Head Over Heels

Infatuation is a dangerous thing.

It can make you do stupid things.
It can make you forget to do important things.
most importantly, it can cloud your judgment.

For the first time in a long time, I have completely and utter fallen for someone in a mere 3 days (more 2.5 really.) By fallen I mean I actually was happy, smiley, and giggly at work today. I only got mad at the phone twice.

THIS IS VERY UNLIKE ME.

Luckily, because I have a wide variety of friends, I have friends who stoke the fire, and also friends who throw water on it.

One of my friends gets excited with me. She becomes my "cheerleader". Egging me on to share pictures and stories and quotes and delve further in what my teenage years should have been.

One friend brings me down from my high. She warns me to keep my feet on the ground and my head on my shoulders and to never rush anything. She urges me to step away from the ledge of getting hurt.

Finding a happy balance in the crazy emotion that is the beginning of a crush (or of dating) is quite difficult.
You can't be too cynical. You mustn't let him know you are already expecting him to leave you high and dry.
But you also can't be too optimistic. If he realizes you have already picked out the kids name, he WILL leave you high and dry.


And then, thanks to this wonderful digital age we live in, there's the urge to text, im, email, call and all other forms of electronic communication that you really should take a break from.
Put the iPhone down.
Stop googling his name.
Don't lick that stamp (oh wait, this isn't the turn of the century...)
Quit making that mix CD he's gonna hate (no man likes female folk singers, seriously.)

Right now I just need to take a breath, see some friends with fire extinguishers, and do some quenching of the flame of desire.

Although, if you are lucky like me, the object of your affection will make it easy on you by skipping town for a week.


At least now I will have enough time to properly e-stalk him.