A few other people joined us and we had a lot of fun, I must say. We had our beers and suddenly one of the Norwegian girls arrived, Hanne, together with another girl and a guy. Sheridan and Rainer. I started talking to Rainer, a very good-looking guy :P
He told me that he is actually Finnish :) And I was sold... We spoke most of the evening from that moment. I had a great time. Micke and the other guys decided to leave for another pub and I decided to stay with Rainer to finish the beer I had and to join them after.
We ended up staying until they closed. And then we walked out and slowly away. He told me that he lived just around the corner and asked me if I wanted to come over for dinner on Saturday evening (yesterday). I was surprised, (very happy) and said yes. He kissed me on my cheek and we said goodbye.
And I walked away with a bigger smile on my face than I've had in a long long long time...
Yesterday I was sooo nervous. I didn't know if he was gonna actually ask me to come over or not. He had said that he would text me around 17.00-18.00 and I just thought that I would let him do that, but was nervous that he would have realized that I'm not really worth it...
He texted me :) and I bought a bottle of wine and went over there at 19.00.
He had made this incredible dinner. Monkfish with some kind of sauce, wrapped in bacon, put in the oven together with aubergine, onion and a few other vegetables, and together with saffron rice or something. It was like eating at an expensive restaurant... :) And we laughed, and we had so much fun. And time passed. I think that the time was suddenly over 04.00.
I stayed over and we had a great breakfast together, continuing to laugh and discuss and joke and what not. We have strange things in common but are very alike and different at the same time.
I left around 13.30 today. With an even bigger smile. He said that he wants to see me again. And I really hope that he does, because I sure wants to see him again. But who knows??
In any case, I haven't felt like this for a very very long time ever after a date. I'm a big smile, and I am scared to death to text him, what if I get a no? But also, I don't want to wait because he might think that I'm not interested...
I think I showed my interest clear enough. And also, I am not gonna do anything stupid or take anything for granted or jump into conclusions at this stage. It might have been a great first date, and that might be all there is to it. :) At least it will have made my day and I will remember this feeling for a long long time :)
Happy happy happy
Weekend of surfing and !bathing! in Dingle, Ireland
I'm sorry I haven't updated my blogg for a while. I would love to say that I have been crazy busy (which I partially have been), but also, I have been so tired in the evenings and have been up to so many things.
Two weeks ago, I went to Dingle with two French colleagues, which was really really nice. We slept at a B&B and in the evening we went to a restaurant and then to a pub. It was the first time I ever saw a pub that was a shop during day and pub during night... You learn new things every day :)
In the morning, we went by the coast and took pictures, it was beautiful. I loved it. And then we went back towards Cork and stopped at Inch Beach where they were gonna surf. I had purchased a bikini in Dingle since I had decided that I wanted to take a swim while they were surfing. And I did!! :D
It was about 10 degress Celsius in the water, and about 16 degrees in the air. And beautiful big waves! I was happy! I have a photograph confirming this!
Was very very tired on Sunday evening when I came back home. And by the way, I was kind of flirting with Christophe, one of the French guys, he works in CR. He's really really nice. But I don't know. I'm a black hole when it comes to feelings...
The week passed and the weekend after I went out with Jessica. It was great! I met many of her Irish friends and we had a great time. I went with them to an after party after the pub closed. And I stayed there until 10.00 on Sunday morning. I stopped drinking by 01.00 and didn't smoke or anything, so when I got home I just got really really sick. It was awful. And I was supposed to go for a date with an Irish guy on Sunday afternoon.. I had to cancel that and sleep...
He understood ish.. :) and I went to work on Monday, knowing my new flatmate would arrive within a few days...coming from Sweden to start at Apple CR on Thursday. That was earlier this week.
Two weeks ago, I went to Dingle with two French colleagues, which was really really nice. We slept at a B&B and in the evening we went to a restaurant and then to a pub. It was the first time I ever saw a pub that was a shop during day and pub during night... You learn new things every day :)
In the morning, we went by the coast and took pictures, it was beautiful. I loved it. And then we went back towards Cork and stopped at Inch Beach where they were gonna surf. I had purchased a bikini in Dingle since I had decided that I wanted to take a swim while they were surfing. And I did!! :D
It was about 10 degress Celsius in the water, and about 16 degrees in the air. And beautiful big waves! I was happy! I have a photograph confirming this!
Was very very tired on Sunday evening when I came back home. And by the way, I was kind of flirting with Christophe, one of the French guys, he works in CR. He's really really nice. But I don't know. I'm a black hole when it comes to feelings...
The week passed and the weekend after I went out with Jessica. It was great! I met many of her Irish friends and we had a great time. I went with them to an after party after the pub closed. And I stayed there until 10.00 on Sunday morning. I stopped drinking by 01.00 and didn't smoke or anything, so when I got home I just got really really sick. It was awful. And I was supposed to go for a date with an Irish guy on Sunday afternoon.. I had to cancel that and sleep...
He understood ish.. :) and I went to work on Monday, knowing my new flatmate would arrive within a few days...coming from Sweden to start at Apple CR on Thursday. That was earlier this week.
