Jay Black concert

Saturday night I went to see Jay Black (Jay and the Americans). I took Roberta who was the perfect one to go with, she was boppin' with me for every song. The picture was taken at dinner earlier in the evening.

It was kind of a Roberta weekend. Friday night we went out to dinner at the twice a year wine tasting event that is at local area restaurnts. This one was at one of our regular hangouts... The Soundview. We go there so often we've been calling it "the Club" because it's situated on a public golf course. While we often go there for drinks we rarely ever eat there. So the wine tasting was a nice treat.

I had asked Roberta to go to the concert earlier in the week so I already knew we would be going but I hesitated to call it a "date" since Roberta always wants to insist on us being "just friends". It seems I'm using a lot of quotes today. So as soon as we sat down at the table with Jamie and PC Mike she immediately brought up how much she was looking forward to our first date. One of the reasons I didn't really think I should say too much is theat PC Mike has had a huge crush on Roberta and I knew he would get all twisted out of shape, which even though he tried to hide it, he did.

And it also seemed like Roberta wanted to rub his nose in it. This was because he gave her some business about how she needs to more mature. He really wants her to be his girlfriend and his ego really isn't handling the rejection so great. That's really his problem, not mine.

I am really in the same boat as PC Mike since I like Roberta a lot too. The big difference is I don't really see her liking me that way so as always I just go with the flow. In that way I sort of envy Mike that he puts it right on the line. The thing is though that he can't ever let it go.

What's really making it tough is Roberta is really fun to be with. We had such a great time. Friday niight I probably had more wine than I should have, but in a fun way. I guess I was flirting with Roberta too. She's so different that Janet that way. I jsut love to be near her and I feel like she likes me to be attentive to her. Just only in a plantonic way. If we are out in a crowd we always need to find each other. It's like we just need that spark to light the flame and we just can't. It's very similar to how it is with Lisa a lot of the time.

So Saturday I went to pick Roberta up at her house ... like a real date. I half expected her to want to meet me somewhere so she could avoid that awkward moment at her door. So it was a great surprise to have to go to her house before and pick her up. To be honest it's been quite some time since I did that. In fact, the whole evening felt like something I hadn't done in a really long time. We shared dinner and made it to the concert in plenty of time. We shared some wine and sang and clapped for all the songs we knew. I could tell she was having a great time and so was I.

The concert was over 3 hours but it felt like it was less than an hour. I was a little sad to have to end the night. But it was close to midnight when we got back near Roberta's house and she wasn't really interested in going out for a nightcap. She did ask me if I was okay to drive home... which I countered with "are you inviting me in?" She just said  "that's not happening" ... which I knew. So I pulled into her drive way and got the usual peck of a kiss and she was gone in a flash. I left happy even if the date didn't have a "happy ending". Yes... once more with the quotes.

I doesn't look like I'll ever really feel that closeness that comes from a sexual relationship but it is nice to know I can go out on a date with some one and have a good time. I hope I never lose that.