[Flieger]

Maybe, there was actually another girl that I met on a hike (I've been doing a bunch of group hikes through meetup.com). I asked her out but she's genuinely busy on the weekends this month. She did express interest though. When I first met her I was a bit shocked because she seemed to check all the boxes and I thought she could be "the one" but as I've gotten to know her more I don't think so anymore. I am still trying to get to know her though. She's planning to move to Oregon next year so there's a pretty sure end point to it (that's not why I don't see it being long term though). I asked her out on the second hike we had gone on (we hit it off pretty well the first one) after we carpooled there together (she suggested it). We stopped for coffee on the way back at a nice place with some live music and it was fun for a non-date.

I was partly wishing it was a date with the Russian girl (I took her to a nice place in Malibu since she is not familiar with the area and we walked around on the beach) when she was saying how much she enjoyed the drive when we got back. Had it been a date it would have been the perfect time to make a move, but I don't want things to get weird at work if I'm not reading her right.