who's doug?!

ok, here's what all of my (3) loyal readers want to know. who the heck is doug?! doug is a guy i met through work 5 or 6 years ago. he works for a broker dealer in ohio and we sponsored their conferences (we sponsored tons of those things for all kinds of broker dealers). this particular conference was always held in new jersey. i got to go to this conference every year and i think the first year i went was in 03...maybe 04. in any case, it was always my favorite b/c the reps were all so much fun. everyone partied til all hours, drank way too much, and were mostly loud, obnoxiously awesome long island and nj guys. who all loved me :) well, hey, i made them tons of money and what's not to love about me?! so doug was one of these guys...but unlike the majority of the reps, he was from ohio. we hit it off and would hang out every year.

we would talk off and on and sometimes randomly and also emailed throughout the years. a few weeks ago we were texting back and forth normal random stuff and then he says something totally in context and at the bottom puts "and don't fall in love with me!" wait, what?! so now we laugh about that... but i'd be lying if i told you i didn't like him like that... he's 35 and never has a girlfriend...not sure why...or maybe he does sometimes as he'll disappear for a month or two and then pop back up...but i think that's more that he's just busy networking and traveling and such. he told me that his parents had been married over 50 years so it's not that he's afraid of a broken home or something dumb... anyways... now that he's said that it's kind of a challenge. and you guys should check out his gorgeous eyes. i'm such a sucker for pretty blue eyes. ok, back to the story: then, when i moved here, he came to visit some clients and we went out for drinks. we had a blast, he kinda spent the night, almost missed his flight home and that was that. he's a cool guy in that he has a passion for travel and has been more places than i have which i'm quite jealous of! in any case, we just have fun. we've talked about going to fl or ca since he has a conference down there in san diego now - (he's switched broker dealers and his is now based in ca) and he has clients in fl. we haven't gotten around to those yet, but who knows... in any case, he had to come out here last week for a meeting and so he stayed with me this time instead of booking a hotel we both knew he wouldn't stay in...

he drove in on tues night and i met up with him after the movie in the park (psycho). we went for a drink with kyle and katie and then we went up to wrigleyville to meet up with a couple of his friends (roddy and sam) who were in town too. drank at a couple of those bars and then headed back to my place. the next day, he got up and went to his meeting and i went to the beach with his two buddies. after awhile at the beach, we went up to castaways and had some lunch and an afternoon of drinking. once doug's meeting was over, he came and met us at castaways. we then went back to my place, got ready and went to barleycorn's and ultimately the cubs game which is what you read about in the other post. and then on thursday morning, he had to get up early and head home after an awesome night so that he could get back in the office in time to finish up a few things. so since then, we've continued our texts and whatnot. who knows, but it was fun! and i'm hoping he'll have to come back out here sometime soon :)

yeah, you guys saw this one in the last post, but i don't have any other pics and i like this one. i never took pics at conferences b/c that would have just been weird...