that_one_girl04 , 21

Ben is on the far right. And 7th Ascent is his band. :D

So. I met up with him and his friend Chris a couple nights ago.

I was SO nervous. As I was driving down to Pepin, I kept thinking to myself.. "I can't believe I'm doing this." haha I was driving an hour and 15 minutes to go meet this guy that I barely know.. alone.. at night.. haha Kinda crazy.

But really.. I didn't wanna wait another 2 months (when he moves to Red Wing) to meet him, so I decided to just do it.

And I actually had a really good time. They're both great guys. We had fun. We just sat outside for a while and talked. They played their guitars (<3) and we played some cards.

It was so weird seeing him, though. I had only ever seen him in pictures, so seeing him in person was like.. "omg, he does exist and he IS that gorgeous." haha he's so hot.. not gonna lie. But honestly, what makes him even more attractive is he's a sweetheart and he's smart and funny and just adorable. :]

I really wanna see him again. So.. I'm hoping maybe next week? He works nights, so we kind of have oppoiste schedules most days. We still text quite a bit though. And he has mondays and tuesdays off, and I have those two days off next week. :D so yeah.

Anyway.. I don't really know what I'm doing today. Me and some friends are going out to Valentinos night club tonight. So hopefully that'll be a good time.

I will ttyl!

<3 kaitlin

So. Exciting news. haha I'm gonna go hang out with Ben and his friend Chris tonight. :D

I'm SO excited.. but nervous. eeee! haha

Anyway... yeah, we've been talking. A lot. Like, pretty much consistently since yesterday morning. All via text message, but hey. It's been fun. He's cool to talk to.

And Lyle.. well, he texted me like a week ago? something like that. And stupidly... even though I said I wouldn't... I responded to him. And guess what? No freakin response.

Then he texted me yet again a couple days later. And whenever he does this, it's only one word like "hey" or something.

But this time I didn't text him back. I'm so sick of him doing that. It's like, if you wanna talk to me, then actually talk to me. I honestly think he's just looking for attention and it's stupid. So yeah, I didn't respond and I haven't heard anything since then. I hope it stays that way.

So, anyway, I don't know what time I'm gonna hang out with Ben and Chris. I'm going down to Pepin, WI, which is a really small town. Chris' family has a cabin there so we're just gonna chill out.

Blahhh I'm gonna go now.

TTYL!

<3 kaitlin

Hi, it's me again. :D

I decided to text Lyle back yesterday. Don't ask me why. haha I dunno, for some stupid reason, every time he tries to contact me, I keep thinking... maybe he's serious this time.

But no. He never is. And apparently that still hasn't changed, cause... I'm still waiting for a response from him.

He is just delightful, isn't he? psh. Yeah. So.. that's it. I'm done responding to him. This is ridiculous.

Anyway. Yeah... Ben.. haha He's amazing. He plays bass in a band called 7th Ascent. They've been playing gigs and stuff in the cities and have even been recording, so that's awesome. I'm really excited for him. :]

He just says the sweetest things and he's so adorable. haha I'm totally in that "crush" stage where I'm all butterflies and gushy about him. haha I can't help it.

He texted me a few days ago saying: "it's a bit of a drive, but I think it'd be cool if we could chill a bunch once I move out there [to Red Wing]."

aw. :D and he also asked how far away I live from the twin cities. And it kind of depends, but I'm about a half hour away from Minneapolis. And he said I should hang out with the band sometime. haha I'm like.. um hell yeah. That'd be awesome.

K, so I have to go get ready for work. 10 to 4 today, so only 6 hours. Not too bad.

I will talk to you later!

<3 kaitlin

Haaayy! :]

I know it's been like a million years since I last updated. haha Ok.. like.. 2 weeks? but whatever. I actually feel like I have a lot to talk about, so this could be a long entry.

I guess I'll start with the South Dakota trip.

We left Thursday night, camped in Siox Falls, SD, and then drove to Rapid City the next day. That night kinda sucked cause we slept in the back of the SUV. ha. not comfortable. I was so tired the next day. blahhh. But we stayed in a hotel in Rapid City the rest of the time, so that was nice. We saw Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse, and we also went to Bear Country, which is cool. It's like this park you drive through where there are animals just meandering about. They had elk, wolves, bears, goats... I think that's it. haha

We also drove through the black hills a lot, which was cool. It's so pretty up there. We drove up to Deadwood. It's like this old-fashinoed western town. It's small, but it is pretty much made up of bar/restaurants and casinos.

Overall.. I mean, it wasn't the most exciting trip I've ever been on. haha But it was cool to see everything. We got back monday evening.

I've been working ever since then. ugh. Tuesday until today.. and tomorrow.. I've been working every day. It suckssss. But, I guess the money will be worth it.

So. Anyway. I have a new boy in my life. haha

His name is Ben, and he seems pretty amazing. He's really cute and sweet. And one thing I really love about him... he's actually really smart. haha I mean, not like "book smart" but he's easy to talk to, and he can hold a good conversation. Which, in my experience, is kinda hard to find in guys my age. haha

But anyway. He's 21, and right now he lives in Faribault, MN which is about an hour away. But he's moving to Red Wing, MN for school later this summer, which is a lot closer. Probably about a half hour away.

I started talking to him a while back, like early January, on OkCupid (same site I started talking to Lyle). We added eachother on facebook, and I found out a few weeks later he was going out with someone. And i wasn't like heartbroken or anything. I honestly didn't know if he and I would ever really go anywhere. At the time, he lived in Mankato, which is like.. a little over an hour away from me. But then, I was checking my email when we were out in South Dakota, and I had a message from him! :D haha Random, but I was excited. haha So I decided to be a little bold, and I gave him my number. He messaged me back later and gave me his, too. I debated, but I decided to text him just cause I really wanted to talk to him... and the rest is history. haha He's been such a sweetheart. I might even go hang out with him next week. eeee! haha I'm so exicited.. and nervous... it's just, after everything Lyle has put me through (and still kind of is.. I'll get ot that... ) I'm kind of scared to try again. But at the same time, Ben is so different.. it's refreshing and I love it.

Anyway. I don't wanna get my hopes up to high and get ahead of myself. I'm just really happy that we're talking now and something really good could be in formation. :]

Anyway. Lyle. Yeah...

He texted me randomly a couple days ago RIGHT before I had to work. And the whole time, I debated whether or not I should text him back. I really didn't want to. I know how it works with him. He'll text me, and we'll exchange one or two messages and then he'll just stop responding. And then I won't hear from him for another couple days, maybe weeks. He's so fricken weird. So.. I did text him back, but it was like 5 hours later. And then guess what? He never responded.

But.. about 2 minutes ago, I just got a text from him saying "what's up?". UGHH. can he just go away? I mean, seriously.... He's ridiculous. He treated me like crap, continues to do so, and thinks he can just pop in and out whenever he feels like it. It's so stupid. It just frustrates me, cause it's like, if he wants to be in my life, that's fine. But thus far, he's been a pretty shitty friend if you ask me. I wish he'd either just let me go, or actually put some effort into being my friend. It's just not fair what he's doing.

So I don't know if I feel like responding. I don't even know what to say to him. =/

Ok. I'll be done now. haha

I hope you're all having a good weekend!

<3 kaitlin

Heya.

I'm watching/listening to Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. Well, I've been trying to, but my dad keeps talking to me. o__o

Apparently we're going to South Dakota this weekend. Random. haha He decided he wanted us to take a road trip somewhere. At first he was thinking Colorado, but now it's South Dakota. We're gonna stay in Rapid City. Sooo.. hopefully that'll be fun. And hopefully my dad doesn't drive me crazy. haha Ahh well. I love traveling. I really haven't gone anywhere since we went to Arizona about a year and a half ago.

Anyway, I'm gonna cut this short.. just wanted to throw out a little update. :]

I'll ttyl!

<3 kaitlin