So our date tonight ended at 11:15pm with me dropping her off at her place (and not going upstairs), but I actually feel much better about where things stand and pretty great in general.
I guess I assumed that with her having work today at 7:30am and class tomorrow at 10am, I'd be more likely to keep her out later and get down to business tonight than last night, but it turns out that she's much more amenable to blowing off work duties and actually takes this class thing pretty seriously, so tonight when she said she had to be home earlyish to get to sleep for class it turns out she actually meant it.
But, we had fun, we went to a comedy club and saw a pretty good act that we both enjoyed along with a couple drinks and then drove to another neighborhood to grab some food, settling on (lol) Johnny Rocket's for a grilled cheese sandwich and some chili cheese fries with a milkshake before taking her home. We made out for awhile in the car while I tried to soften her up into letting me come up, and...I dunno, I just feel like I can tell she likes me. The way our lips part softly when we kiss, the way we smile at each other, I just feel like I can feel something there that makes me feel like everything's gonna be ok.
And the way she talks about how she spends her free time, I'm pretty sure she's not dating anyone else since she has so many other commitments in her life. So I don't think we need to have any grand talks anytime soon...I'm enjoying the time I can spend with her, and for now that's fine.
I'm seeing her again next Saturday (specifically so that we can enjoy Sunday morning together
) and possibly squeezing in another "TV date" during the week. But yeah, I'm feeling pretty happy with things right now. Obviously I could be being incredibly naive and there's epic soulcrush potential coming....but, hopefully there won't be