Dear blkhwkdwn1:

What a lovely, delightful update! I am glad you told me about it sooner than later. I was a bit nervous reading about the steep climb up, but smiled at your joking around regarding her being your queen.

I liked the most, right when I read it, that when you told her that you had a stomach ache, that she responded with:  “you’re probably just nervous you’re seeing me and smiled”, and then, you “said that’s most likely it”- so she knows you. I like it, and she feels comfortable telling you what she knows. And then, you felt comfortable telling her that it is so. This means there is a wonderful sense of comfort between the two of you, in addition of course, to the nervousness causing your stomach ache.

That she put her makeup on before the hike, that means to me that she cares about looking good in your eyes. But again, the level of comfort I mentioned above is what impresses me most and I am delighted to read it in your post. Her sharing with you the latest developments in her life suggests to me that she feels comfortable with you and that she trusts you.

I hope Tuesday will be as good. You may be nervous then too, but it is safe for you to tell her that you are nervous. She made it safe by responding to you with that smile, letting you know that way that you are  okay in her book!

Regarding the older woman, I don’t know about that, be safe, I would suggest.

anita