Monday, August 18, 2008

Crush Redux

Guess I need to add another crush to the mix. This one is completely random. So, about 4 years ago, when I was living in Munich, I went to a work-related event and there were a bunch of Americans there, including a group of MBA students from a university in the South. One of the guys definitely caught my eye - he was tall, really cute, Southern gentleman, that whole thing. They were only in Germany for a few days, studying European business for their program. Being the gracious hostess that I am, I offered to show the guys around a bit. I took them out that night and then we met up again the following night too. I was getting along great with the one guy and thought for sure he kinda felt similarly about me...who knows. Turns out he had a girlfriend - I was ueber disappointed. Anyway - we kept in touch for a time, with e-mail. When I returned to the States, we continued to keep in contact a bit, talking on the phone a few times, mostly talking about job searching and such. He was interested in moving out to the west coast, and talked about Reno (why, I can't recall). Of course the girlfriend would be moving with him. Well, I heard from him out of the blue a few days ago. He sent me a friend request on LinkedIn and told me he had a job offer in Sac, and wanted my advice on places to live, etc. I was very excited but told myself, chill...the dude is probably married with kids by now. That's how my life works. I called him up yesterday and spoke with him for a while and it turns out he is not with anyone...yay! And it seems 99% sure that he's moving here. And I'm the only person he knows here. Yes! He'll be moving out here in a few weeks. I told him he could crash with me if he needed a temporary place and he seemed pretty interested in taking me up on that. Then we talked about him renting my room from me for a couple months, and I thought - sweet! Then after getting off the phone I realized, mmm, maybe not a good idea. If I want this guy to fall for me, he'd better not be too close for comfort right away - he'll just think of me as a buddy. I do not want to be just a buddy! Now I've got to convince one of my friends to take the guy in for a while, so I can tell him, oh, I found a way better and more convenient place for you to stay! Etc. I still think this is too good to be true. Hot guy I met in Germany 4 years ago all of sudden pops back into my life, is moving to my town, and is single?? No way. I suppose that stranger things have happened though. We'll see. Stay tuned. Sorry for the long paragraph!!