Everwhere is walking distance if you have the time

[ClingingToHope]

The situation may be taking care of itself anyway. On Monday and Tuesday, while I was out of town, we exchanged a number of steamy texts.

I had to delete them when I got back in case my daughters picked up my phone.

It was fun and I was looking forward to seeing her tonight. Last week, we'd set tonight as a date.

On Wednesday, we texted a couple of times. On Thursday, I asked her when should I pick her up Saturday.

She responded she couldn't go out. A friend was coming into town unexpectedly.

I asked if she wanted to do something Sunday. She said sure, I asked if 4 p.m. was a good time. She said she was going to check and get back to me.

This was Thursday night and I haven't heard from her since. I've texted a couple of times and called. No response.

This is the same woman who I was going to see in October and she disappeared -- in terms of contact -- until mid December. So there's a history here.

The funny thing has been my feelings about the whole thing. It's almost like that angel on one shoulder versus the devil on the other.

On the one hand, something about the relationship didn't feel quite right. I can't say exactly what and maybe that feeling would/will go away when/if we see each other more.

On the other hand, it was comfortable to know or feel I had a partner in crime. I was thinking of fun places to go this summer, things to do. She'd been out with my friends a couple of times already and they liked her.

There's really not much I can do about it so I'm trying to just let things be. I'm meeting a friend out tonight anyway.

Tomorrow, I will text in the morning and if I don't here from her I will call in the afternoon. If 4 p.m. comes and goes and I don't hear from her I'll do what I did in October -- send her a message saying I'm not sure what's going on, but if she wants to get in touch with me she has my number.

That book I read a few months ago -- Microtrends -- had a section in it about dating. It said the average number of relationships started online before finding the right person is 10. DHU-41 is No. 4. I've got a few more of these to go I guess.