Trip to boyfriend

My trip started lousy. First I slept longer than planned cause of a late flight I had to wait for, then after taking my cats out I had to go shopping because of delayed flights on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday lost my initiative to go shopping after work, and finally I got lost or miss turns 3 times. The first misstep was at the corner where I turn to get to the Interstate, road/corner was closed so I got lost driving around trying to find the Interstate in Rush Hour Traffic. Next due to construction on the Interstate and lousy signs, I miss my exit to head toward Muscatine. So I turned around in Ankeny (10 miles north of Des Moines), get off the correct exit better labeled, and head toward Muscatine. Now Muscatine is south of Davenport so when I saw a sign saying 30 to Davenport, I got out the directions Romeo gave me to find the hotel. I missed my exit and had to turn around. Finally get to the hotel and checked in, and I open the door to a woman in bed thinking I'm the maid. Go back to the desk. The couple were not assigned to that room in the computer. I took it the couple changed rooms and were still listed in the old room when the girl called the room. Girl takes $10 for the mix up and tries to find another hot tub suite for me. They don't have anymore hot tub suites so I get downgraded from a king size bed to 2 queen size beds knocking the prize down $16 instead of $10. it was right next to the intruded upon room so I could hear their TV blasting. At least I didn't walk in on them having sex.

Call Romeo on my cell phine and start eating my Long John Silvers. He calls up and I'm surprised he got there so fast. He takes me to meet his mother who shows old pictures of the family. She was very nice and chatty taking us around the house on the guided tour. A little small but not too crowded. Talking, I figured out I'm a lot like his Mom. His stepfather thought Romeo was weird when they first met because he would go to work and go home and go back to work. His girls are druggies and party animals so that was his "normal". The cat that is terrified of strangers climbed onto my lap. She must have smelled my cats and knew I was friendly. I also found out Romeo got a nickname as a kid when his former stepbrother referred to him as Bert from Sesame Street and the former stepbrother was Ernie. Other people I was introduced the next day all call him Bert.

He drove over to his friend's house and introduced me to his 2 guy friends and one guy's girlfriend living in the house. They were smoking on the porch. We went back to the hotel and he opened his birthday present. He liked his silver and gold watch, and a harness and retractable leash for his kitten Honey. It is easier to train a kitten than an old cat on these things. When I was in the middle of a story, he gave me my birthday present, a promise ring. He got a kiss on the cheek and I finished my story. He asked if I wanted to watch a movie. No, I wanted to go to bed. After I turned off the light, he got into the other queen size bed and took his shirt off. Early the next morning he says "Good Morning" and I fall back asleep. I wanted to go swimming since NO HOT TUB, but couldn't get up in time, and I missed the free continental breakfast. He got up at the same time as me and took a shower after me. I left a tip for the maid and stole the paper pad and pen. And we were off again.

I got the grand tour of Muscatine and walked down a trail on the river. I got tired so we turned back. I was introduced to kitten Honey, so sweet and soft. Romeo's apartment has very little furniture. His bed doesn't have sheets or pillowcase, single bed and boxsprings lying on the floor. TV with tall entertainment center right next to the bed along with a recliner next to the bed. The living room had a table and some hard chairs so we sat on the floor to play with Honey. We saw his stepfather leaving to go fishing and went over to his guys' friend house. We petted the shedding dog and soft gray cat. Later went to his father's apartment. Father promised to be clean-shaven and sober when meeting me. He was alseep and Romeo woke him up. He was so ashamed of his messy apartment I stood out in the hallway. We met at Dairy Queen. Romeo had not eaten all day and yet was not hungry. I ate like a pig and had leftover fish from Long John Silvers for lunch. Maybe it's all the Pepsi and water he's drinking. We went to see the Hairspray remake. He has never seen a musical before. We touched shoulders and arms at his mother's house, but nothing more so I was determined that he get his arm on my shoulder. I waited for the right moment as his arm was brushed up against my arm. When the girl sang how happy she was cause a cute guy touched her, I grabbed his hand and placed over my shoulders. He held out his other hand for me to hold. We held hands throughout the movie. FINALLY!

As we left he put his arm around my shoulder and took me back to his tiny apartment in the attic of a house with a hallway of steps leading to the door. We played with Honey again and he checked his messages. People at work wanted to meet me so I followed him to the store so I could leave afterwards. He grabbed my hand in the store and walked to the backroom. Met everybody working. Anyway, he guided the way out fo town and I went home. Precious and Frodo were so happy to see me. Post later. Bye!