Hiking South Mtn, take 2...w/ a friend! ;)

Ok so life update for you guys. I met this guy. I call him True ;) We ACTUALLY met on Facebook because we are both a part of this "Az hiking" club on Fb. We started talking and he said he'd like to go on a hike with me sometime. He joined the group to go out MORE but he has no one to go with. I told him I go alone all the time because none of my friends are active enough. He's a Libra (which means we get along well) and we just started talking on FB to get to know one another, see if I could stand him on a hike :D After a few days I said "OK, Let's do it". So he said he'd meet me where ever, understandably public. So I plan to do South mountain because I had done it before and loved it. The view of all of Phoenix from up there is awesome and he's still a newbie to Phoenix (been here 9 mths) so I figured he'd appreciate seeing all of it.

Brief story on him: 31, ex marine (!!), moved to Phnx when he left Hawaii and got out of the marines about 9 mths about to be with his mom, going to college now, single, loves outdoors, has no friends in Phnx, Libra, he's mixed, he's cute, and he's hilarous and stockingly as honest as I am!

So we meet up at a gas station about a block away from the trailhead. We hug and chat a sec and then he follows me over. We stand there at the trailhead chatting while I get my shoes on, smoke, pack my bag, etc. It was funny. It was so weird too b/c it was TOTALLY like long lost friends who just hadn't seen each other in awhile. I never once felt weird with him. Never once though, "I just met this dude online 4 days ago", it never crossed my mind. We talked about such personal, open and honest things and the conversation just flowed so easily. I felt totally comfortable with him. I didn't even feel like "hey hey hey, new hottie in my life, will I date him?" I usually think that will all guys I meet. But THIS guy, I just really like and I like the friendship. I'm not even concerned with dating him, although all my friends have asked me if we are going to date. I'm just like "ugh, lay off!" Can't I just be single? I mean, really? Is there some silent law stating that I MUST GET MARRIED? Shit! I like my time, my me time, my friends time. When I'm ready to date someone, I'll share that. Until then, I get so tired of my friends and family asking if I'm going to DATE every guy who looks at me and if i'm going MARRY every guy I date! Sheesh!

So here are the pics...

Who dat sexy bitch? Meeeeeeee! haha! Can you seriously see how I'm sweating in my cootch?? LOL! bahahahahaha! I didn't notice until I left, but I'm sure he noticed while taking this pic of me! :D Oh wells! I was working out HARD!

This is the SECOND picture of me in like 2 wks where I've had to come to realization that I have LITERALLY have a HUGE head! LOL! come on now! Doesn't it look like it???? Like, he's not a small or minature dude. He is short, he's 5'4 but still, he doesn't have a tiny head. He has a normal head and I have a HUGE head! :D But in pics of me alone, like below, I look great when there is no average head in the pic w/ me to compare my huge head to! LOL!

I LOVE this pic! I love how I look after a hike. My skin is cocoa kissed, my face is all natural, flush and gorgeous and my eyes gleem! Possibly these are the affects of dehydration, hard to tell. But I love it. No make up here and I think I look breath taking! Wish I looked like this everyday without makeup!

So about the hike. I have no clue how FAR we went b/c we did a lot of roaming around from trail to trial, we didn't PLAN anything. But we were up there for 2 1/2 hrs, it was 106 degrees and we spent about 30 mins sitting still sitting down at the top of the mountain. I saw showing him all the other mountains, what towns were what, we talked about life, exes, it was great!!! My favorite part of the day! I finally met someone else who appreciate just SITTING on the top of a mountain and talking. I can't tell you how peaceful it is to be up there!!!

So when we had about 20 mins left...I literally thought I was gonna die. I was beyond hot but that didn't bother me. My water was hot, so it didn't seem to quench my thirst but I kept chugging. I hadn't eaten breakfast b/c I never do before a hike. But I brought cliff bars on the hike to eat. But by That point, feeling so cruddy, I couldn't eat. I thought I'd throw it up. So I just felt real weak and exhausted. We were coming UP over the last hill and I joked with him I said "Man, I reallyyyyyy feel like shit. I don't know what it is." and he said "Well, I see houses right over there. So if I need to put you up on my shoulders and carry you out of here like a firefighter, then I will!" haha! I said, "Let's hope we don't NEED to get that intimate our first time hanging out!" said with a wink! :D But so I made it. Just had one last ridge left the rest was all down. But I swear people, goin' UP that last ridge I think I seriously had heart palpitations or something. MY HEART HURT!!! It was weird and odd and I didn't tell him b/c I didn't want the ex-marine to think I was a fat puss. At the very least, I wanted him to think I was an "in shape" fatty! LOL! I know i know, I'm not a fatty anymore. I tease! Just so you know, I do NOT consider myself fat anymore. I consider myself average and I'm working on the "in shape" that is to come next!!!!

xoxo,

Lizzle