Monday 3/9

So Monday I went about my day trying not to think about or dinner plans with "A". I went to spin class and then piddled around to keep myself occupied. She lives about an hour away so we wanted to plan to leave at 3:30 to be sure we were there in plenty of time for 5:30 at Sizzler. I went over in my head how we would greet... what she would look like... etc. So we got ready and the phone rang at 3:30...it was her... my heart sank again. She just wanted to meet earlier of we could so we hopped in the car and I told I'd call her when we were there. The drive down was us trying to keep it lite.
We arrived at 4:45 I rang her to tell her we were in the parking lot and I got her VM. So we wait...she called quickly after and said give her 10 minutes. We sat staring at the parking lot entrance very intensely. And then I saw her... She caught my eye and gave a big grin and waved like we'd known each other years and Every muscle in my body relaxed. I had planned to shake her hand but as we walked towards her I reached out to hug her just as she did the same. She turned and warmly shook J's hand. They had never talked so that made sense.
She was taller than I'd imaged. 2 or 3 inched taller than me with soft warm skin and big brown eyes. She really didn't look too pregnant even though she was about 6 weeks away from her due date. She had a big t-shirt and jacket and just looked a bit round. She politely pushed me to order ahead and she in turn ordered the same thing. It was quite comfortable and we talked for about 2 hours. We had a nice talk about just stuff and then we began talking about the adoption aspect. It was good she brought it up. She's had this secret for so long that I perhaps once it comes out she may choose to parent. But after meeting her we truly want what is best for her regardless of what we want. And we left it at she would call us soon to set another time to talk or see her. She was starting her new job this week and getting her GED and has 3 children so her plate is quite full. But we really liked her and would be happy to have her in our 'family'.