5 Amazing Days in the City

Its been awhile since I posted, because Cali guy came to visit for 5 days. I picked him up from the airport at 5 am on Thursday. I was slightly nervous because we haven't seen each other since January 1, and I was wondering if it was going to be awkward. We started Thursday morning with breakfast at a diner in my neighborhood and a complimentary HIV test at the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in the ghetto of Brooklyn. Although I was sure of my negative status, I wanted him to confirm for me, so he agreed to the ghetto trip and we spent Thursday morning in the waiting room for the 20 minute test. We were one of the first people standing in line. We laughed and joked the whole time we were in the waiting room, which may have seemed pretty annoying to all the people who were stressed out about their results.

After we confirmed negative statuses, we met his brother at his apartment in Manhattan and had dinner in the East Village. The next day we met his brother again and went to see a friend in a play and then headed to some bars in the East Village. When Saturday came around, we visited Coney Island and spent some time hanging out in his brother's apartment and then went to see a Socal band called the Leperkhanz in Times Square. It was one of the best Irish pub bands I have ever seen. On Sunday we had breakfast in Manhattan and spent some time at the Met and Cali guy made dinner for his brother and I (Enchiladas and Spanish rice) while his brother made guacamole and margaritas. He left today, but we spent the morning eating the best pizza in Brooklyn and spent some time in Chinatown getting last minute souveniers for his friends.

In short, we had an amazing time--we laughed, we talked, we had so much fun. It seemed as if his high maintenance and pretentious brother liked me which is a high compliment because he generally thinks he's too good for anyone. Cali guy said he can see us having a long relationship together but and at this point, its too early to really feel like that needs to happen. We agreed on the status of where this was going, and we seem to be on the same page about everything. When we were dancing together in the Irish pub, I had this thought and I saw him in my future. Of course we are taking everything one day at a time and it seems to be working so far. I'm going to see him again in May when I go home. That was my week.