Interestingly enough

I have a...date? Yeah, I suppose that is probably the right word. I have a date tonight.

The situation is this: I was hanging out with Nate, Jesse, and Nate's brother Joe last night just playing board games and I received a text message at 12: 19 pm. My phone says I have a new text message from Kendra Martin. Kendra is a girl who is on Union Board with me. She is actually the chair of the special events committee, which is the committee in which I take part. I opened the text and read:

"Hey Kyle I was wondering if you arent busy tomorrow night if you wanted to grab some dinner?(I'll buy) I've been meaning to ask you all week but I kept forgetting to text you so I'm really sorry about it being this late! If not thats fine just let me know :)"

Now, a member of the opposite sex asking another to dinner does not always equate to a date. I am well aware of this. However, the only time I ever really see Kendra is at our weekly UB meetings or if I happen to run into her on campus. We don't really have a pre-established friendship of any kind, so it would not appear to be a "friend merely asking another friend to catch up over dinner" type of situation. I also considered it could be UB related. Perhaps she wants the committee to meet and do dinner. But she mentioned nothing about the committee or any one else coming along. Also, though it is only she, Ron, and I on our committee, I don't know why she would offer to pay for the entire committee's dinner. I did decline her offer to pay, due to old fashioned conventions. I hope that didn't put her off. Regardless though, it seems to me as if I have been "asked out".

So, we are having J. Gumbos at 6:30. I picked the time and place. Her response to my choices was: "I LOVE that place. 6:30 sounds good to me".

She's picking me up from Pickerl. This, too, conflicts with my conventions however, it makes the most sense. I asked her where I should pick her up and she said:

"Umm I live off campus so I would have to drive anyways I could just pick you up?"

I told her that would work perfectly. Her response to that was:

"Okie dokie sounds good to me see you tomorrow!"


Unless I am severely mistaken smiley emoticons and exclamation points typically denote a sense of excitement. Not necessarily romantic, but excitement to some degree. Also, one could choose whether or not he/or she wanted to read into the "Umm" as denoting...something. Tentativeness, flirtation...I don't feel confident making that judgement call.


Either way, she's a nice girl and I'm open to whatever this might be.
More on this to come.