Still Smiling

So I gave the guy (not my student, but the guy I'd been on a date with) from my "What they do, not what they say..." post a few weeks ago a second chance. We had a movie and dinner date last weekend. And yesterday, we spent the good part of the rainy day together. We had wanted to go hiking but decided on indoor activities instead. So, we went bowling. This was New England style bowling. I had never been candlepin bowling before - apparently this has been around since the 1880. It's like normal bowling, but with thinner pins and smaller balls without holes. In each frame you bowl three balls. It was hard to get the hang of and I was beat the first two games (in fact the first game I only got 22 points). My date made the observation that I seemed to do better when I was really following through with my throw; this proved to be completely correct once I started paying attention to it. By the last frame, I got a strike and then knocked all 10 pins down on the second ball of the extra frame. At the beginning, I was worried how it would all work out, but I would totally go again. We also had pizza at my favorite place and baked some awesome cookies (oatmeal with chocolate chips instead of raisins) at my place. It's going surprisingly well. And my prior comments about him can now be considered false. I think this will likely be the last time I blog about him. I just want to enjoy the moments.