A/N: Pics & video are on the blog.
Today was a good day.
I got the okay to get my walking cast removed and now just had to wear an ankle brace, and then of course there was lunch with Mom.
She prodded me about the whole pizza non-date thing, and I let her know it went well. I told her a bit about the next time Bella came over, keeping many of the more intimate details of it to myself.
She squealed like a teenage girl meeting Justin Bieber when I told her that Bella said yes when I asked her out.
She started rambling on and on about dates and I needed to reel her in before she started planning a wedding and grandbabies.
Once I got her calmed down enough, I asked for her opinion about where I should take her for our date.
Mom told me to tell her about some of what I knew about Bella, so I told her about some of Bella's favorite books, musicians, her taste in food.
Mom agreed with me when I told her I saw Bella as someone who prefers laid back and casual to fancy and black tie. We talked over a few ideas, and that was when I remembered the ad I had seen in the paper a week ago. I knew as soon as I thought of it that it would be perfect for my date with Bella, especially since she was always humming those songs…at least I hoped it would be perfect.
After we finished eating, Mom insisted on taking me shopping for a few new outfits so I'd have something nice to wear for when I took Bella out. I knew it wasn't worth fighting her on it, so I just agreed to go along with it.
Two hours and three new outfits later, I was back at home. I saw some delivery boxes waiting for me, and after checking them to see just which thing it was that I had ordered, I repackaged the two dozen Happy Nappers that I had bought and left them next to the door so I could take them to UPS to return them the following day.
After settling in for the evening, I made the necessary calls to get the tickets I would need for my date with Bella, made arrangements with the restaurant I wanted to take her to, and then dove into some files from work that needed my attention before setting a reminder on my phone for the next day's appointment with Dr. Brandon and heading to bed for the night.