Haircut from a Mormon

Back in December I was out food adventuring with Tyler and Gina. We went to a food truck event that was by downtown Tucson. It was a we bit chilly, but as an adventure goes, totally worth it!

*I secretly, or not so secretly, would love to food truck it. When I was fourteen I went back to Ohio for the summer and I got to work with my cousin at a portable doughnut stand they owned at different fairs around Lima. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN! Apparently I loved cooking and talking to people then too, because I would totally love doing something like that again!*

Now back to the story, we had fun, we tried some different foods and ended up standing by a Cuban sandwich truck munchin' on the Cuban we just bought. Talking about it like we were flavor experts (which is something we always do together, so warning to whoever may come out with T&G and myself for food, we dissect and talk about food like you can't believe :) Anywho... while standing by said truck, there was a guy who was eating a popsicle (and yes, it was CHILLY outside, yet there was an homemade popsicle vendor out and people were eating them!) that we randomly started talking to, his name was Andy.

I don't remember who started the conversation, but the four of us ended up talking for a bit... I remember us talking about Cuban sandwiches and who made better/worse ones than the food truck in town. We talked about the popsicle he was eating, which was some tart berry one (I personally would have gone for the spicy chocolate fudge one :) and I'm sure I said he was crazy for eating it in the cold. It was a friendly enough conversation, but soon enough we started to all get cold and decided to move around, heading our different ways for more food tasting. So we said our byes and nice to meet you's. By the time we were done talking, he had turned into the cute guy with pretty eyes that seemed to smile whenever we made eye contact.

T&G and I moved on and ended up by the BBQ truck. Then Andy popped back over from where he had gone and we all started talking some more. We all talked about what we do and where we're from. We found out he was from the same town Tyler is from; Andy is a few years older so, no they didn't know any of the same people. We asked if he knew any Mormons growing up because Tyler would probably know them, small towns and being Mormon, we tend to know each other. No such luck, he didn't remember knowing any. He asked a few questions about the church and we answered them and probably told him more than he wanted to know :)  I remember asking him questions about himself and him asking some back. It was the four of us talking, but sometimes I focused in on just him. Come on, he was cute and really nice, it just made sense. We ended meeting a few of his friends that he was with and talked to them for a bit too.

By the end of this last conversation, I had found out he would be working an event that I was doing someones hair and make-up for the next night. It was funny, I told him I would have to tell her to go and show off my handy work to build his confidence in my haircuttin abilities, because by then I had offered to do his hair. Tyler and Gina however complimented my skills with shears so I think he felt more comfortable with my abilities ;) He had also given me his business card and told me if I ever needed a DJ to call. We then said our byes again, he headed with his friends and the three of us headed to the car to warm up. It was really freaking cold by then!

That night when I got home, I shot him an email telling him it was nice to meet him and to holla if he really did want a haircut. I also pulled missionary (because that was when I was first in the missionary zone) by sending him the mormon.org website that could answer any questions/clarify The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for him. He emailed me back a nice reply and said he might take me up on the haircut offer, we had exchanged numbers a few emails later so he could call when he was ready to chop his mop (He obviously wasn't interested in muah since he had my email and later my number, but never called, so even back then I figured he must just smile and be nice to everyone and not to worry about it... Look at how grown up my though process is about guys, aren't you so proud?)... Now fast forward to last Thursday.

Andy text me during my drawing class to know if I had time that day or Friday to cut his hair. Funny enough my Institute class got canceled for that day (Thursday) the previous Tuesday (my teacher was going out of town), so I had time to cut his hair that I normally wouldn't. I had made some homemade limeade, brought it with me and headed his way to chop a mop. Which by the way he liked, mmmm, homemade limeade!

Now here is the real reason for this post, holy momma! When I saw him again, my jaw dropped. I didn't remember him being as hot, having as pretty of eyes, or being as tall as he was. No joke, I don't know if I hid my attraction that well when I first saw him, I even asked him if he was sure he wanted to cut his hair because it looked so nice. Whenever I would look at him during any of our conversation I couldn't help but smile. Thankfully he smiled back every time... maybe it was because he felt awkward with the girl cutting his hair checking him out? I don't know ;) I might have stammered my words a little too. Seriously yo, he is a looker, and he is nice, and smart, and a hard worker, and has a passion for things (music and bicycles were the obvious ones :) and it was so comfortable talking to him; I enjoyed our conversation! I'm looking forward to the next haircut for some more talk time, I'm just sayin'. I for sure didn't mean to take too long on his haircut, I just think I was enjoying talking to him, so his haircut might have taken a weee bit longer than a guys cut normally would. lol. Positive note: He didn't seem to mind.

 I can tell you one thing for sure and end this post with a smiley face... this was the first haircut I have given a cute guy that gave me a great thank you/goodbye hug when I was finished (besides my cute nephews of course, I make them hug me though, so they probably don't count) Let's hope Andy stays good on his word of being in touch soon. I'll let ya know :)