You Only Live Once, That's the Motto

First off, sincerest apologies to all my friends who have bugged me to update this blog. I have been a bit of hermit the last month or so and realized that you actually have to leave your house to date.

That said, my match account has been lagging and I’ve terribly ghosted on several date planning texts simply because I didn’t want to put on pants. The struggle is real.

Thankfully, my first date of the new year was brunch which prevented me from having the I’m-taking-a-month-off-from-drinking discussion day one. Apparently, guys will judge you for things like that. My date arrived early and snagged two open seats, which I appreciated in my ravenous state. He was well dressed and rocked a sleek hoodie with blazer combo that few men can actually pull off. Aside from his outfit, he was also better looking than his pictures and I felt none of the first date uncomfortableness.  

I’m a girl who enjoys a substantial meal so I was tempted to judge him based on his order (egg white omelette) seeing as I got the steak and eggs, even the food runner got them mixed up. Yes, I eat like a grown man. That aside, I found out he works out as often as I do (plus) even though his workouts don’t compete on the crossfit scale (what does?). We talked about our interests and I discovered that we not only shared a love of travel, but we actually shared the same professional field; I refrained from talking about work. I found out that he had also been to my future travel destination so I pressed him for suggestions.

I continued to assess the situation thinking that maybe he was giving off a bit of a gay vibe until I found out where he was from. Canada. Oh, you aren’t gay! You’re Canadian! Made total sense. Actually, I was really happy to find out that he not only wasn’t he gay, but he wasn’t American which makes my odd checklist. That also explained his penchant for international travel. I also learned that he hailed from Toronto so I was basically on a date with Drake (yes, both are black).

Our date lasted through a bulletproof coffee, 2 cups of tea, and countless glasses of water, which in drinks date terms would amount to 3? I took this as a sign of a good date. I thought Drake was as easy to talk to as he was on the eyes and we parted with the expectation of a date to follow. That brunch didn’t suck.