Sorry for the delay. I had to take care of some shit.
Here's how my date (and the events that led up to it) went last night with the 21 y/o hipster girl.
>So I had matched with this girl on Tinder way back in late November
>We chatted for about a week and then she totally disappeared
>Then Thanksgiving week came around and out of the blue she texts me back saying that she had gotten really busy with work and she was really sorry about not getting back to me sooner.
>So, we text each other some more on and on off. She seems really cool and friendly but her work schedule seemed to be putting a dampener on things.
>This week comes around and I try to arrange a date on Friday.
>She seemed eager for it.
>Then Friday comes around and then things become really iffy. (Shark Johnson can testify to this)
>Apparently she had to take over for another co-worker's shift or something. So she was going to working later than usual on Friday.
>So I thought. Fuck it. She lives in Boone (a 2 hour & 30 minute Drive from Greenville, SC). I'll go ahead and risk a drive to Asheville, NC (which is about an hour and 30 minute drive from Boone), chill out there and get some top quality food at this place called Farm Burger (Farm to Table type of place), and wait for her to confirm whether or not should could meet me that night.
>So I drive up to Asheville. Got a speeding ticket on my way up there for driving 85mph in 55mph zone. It was dark and I zoomed right past a cop car like a dumb ass.

>Anyways, I get up to Asheville and have my food.
>I was having a text conversation with Shark in the meantime. Both of us were wondering if I should just ghost on her (by sending her a Patrick Swayze pic from the movie Ghost and blocking her number.

) and move on because she wasn't giving me any surefire answers on whether or not I should come up.
>10pm rolls around as I'm finishing up my late dinner and I finally get a text from her saying that she would be done with work after 11:30pm because she had to close up.
>I basically gambled on that text being a sign that she would be able to meet me somewhere in Boone. So, I run to my car, hop in, and book it to Boone as fast as possible.
>Around 11pm I get another text from here saying that She knew it was a bit of a drive from Asheville to Boone and that I didn't need to get up there tonight if I didn't want to.
>I texted her back (pulled off to the side of the road. didn't want to get another ticket for texting and driving.

) and told her that I was only 45 miles away, it wasn't that far from me, and that I was willing to see this through since I was that close.

> It's already nearing midnight and I get another text from her: "Oh! Have you started the trip?"
Me: "Haha. Yep. I'm only 20 miles away now. I promise I'll keep my stay as brief as possible."
>She tells me how she's going to be a bit of a zombie from work and that I wouldn't be getting her at 100% but I told her no problem. My stoner friends say I'm very easy to talk to so take that as you will.
>I arrive at Boone and it's 12:30am. It's really fucking cold up there. There was even some snow on the ground.
>I go to the designated spot. The Boone Saloon since it was open late.

>I'm there for about 30 minutes. Listening to this loud as fuck live band that was playing there and nursing a beer. They thankfully wrapped up after those 30 minutes.
>She comes in around 1:15am. I can't tell you how happy I was to see her. I was grinning ear to ear.
>We talk about all sorts of shit. Design, Anthropology, Marketing, World Travel, Ancient Civilizations, Latin America, Hieroglyphics, Linguistics, etc. Definitely the intellectual/academic type which I like.
>We both have a lot of fundamental things in common and it turns out she is not religious (I thought she was based off of how she texted me by not really swearing). She was though in the past just like me so we have that in common (she was even a youth group worship leader at some point).
>The bar closed around 2am but I got to talk to her for a good 45 to 50 minutes. We walked outside to our cars. She seemed eager to meet up again but she said was going to be fairly busy with work in December and possibly going to California for a bit to visit with some family.
>Told her thank you for making it out that night.
>We bear hugged each other goodbye. Her warm little body against mine in the freezing cold felt so good.

>And then I drove back home. Got back around 5am.
I haven't texted her back anything yet but I plan to text/chat with her some more later tomorrow.
Hopefully I can keep the fire burning with her because I could really see myself getting into a long term relationship with this girl.