I went on a hike this morning. I had a really good time. We had an interesting group of people from seniors to a family with a teen aged boy. I did think a bit about Lidia and how easy this hike would have been for her and that she had always wanted me to hike with her.

We split into 2 groups with the majority of people going on a strenuous hike up Elephant hill. My group went on a much easier and shorter hike. I think I met a new friend. In our group was a woman named Elaine. We spent a lot of time talking on the hike and I felt pretty comfortable with her. She's also in the tech field. She does programming on People Soft for Petsmart.

While physically, she's not exactly my type, I decided to ask her out anyway because I think we could have fun. I noticed I do have a tendency to project a new relationship out in the future. Our main difference is that she doesn't eat much meat and she isn't big on watching TV. That's 2 of my favorite activities. I realized that thinking that way is something that I don't want to use to hold me back from going out with someone. I actually had to tell myself. "It's just a fucking date, I don't have to marry her or move in with her. Dating is for getting to know someone and not for getting to know your bride!"

I asked her out to dinner for this next Saturday. It's my only free day coming up next week.
I am going to a singles board game event on Friday and the a singles Oscar event Sunday evening. This is going to be a busy week.