You say that the day just never arrives...

Oh. My. God.

Today started off as most Thursdays do for me. I get up, go to work, have a meeting where my coworkers and I rant against our manager, then go to lunch.

Well, Tom lives only 2 miles from the office, so, occasionally we'll go to his place and fire up the grill to make some hotdogs and burgers. Today, he decided, would be one of those days.

While there, all the guys (Tom, Mike, Chris, Puneet, KLM) were asking me about how I'm doing on the S. front. I tell them that I'm a coward, and I'm waiting for my balls to drop. Mike tells me that he's willing to bet that she won't ask me, so, I had better do so.

Well, Mike was wrong!

When I got back to my desk, there is an email there from her, asking if I wanted to go out for a drink this evening.

"Of course!" I reply

Nerves go into high gear at this point, and I am freaking out. I manage to do busy work the rest of the day until it's time to head over to the bar.

I meet her there at 5, the two of us sit on the side and start drinking and talking.

A friend of hers came in (drunk as all hell), we chatted with him for a while, then continued talking.

A musician came into the bar and started to play (very scary vocals). We continued talked.

SIX AND A HALF HOURS LATER we decided it was time to head out.

Awkward moment in the parking lot...we just ended up saying goodnight and I thanked her for the invite. She threw me an invite to come out with her again tomorrow (Friday).

I AM SO FREAKING HAPPY!

We never really talked about "us", but rather just about our lives, likes and dislikes. I don't really like this cat and mouse game, so, I think tomorrow I'm just going to cut through the crap and tell her point blank that I'm interested.

Sound like a good plan?