Second date......take two;-)

So two weeks ago when my kiddos were with their dad my new friend and I were supposed to spend the day together, and unfortunately he was under the weather some....so we had to postpone our second date..... And today is the day and we are set to adventure! We are headed to Bannerman Island to take the boat over, and tour the island and castle, and I am really looking forward to it! It has been on my bucket list for awhile and he has also never been.....so sharing a new fun experience will make for a great day. I was hopeful for good weather, but I am sure it will still be amazing. They go rain or shine, unless the weather is too bad.....and I don't think today's forecast falls into that category....:) He is coming to pick me up, and we are headed there, and then coming back this way for dinner, tomorrow is my birthday, so all of it feels just perfect:) It keeps speaking to me that the time and space I have allowed myself to truly be ready to date....waiting for the ghosts of the past to go home.....giving myself time to grieve, and process, and find me.....like for real.....to learn my own song....and sing it to myself:) To spend tons of time loving me, and learning to make peace with all of my spaces....and finding a way to integrate it all into my new life....has been worth it and time well spent.......3.5 years worth..........early on I was presented with the potential of a relationship to jump into, and my intuitive sense held me back despite how much I liked him.....and my feelings.......knowing that jumping into anything was not the right thing for me then....and it still isn't......I have no desire to "jump" into anything lol:) I have a desire to allow the experiences that come into my experience, that feel right for me, unfold.....in their own time......their own space.....their own way....I have really examined so much of my beliefs around relationships....and it has all changed now......I believe we put too much pressure and expectation on relationships......expecting them to fulfill us, and deliver all of what we need..... and then when they don't.......it leads to disappointment, and a myriad of other feelings that are not pleasant.....and I think approaching it from the space of being enough.....having enough.....feeling enough in our own lives, and then meeting somebody that adds to that enough, is where real success and satisfaction can be found:) At least that is my theory;-) SO that is my plan......to just let this journey I am on with him unfold....naturally....and in its own way.....and time....and enjoy all of the adventures we plan.....we have a bucket list of things up ahead, things that we want to do with one another, and it is a lot of good and fun stuff, and for now that seems absolutely perfect to me:) More than enough.....As for today, let the adventure begin:)