Speed dating.... On your mark, get set, GO!

Weeding through the emails has proven to be interesting..... I delete the ones I don't like immediately and answer the ones I do as I see fit.  I have given my "real" email address out a few times only to find out from an emailer that my ENTIRE name shows up.  Nice.  DUH!  So back and forth the emails go and eventually (if I like the email progression) lead to IMing.  I set up a dummy Yahoo account just for this reason.  To me it is the equivalent to online shopping and then pre-screening.  So after I shopped around for a little while and went through the vigorous pre-screening chats I agreed on meeting someone new.  Dinner?  Drinks?  Coffee shop?  Ummm, how about I give you 30 minutes....at the mall.  Sound bratty?  Good.  It's not like I'm going to the mall just to meet HIM for crying out loud!  I have things to do and need to multi task!  So me and my adopted Mexican son (LOL) start the day with some shopping.  It's nice to have LOL around because he 1. likes to shop;  2. doesn't complain that I want to go to Sephora;   3. always wants to have lunch afterwards.  Shopping - check!  Lunch - check!  All that's left now is "the big face to face".  I drag LOL along with me "just in case" and within seconds of meeting Mr. Adorable (YES!!!) I turn to LOL and say "okay, bye!".  Luckily, this does not offend LOL at all.  He's a good boy.  Mr. Adorable knows he only has my attention for 30 minutes and then I have to be somewhere else.  We sit on a bench in the middle of the mall and within minutes I am wishing I had allotted more than 30 minutes for him!!  Too late now!  Sidebar:  Mr. Adorable has on a black corded Tiffany necklace.  He knows about little blue boxes!!  DING!  TIME'S UP!  Mr. Adorable walks me to my car and we make plans for dinner.  Good thing I just bought a great new outfit with LOL and now don't have to worry about what to wear...... To be continued :)