- Signed: Matthew Hartman
- Filed under announcements , dating , relationships .
I guess while I have the opportunity and am thinking about it, I may as well let all of you in on a new "development" in my life. I have a rather solid history of really blowing these sorts of announcements so I have been trying to keep things a bit quiet to let things transpire and develop further, but since most of my family and closest friends know already... I have met someone up here, finally, that I can honestly see a future with.
Her name is Lu (yes, she is Chinese), she's 23 years old and is pursuing her Master's degree in chemical engineering at UND. We met about a week and a half ago and already we've been spending quite a bit of time together. We've been out on several "dates" and we even took a trip up to Winnipeg this past Sunday. It turned out to be a fun trip, as it wasn't just both of our's first time to Canada, but we also were able to spend all day together. Soon, I'm hoping to have some photos up in my photo gallery from our trip, so stay tuned for some new pictures there.
She's very nice, sweet, and in general, we seem to get along great. She is chinese, yes, but the language barrier isn't really an issue, at all. Most of the time I can understand what she's conveying - and likewise, she seems to understand english pretty well - so I don't find that I need to explain things to her very often, either.
The chemistry feels right and that's something that has severely lacked from other relationships I've pursued since I've lived here in Grand Forks. Don't get me wrong, I realize it's only been a week and a half... I don't want to get my hopes up too high on things truly working out between us, but the relationship we've built already has felt a lot different than those I've had over the past couple of years. It's very strange, as well, that over the past few days that there have been times where I have actually missed having her around. I haven't felt that way in so long that I'm not sure how to handle it. Should I just sit down and find something else to occupy my mind? Do I call her? It's probably been 6 years now, since I last felt this way about anyone.
Hopefully things work out... I'll keep you all informed on how everything goes!
Anyhow, I should get back to work. Hope all is well with everyone.
Take care!
Her name is Lu (yes, she is Chinese), she's 23 years old and is pursuing her Master's degree in chemical engineering at UND. We met about a week and a half ago and already we've been spending quite a bit of time together. We've been out on several "dates" and we even took a trip up to Winnipeg this past Sunday. It turned out to be a fun trip, as it wasn't just both of our's first time to Canada, but we also were able to spend all day together. Soon, I'm hoping to have some photos up in my photo gallery from our trip, so stay tuned for some new pictures there.
She's very nice, sweet, and in general, we seem to get along great. She is chinese, yes, but the language barrier isn't really an issue, at all. Most of the time I can understand what she's conveying - and likewise, she seems to understand english pretty well - so I don't find that I need to explain things to her very often, either.
The chemistry feels right and that's something that has severely lacked from other relationships I've pursued since I've lived here in Grand Forks. Don't get me wrong, I realize it's only been a week and a half... I don't want to get my hopes up too high on things truly working out between us, but the relationship we've built already has felt a lot different than those I've had over the past couple of years. It's very strange, as well, that over the past few days that there have been times where I have actually missed having her around. I haven't felt that way in so long that I'm not sure how to handle it. Should I just sit down and find something else to occupy my mind? Do I call her? It's probably been 6 years now, since I last felt this way about anyone.
Hopefully things work out... I'll keep you all informed on how everything goes!
Anyhow, I should get back to work. Hope all is well with everyone.
Take care!
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2 Comments
WeatherGal
August 31, 2006 at 9:54 AM
Hey, Matt... good for you! Relax and enjoy the fun of building a friendship, then the other stuff will fall into place.
Matthew Hartman
September 3, 2006 at 1:05 AM
Thanks Julie... Hopefully things will work out. We've already run into somewhat of a hurdle in our relationship, but I'm hoping we can both work together in getting through this rough patch. All relationships take effort and it seems we both want to go that extra mile to make things work - so that's a good start. We'll see how things go. Thanks again!