We are renting a house in the mountains of NH with a couple of friends. My boyfriend will be doing a strenuous hike on New Year’s Day with the friends. I will be cooking a nice meal and drinking while they are hiking. I hike in the winter, but not in certain areas where the conditions are much more challenging. The house also has a hot tub!

Nice, have a great time for your birthday @Stonegypsy!

About to head out for a double date with my husband, my girlfriend, and her newest boy toy. Who knows what the night will bring!

@Copa doesn’t it suck when you’re excited about someone and things fizzle? Good luck with your new date 🙂

Things continue to go great with my coworker. He needs a better nickname… he plays the banjo so let’s go with Banjo. He got me a sweet Christmas gift. I had had a yankee swap gift exchange (where everyone brings something and there’s stealing of the gifts and whatnot). I had gotten the thing I wanted, but someone stole it from me in the game. So he surprised me a few days later with the same thing. I thought that was pretty thoughtful.

We’re both Americans living in Europe, so we both went home to our families in the states (different coasts) for the holidays. The night before I left he asked me if his parents asked about his love life, could he tell them about me. (I said of course.) So that’s like a baby relationship talk, I’d say. We were both gone for 2.5 weeks and we talked the entire time.

I just got back last night and he came over practically as soon as I landed 😀 We have some vague plans for some fun double dates with some of my friends and their SOs that’ll probably happen soon. It’s so nice to be in the beginning stages with someone and have no games or questions or anxiety. He’s very clear about his feelings and intentions. It just feels right.