You know how certain things bring back memories?

Last night we decided to order appetizers from Chili's. We usually get the sample tray where you can choose three of your favorites. We didn't have a babysitter so we just fed the boys something else and then when they went to bed we ordered and I went and picked it up. It totally brought back memories of our second date.

For our first date Mike took me to the Bombay House, a fabulous Indian restaurant on University Avenue in Provo. He ended up spending like $40. I was used to being taken out by cheap college boys so I was pretty surprised that he spent so much on dinner. And the truth is, that date was a nice date but didn't produce any feelings of love or tenderness. I don't think it even really produced any feelings of dating interest either, for that matter. But it was a nice date and I did go away thinking he was a very nice guy and that the food and conversation were great and hoping that I had made the night worth that $40 he plunked down at dinner. I am pretty sure I am not alone in my feelings of this first date. Unless Mike is just protecting his ego, I think he felt the same, nice date but no real sparks.

Our second date was a lot of fun, more relaxed, and more uncomfortable at the same time. Mike and his friend Kirk looked up all these random languages and wrote them on pieces of paper and when they picked my roommate and I up they made us choose one of the languages out of a bag. I got some weird language I'd never even heard the name of before and I think Mike got English. He has all the luck. Then they told us we had to call a specific restaurant and order and appetizer in that language. So we all did our little ordering and then we went and drove to each place to pick up our appetizer. I can't remember everywhere we got stuff but I think three of them were Outback, TGI Friday's, and Chili's. Then we went to Residence Inn where Kirk worked and got to use the breakfast room to ourselves and just ate and talked. It was fun.

The uncomfortable part, aside from having to order in some funky language, was that later in the night Mike found some weaselly way of putting his arms around me with the pretence of trying to reach something. Even though it was supposed to be all smooth and sneaky, I totally knew what he was trying to do. I was not very comfortable with physical affection with someone I wasn't dating and that was just so bold to me. But those Richards boys....