I must confess.  I picked a Sunday or Saturday delivery because I didn't feel like a $5 extra service charge was fair ( I mean they're making money hand over fist ).  Plus, and more importantly, a day early would be a surprise, although the whole idea of roses would be a surprise anyway.

When they did not get delivered Sunday, I was torn.  Do I mention it?  Or just wait til end of day today to bring it up?  And then today I was in a panic because I could not find any proof that I had actually sent flowers.  I ordered them at work and for some reason I closed that tab with order number in it.  I did have a marketing email from them but it was useless.

And then I checked my SPAM folder and there was the confirmation email.  And I checked the status and was told that the florists were too damn busy to be updating things and to check later.

I didn't need to.  I went to my FB page and there I saw photos of roses on her Wall.  Not quite sure they were the ones I sent, I counted the number.  Okay that matched.  Then I got a message from her.  She was happy.  I was happy.

She said I had made her day.

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When I got home tonight.  There was a card from her in my mailbox.  And a box.  In the box was a single silk rose.  Chocolate.  Lollipop.  A ceramic bear.  A stuffed puppy.  Strawberry Shower Gel.

I went to the gym.  Came back and watched The Social Network.  It sucked.  I wasn't expecting it to be my next movie because the last I checked it was listed as VERY LONG WAIT.  Alas there it was today.  So to maximize the amount of movies I watch, I popped it in tonight so I can mail it tomorrow and have another Thursday.  January I got 13 movies.

Just as it finished she called.  It was a short call.  So there we are.

First meeting EVAR is planned for May.  Nervous, not because I get nervous meeting new people anymore, but nervous in that, what if it goes well?  I mean things are moving along.  I've sent roses, albeit just 6, but still.  We've planned a cross country road trip in August.

I'd drive down to visit her this weekend except that it's 10 hours, that's why I went with Memorial Day weekend, that Monday is my travel back to my apartment day.  Although I'm thinking a half day on that Friday too.

When I first moved out here, I stayed at a Bed and Breakfast for 3 weeks til I found the apartment.  One of those weekends the owner told me that they had guests that weekend as courtesy so I wasn't parading around naked downstairs.  He said that they were a couple that were in a LDR.  She lived up north, he down south and this B&B was half way.

I thought that it was crazy.  But now.  I don't know.