The Set Up

soooo last weekend i was at a party and out of nowhere, my friend Scott had an epiphany. he wanted to set me up on a date with his friend, Jon! well, why the hell not. it's been a while since i've been out on a date. Jon is 33, moved here 4 years ago from Fredericton, has a good job, owns a condo downtown and shares many of the same foodie/music/travel interests as me. bonus: he also used to own a Westie dog! we had been emailing back and forth quite a bit before the date so i was pleasantly surprised when we met up for drinks to learn that he's equally as charming/funny in person. refreshing: he sends emails/texts, several of them (not TOO many) and is very good at replying. we hit up 3 different pubs and spent about 5 hours together on our date. he's really easy to chat with and i immediately felt comfortable going into the date knowing that he is good friends with Scotty. i also like that he's not shy (probably an east coast thang). he offered to walk me home/get me a cab which was sweet, but i thought the walk would do me some good. he asked me to text him when i got home to let him know that i got home safely. it's funny because i've sort of given up assessing how a date goes, because sometimes i'm WAY off the mark. but in this case, he said a few times on the date how he was so glad that we had been set up and we even started to make a bucket list for the summer. he's invited me over for a bbq at his place on Sunday!