42 M4F #NNJ Walking down W Englewood
You're walking down W. Englewood Ave on your way to Seoul Bite to pick up dinner for the family because you're a professional working mom with good taste who values her time and earns enough to afford herself the more convenient options. Your youngest is in Middle School already, next year you'll have one out of the house, and it strikes you that you've MADE it. Things are great, comfortable, stable, routine, and... bland.
In fact, they're not just bland... They're downright BORING af. You've worked your way to being exactly where you wanted to be at this point in your life, you're still gorgeous, and every minute on that Peloton shows from your knees to your neck. But now that you're here, and now that you're noticing that cute guy waiting for his order over by the front windows, you're sensing something just might actually be missing. In fact, he's not just cute; on that second secret glimpse, he's actually pretty handsome.
Suddenly a rush of memories from HS, camp, sem, and the first two years of college come flooding back into your imagination... You're remembering all the fun you used to have, all the secrets you used to keep, all the crazy things you tried, but then forgot about when you submitted to the grind, and to everyone else's expectations of you.
Got the itch again? Urges bubbling up? Thinking about maybe throwing in some spontaneity, and possibly trying something you never imagined you would ever do?
Well, you're in luck... Cuz that guy you thought didn't notice you were checking him out? Well, as you turned around after paying for your order, he says to you, "Hey, you dropped something..." You look down, and it's a receipt. You bend down to pick it up, and on the back is his name and phone number.
All the blood rushes from your head to your finger tips as you bite the corner of your full, luscious, bottom lip. But as you stand back up and look up from the receipt, the door is closing and he's gone.
You get back in the car, you dump the order on the passenger seat, whip out your phone, hold it in your left hand as you hold the receipt in the right... and you sit there for what seems like an eternity...
He's waiting to hear from you.