Our Second Date

After having so much fun with Joshua, Taylor, and James I wasn't surprised when Joshua asked me out for another date.  We had it arranged for Tuesday September 23rd and I was secretly excited for it.  One thing I remember was that when I was with him or when I thought about him I was happy.  I wanted to be around him for this reason and that made me excited to go out with him.

Tuesday came soon enough and it was a good day.  There was a devotional earlier that day where Jeffrey R. Holland was able to speak to us and it was amazing.  Joshua came and picked me up around 6:30 or so and we were off.  He told me he was planning on doing tin foil/hobo dinners but didn't know a good place to do it.  I had no idea either and then he said we could just do it in the parking lot at Fat Cats (our theater, bowling alley, mini golfing, billiards place in Rexburg).  I was a bit surprised by that idea and didn't think it was a good idea at first because I wasn't sure it would be legal to have a fire in the middle of a parking lot.  I told him that but he assured me that he wasn't going to build a fire but had the stuff to just heat up the coals and then we would make the dinners that way.  Well, needless to say I trusted him and we were off to Fat Cats to do something there while we waited for it to get dark outside.  

We first did the mini golfing there and it was fun.  We were both surprised though by how small it was and how soon we finished the course.  Since we still had some time Joshua suggested we play billiards next.  I was down for it so we got the stuff for it and played a game or two.  I don't remember who was the better of the two of us at the game but I think I won at least once. :)  During the game I remember us talking about a lot of different things.  I found it easy to talk to him and it wasn't awkward at all.  Even the conversation we had about age differences still makes me laugh a bit.  I remember him telling me that he was good with marrying anyone between the ages of 15-30.  Good for him, I thought. ;)

After playing billiards we figured it was dark enough to start our dinners.  We parked the suburban in a more open area of the parking lot and Joshua got all the stuff out to make them.  He filled what he called a chimney with charcoal and put tons of lighter fluid on it.  He pulled out the matches and before he lit one off he asked if I wanted to do it.  I told him heck yeah! and then I proceeded to light the charcoal.  It took a while but we finally got the coals hot enough to cook the dinners on and while we waited we just sat in comfy camping chairs and talked.  While we talked I remember people driving by and giving us odd looks.  One particular guy went all out and just stared at us.  I laughed when I saw Joshua stare right back at him and give him a peculiar look as well.  It was pretty awesome. :)

After the dinner Joshua told me about a hammock he had in his suburban he wanted to try out, so he took it out and tied one end to the top of the suburban and the other end to a light post.  It worked great and we sat in it and kept on talking.  I could tell he wanted to hold my hand but I wasn't having it.  I kept my arms folded and didn't move a muscle.  When that didn't work he tried putting his arm around me but it was a bit uncomfortable for me just the way he did it.  Although that was the case, I didn't really help him get it comfortable so he took his arm away and we just kept sitting and talking.  Poor boy, I was no help at all.

After a bit we decided to pack up and head out.  I remember while we were packing up that we saw a huge bug and we didn't know what it was.  It looked like a mix between a massive cockroach and a june bug.  It was nasty.  I think we ended up kicking it away but it always made its way back to where we were.  I just remember thinking it was funny.  

Once we were done packing up he took me home and dropped me off.  We said good-bye and that was the end of it.  Not bad for our second date right? :)  Now, stay tuned for more to come!

Us on the date :)