I still got it

So today I got home earlier than usual... It's the last day of term and I just wanted to get out of there. Made a pot of tea, got my little nest ready on the couch with some work and a variety of entertainments to procrastinate with... the take out Vietnamese place with the good curry would be open in an hour. Score.

I hear a knock at my door and I see a red jacket and think it's the post man. No... It's the British Red Cross canvassing my neighborhood. It's all good. I donate to the BRC--they do fabulous work. I figure I'll have a short chat, and get back to my tea and books. He starts his spiel and asks my name and when I answer, his face lights up... I'm American. He's delighted. He energetically tells me about how much he wants to live in America, how much he loved NYC, what he's studying, interspersing his exclamations with questions--peppering me with details about where I'm from, where I work, why I'm here, etc. etc. We're never going to get to the BRC, I think, but I didn't mind. He was sweet and adorable. Indian. And he's from the neighborhood I lived in a few years ago, so we chat about the local park, the good and bad streets, etc. It's nice. At the end of our 45 min conversation, he wanted to give me a hug... I held out my hand for a handshake, but he pulled me in anyway. It wasn't creepy--he was just sweet.

In a way it was so weird, but in a nice way. I'm not really used to being "a woman" I guess. Most of the guys I encounter don't seem at all interested in the fact that I'm a girl. At work, I try not to be too much of a woman to my 15 year old students for obvious reasons, co-workers are married or, co-workers (obvs, but yeh), friends are either just that--friends, or married...

It's been a while since I've gotten chatted up/asked out and especially at the convenience of my own home--hell, in my pjs! He was just shy of asking me out, saying he'd hopefully see me around. I don't think this means he's going to stalk my house, I think it was just wishful thinking, but it was nice to have someone look at me like I'm beautiful and be so excited to know me. It gives me hope that I will one day meet that special someone without having to resort to some sort of internet match making service which I defiantly ignore. :)

Hot damn! I still got it!