It's Tuesday morning and I am on my way to work. I am very thankful to have such a wonderful job since most people aren't that lucky. I am a chef at one of the two, five star restaurants in town. Most of the time I am there on weekdays, but like most people, I have to work the occasional weekend, but I love my job. Ever since I was a little kid I wanted to be a chef. I loved helping my mom in the kitchen and would watch cooking shows every chance I could. My specialty is deserts.
I finally reach my destination which is a forty-five minute drive from my house. I hop out of my most prized possession which is my 2002 Hummer. Not your typical girl car I know, but I have always loved mud riding with my two brothers as well as past boyfriends. I have only had it for nine months and thus far she has lived up to all of my expectations! It has a custom paint job, white and pink of course, not to mention the best system money could buy with all the extras.
Like I said, it is my prized possession, my 'baby'! Well, enough about my baby and off to work. This day happened to be a really strange day. Unusual things were happening today, things I just couldn't control, small things that just made the day crazy.
I can usually be found at the gym right after work except on weekends with the exception of Sunday. Today was definitely a day for a work out and then after the gym a nice soak in the hot tub at home. To go out for drinks or something tonight would be great. After my workout I change my clothes and head for home. On the way I hear my cell phone ringing and fumble for my purse.
When I answer it I am shocked to hear Robert's voice on the other end asking what my plans were for tonight. See what I mean about weird things happening today? I tell him that I just finished my workout at the gym and tell him that I am on my way home to soak in the hot tub; other than that I have no other commitments for the evening and ask if he would like to go out for drinks or something. He says to me laughing, "This has got to stop, you always asking me first I mean." I giggle and say, "I am very sorry, was there something you were going to ask me?"
"Well yes as a matter of fact there was, would you like to join me for dinner and a few drinks? Surely you haven't eaten dinner yet." By now we are both laughing about the incident and I tell him, "I would love to join you for dinner and drinks, where might we be going?"
He tells me that it is lady's choice, but I persuade him other wise and tell him that if he is taking me anywhere that he must choose or I will be dining alone.
He reminds me that he has no idea where I live so I give him the directions and ask what time I should be ready. He tells me that he will be by at around seven so that leaves me a mere two and a half hours to get ready. Meanwhile back at my house I get to soak in the hot tub for a few minutes before I have to start getting ready to go. My mind drifts off to thoughts of Robert and the night that lay ahead of me and suddenly I am looking forward to our evening together.
He arrives at my door ten minutes early which is very unusual for the guys that I have dated. Most tend to range from fashionably late to, 'sorry, I totally lost track of time'. So his eagerness to see me has made an even bigger impression on me than the one I had already gotten from the great morning I spent with him lying on the beach cradled in his arms. He is really such a gentleman, well rounded, sincere, very polite, the kind of guy you would be proud to take home to mom, and he has these strikingly handsome features to go with the awesome personality.
On our way out the door I grab my purse and my shirt to cover my some what skimpy top that I was wearing. When we get out to his car I looked a little puzzled and he asks, "Is there something wrong?"
"No, it's just I thought you drove a truck? The one you met me at the beach in that Saturday morning after our night at the club, which I thought was a great truck!" I guess I have a thing about trucks. The one he had drove that morning to the beach was about a 1998 Dodge Ram with around a six inch lift kit, royal blue paint job, and roll bars; it was just an all out 'bad ass' truck that I truly admired! But his response amazed me.
"Well, I thought that if you were dressed in any way like you were the night we met then I didn't think that you would feel up to crawling in a big truck, besides most girls I have dated would rather ride in my car."
This car that he showed up in was very nice I must say, a fairly new BMW Roadster. I complimented him on it because it was a lovely shade of baby blue and it was nice, I must say. I guess I am just a true truck girl. Sometimes I feel like I should have been raised on the farm with pigs, cows, and chickens or something like that.
I have rode horses, which I love by the way, but have never really been to the country. He tells me that his truck is what he drives most of the time, but that when he first got the truck girls had a hard time getting in while wearing short mini skirts like the one I was wearing when we met.
I guess I am just a sucker for those sweet guys. I asked him if his favorite color might be blue, and with one of those sexy little grins he replied, "Why, yes how did you ever guess?"
"Oh, just a hunch." As I flash him a sexy grin of my own. He smiles back at me and he has the most amazing smile. I don't know why I hadn't noticed it before tonight. I did however notice his eyes when we danced and they have got to be the most beautiful shade of crystal blue I had ever seen before.
I think what I liked most about this excitingly handsome man was that he had such a gentleness about him. In this day and age it is hard to find a man who still opens doors, and pulls chairs out for the lady he is with. He even stood as I excused myself to the little girl's room once we got settled at the restaurant.
All of this reminded me of the stories my grandmother would tell me about the time she first met my grandfather. She would tell me all these stories and would always talk about what a gentleman he was and how even at the ripe old age of sixty-two years old he would still hold the door for her no matter where they were.
I guess I am a little old fashioned when it comes to guys, maybe that is why I still have not settled down; that and the fact that my job is sometimes a little more demanding than people might think. Besides it is going to take a very strong man to be able to put up with me for the rest of my life that's for sure!